Hardball (baseball) Comes Flying Into Backyard and Lands ...

[Dibbons]

Also posted on FABO:

I was raking leaves and heard a consistent sound of a metal baseball bat striking a ball. Right after I heard something bouncing around, the batting ceased. Foto one shows the direction from whence the ball came over the ten-foot high concrete block fence.

Foto two shoes a completely stripped/primed '65 Barracuda Formula S under the car cover on the right side of the garage (protected by an awning overhead, a small bar-b-que under the black trash bag, leaf blower, large wooden concrete mold, a cherry picker, tool box, yoga mat on top of radiator support on which sits some 1971 BBody reproduction louvers.

To the left, also under a car cover, is a fully restored 1972 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus which was washed, waxed, and detailed just yesterday for the local car show this weekend.

I looked around quite a awhile before I finally found the UFO.

 

[Dibbons]

About 20 minutes later after finding the very hard, round sphere, an adult male neighbor with a baseball glove was knocking and asking for the return of his hardball. I first asked him if he had $250 to pay for a broken window of a classic car. Then I explained to him that his baseball landed on one of my classic cars, and I was going to keep his hardball to prevent the possibility of a future tragedy. He turned around and left, I hope I got my point across. I soon heard the batting noises again, evidently he has more than one baseball on hand.

 

[JimCoronette]

About 20 minutes later after finding the very hard, round sphere, an adult male neighbor with a baseball glove was knocking and asking for the return of his hardball. I first asked him if he had $250 to pay for a broken window of a classic car. Then I explained to him that his baseball landed on one of my classic cars, and I was going to keep his hardball to prevent the possibility of a future tragedy. He turned around and left, I hope I got my point across. I soon heard the batting noises again, evidently he has more than one baseball on hand.

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Good thing it was the windshield rather than the rear glass. Regardless, bad neighbors suck.

 

[Dibbons]

Nothing broke, the windows are all removed from the Barracuda during the current restoration.

 

[gkent]

So you're just stirring up **** with the broken window story. Close the garage doors !!

 

[Dibbons]

Garage don't have doors.

 

[oldbee]

Way to stir up ****. I would’ve done the same thing!++++1

 

[Dibbons]

I guess the neighbor has not learned his lesson yet.

Now a quiet Sunday morning and I just returned from walking our Doberman Camelia. I heard the batting sounds in the distance again.

Here comes another flying hardball into the yard. This time it almost nails my Dodge Dakota, which is parked between my '65 Valiant Convertible (on the left under the car cover) and our '92 Jeep Cherokee on the right.

 

[Cranky]

I'd tell him one more time and then the cops would be notified! That crap is BS. My neighbor next door had a boy in little league and I found a few out behind my shop but everything back there is protected pretty well. We have a huge easement behind our homes and everyone out here has a 1/2 acre or more so there's plenty of room for practice hitting but on occasion, one does go astray.

 

[Brandy]

Time for a visit by law enforcement. Or either break both his arms. (jk). Actually what I would do is get a metal bat and a dozen balls and whack them all over the fence into different parts of his place. Hopefully you will break something he cars about. THEN, when he storms over to tell you off you can break both of his arms in self defense. ( nk)

 

[67440chrg]

Call the cops on the prick. I can see it one time but after that he has proven him self to be a prick. Or break his arms that would slow him down.