This is top notch advice from David Roth.

Darren Rovell: Congratulations On Catching Aaron Judge's Home Run Ball, But You Are In Great Danger:

By the point the check clears, less the auction house's 17-to-25-percent fee, you probably will have made ready the way to spend that money safely. You would, long ago, have abandoned your home, naturally, and removed from the equation anyone from your previous life who might have an eye on your winnings. You would have altered your appearance in some way or other, maybe not so dramatically but enough that you would be able to vanish seamlessly into the new identity or if necessary identities that will afford you something like safety and anonymity in your new life. This is not the end, of course. You will still have to defend what's yours. But maybe take a moment, then, after your escape is complete, to remember. Do not remember who you were, before that ball came sizzling your way through the fall night; that person does not matter, you must kill them and bury them, they can only get you hurt where you are now. But remember what happened to you. Remember what you have to protect, and this time build for yourself a home that will be sufficient to protect it. And congrats!