41.  Eaton gets the defensive game ball.

42.  Even the usually reticent owner, Leon Hess, seemed close to tears after he was presented with the game ball.

43.  For his determination, Pace was awarded a game ball by his teammates Wednesday.

44.  Give the game ball to coach Mack.

45.  Game balls are better than batting practice balls, and catching a Sammy Sosa homer on the fly is the pinnacle of this mini-sport.

46.  Giants pitcher Joe McGinnity grabbed the errant game ball and heaved it into the civilian crowd storming the field.

47.  Haywood Jeffires, who insisted Carlson deserved a game ball for going the distance with both a sore shoulder and smushed nose, was kinder.

48.  He also got the game ball.

49.  He deserved more game balls.

50.  He even awarded a game ball to the fans after the Jets defeated the Denver Broncos.