Marlins president David Samson, who has taken the role of advising the man who caught the historic ball in right field at Dolphin Stadium on Monday, said on Thursday that he met with the man who ended up with it, showed him a tape as evidence that revealed "beyond a reasonable doubt" that he caught the ball and will keep speaking to him in hopes of resolving the issue.

The man who ended up with the ball has refused to give any personal information about himself, other than the fact that his first name is Joe and he has been a Marlins season-ticket holder since 1993.

"I did speak with him today, I gave him the tape and he again told me to meet again or speak in the coming days because he wants this to come to an end," Samson said. "We believe that the ball -- somehow, someway -- should get back to Ken Griffey."

Samson said Joe caught the ball with his glove on the fly after slipping a dummy ball onto the ground to create a diversion, then he slipped out unharmed. Twenty-five-year-old Justin Kimball, however, said he caught the ball on the fly and had it wrestled away from him. Kimball filed an injunction on Wednesday in hopes of keeping Joe from selling the ball before the issue is resolved.

Samson said he spoke to one of Kimball's attorneys.

"This attorney called me to present me with an option that he thought was right and fair and equitable, and I told him that our position is we are not involved," Samson said. "All I can say is that we've made a determination beyond a reasonable doubt. We are not a court, I am not a judge, we don't have lawyers, we're not in any way involved."

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