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Hey, there. I am so excited.
I am here with White Sox former Rookie of the Year
and All-Star player Ron Kittle.
You've done it all.
Is there anything in your career you haven't done yet?
Well, not many, but a hidden-camera magic show,
I've never done that.
Well, then, you are in the right place.
Let's do it. Let's get it.
Let's get ready. All right.
-How are you doing? -I'm good. How are you?
-I'm Michael. -What's your name?
-Genesis. -Genesis, come on over here.
Yeah, hop around to the other side of the table there.
-How you doing today? -I'm good. How are you?
Did they tell you what they're doing -- a presentation with --
-The Comiskey ball? -Yep.
Yeah, that's really cool, actually.
-From 1906. -That's really cool.
And it won the World Series.
That was when the Cubs played the White Sox.
-Yeah. -So, the White Sox won.
And this collector had it,
and his entire collection burned down in his home,
and this ball survives.
Really, really strange that the ball survived.
-Hey, guys. -Hey, guys.
-Hello. -How are you?
How are you? I'm Michael.
Ben, director of public relations for the White Sox.
This is former player, Rookie of the Year,
Ron Kittle.
-Nice meeting you. -Nice to meet you. Michael.
-Genesis. -Hi. Nice meeting you.
Hi, Genesis. Pleasure to meet you.
Hey, I got to show you something.
Yeah.
One-of-a-kind, autographed, Charles Comiskey baseball...
...that was in a fire,
and it survived through this little ol' can.
-That's the can that survived. -This is the can, yes.
The only thing that survived.
-Wow. -So, I'm gonna show it to you.
It's a pretty special piece. I wish it was mine.
-Wow! -Charles Comiskey.
-Yes. -Autographed ball.
That is something else.
Yeah, it's a great little piece out there.
A piece of history, right in my hands.
This is a good day.
Do you want to get a second to touch that?
-Sure. -Don't smear it!
-[ Laughs ] -That is so cool.
-Yeah. -Here you go.
-Wow. -Now, just be careful.
The insurance hasn't fully come through yet.
-Oh, okay. -We're working on that.
Okay. Absolutely. Always be somebody watching it.
Yeah. It's nice. I'm glad to share it with you here, though.
-Just take care of that? -Yes, absolutely.
-Thanks for your time. -Yes. Thank you.
a little bit after noon.
Absolutely. You bet.
All right. We're going back inside where it's warm.
All right, well, we'll see you a little bit later on.
-Thank you. -How wonderful to meet you.
-Nice meeting you. -Nice to meet you.
-A pleasure, Genesis. -It's in good hands. Thank you.
Wow! What a, uh --
What an amazing piece this is.
This is great! That's amazing!
That is pretty cool, actually.
I want to kind of take a picture with it.
-Yeah. [ Laughs ] -Do you have your phone, too?
a little selfie here.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Yeah!
Here. Want to hold it?
-Yeah. -That's great.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
I have so many friends that are gonna be jealous.
You did such a better job of that, too.
Yeah, that's -- 'Cause the stitching is still the same.
Oh, my gosh!
Oh...my...gosh! These stupid gloves!
Oh, my gosh. Oh, I'm so stupid!
Oh, my gosh. Let me pat this off.
How can I dry it?
What about a scarf maybe?
Maybe by the heater?
-Is that warm? -Yeah.
-Oh, that's warm? -Yeah.
Okay, yeah. Okay, I'm gonna --
I'm gonna hold it just like this, just to kind of...
Yeah, just not too close, maybe.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just to kind of warm --
I'm so stupid.
It's okay, as long as, like, one of them wasn't standing here.
Seriously. They just walked away.
-They would have been so mad. -But this will keep it --
[ Both gasp ]
Oh, my God!
Oh...my God.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
The stitches -- Oh, my God.
This is bad. This is very bad.
This is very, very, very, very bad.
-Oh, my God. What do we do? -I don't know.
You know, I could -- I can maybe --
Yeah.
I'll have them, like -- You know, they have, um --
I have a friend who can maybe stitch it.
Like, I have a friend who works at a memorabilia shop.
I'm gonna put it in here. I'm gonna give him a call.
Oh, my God. I am so stupid. I'm so stupid.
Oh, my gosh. Hold on a second.
-Okay, relax. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Deep breaths. -My hands are shaking.
Yeah, deep breaths, deep breaths.
-Okay, let me call my friend. -Okay.
Let me just call my friend
and see if they can do a stitch job on this.
Or should I tell them? I mean, if it's insured...
[ Sighs ] Now I don't even know whether I should tell him.
Well, I won't tell him what it's for.
I'll call him and tell him that I have a ball.
They're behind us.
-What? -They're behind us.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
-All right. -Hey, guys.
Michael: Hey! How's it going?
Sorry to bother you. I only got a couple minutes.
But what I wanted to do is something kind of special
before you put it in there. I want to take a selfie of it.
I forgot to do it earlier. With the ball.
W-What -- Y-You know, it --
You want to wait until we get it all set up?
No, but it'd be all set up inside.
If we set it up inside...
Oh, my God. No.
I don't think I can get the lid off.
Listen. Look.
-Let me just take a look. -I had a -- I had a situation.
I didn't mean to...
-Oh, my God. -Looks pretty good to me.
-What just happened? -You all right?
You okay?
Let me take a picture real quick.
Michael: [ Softly ] What the hell is going on?
Perfect.
All right. Here. Put it back in the bag.
-Yeah, absolutely. -I got to get back upstairs,
and I'll see you here in a little bit.
Put it right in there. Absolutely. Thank you very much.
Okay.
-Oh, my God. -What is with this --
How did that happen?
This ball -- I mean -- I'm putting it in here.
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What is going on?
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I mean, it survived a fire, which is weird enough,
'cause I was gonna say, "How did it not cook inside here?"
Well, okay. [ Breathes deeply ]
Oh, my God. Please put your lid back on the coffee. [ Chuckles ]
I'm gonna keep this away from that, absolutely.
-Oh, and the... -Yeah. Oh, yeah, the bag.
Okay, great, great, great, great.
-Oh, put it back. -Oh, my God.
Yeah, good idea.
Is there, like, magic in here or something?
The ball has got to be, like, possessed or something.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I don't -- Like, I'm not superstitious.
Me neither.
That's why I'm not even really sure what just happened.
This might actually be that phenomenon --
the Carbonaro Effect.
I've never heard of that before.
Mnh-mnh.
Oh, my God. It's the name of a hidden-camera...
magic...TV show...
that you're on right now.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
-[ Laughs ] -I could cry.
-No. Okay. All right. -How did that happen, though?
I'm on "The Carbonaro Effect." I see the sign over there.
"You're on The Carbonaro Effect."
-Oh, my God. -[ Laughs ]
Wow. Okay.