The IRS shatters yet another person's happiness... sigh, read on... if you can....

The 21-year-old New York man said Tuesday he had no choice but to sell the ball — several people told him he would be taxed on the souvenir just for holding on to it.
"It wasn't hard. It was simple math. I'm upset by the decision I had to make," Murphy said. "I wanted to keep it. I'm young. I don't have the bank account. ... It would have cost me a lot more to keep it."

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-bondsball082207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns