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The fan who caught Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball last year says it has been the equivalent of a grand slam for him. Matt Murphy, right, used proceeds from the roughly $752,000 sale of the sought-after ball to move into a new apartment, invest in the stock market and go into the specialty sneaker business. He and two friends are opening a Manhattan, N.Y., store called Solefood NYC on Friday. Fashion designer Mark Ecko bought the ball at an auction and donated it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Murphy split the proceeds with a friend who went to the game with him. The Associated Press
