The baseball that Freddie Freeman hit for a historical International Collection walk-off grand slam offered for $1.56 million at public sale this weekend.
SCP Auctions didn’t divulge the patron of the ball, which Freeman hit with two outs within the tenth inning to offer the host Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in Sport 1. Freeman went directly to homer within the first 4 video games and earn International Collection Maximum Treasured Participant honors for the champion Dodgers, who took the collection in 5 video games.
The public sale opened on Dec. 4 and closed Saturday night time, and drew 22 bids at the merchandise, in step with SCP Auctions.
“We’re so venerated to have treated one of the vital vital artifacts in International Collection historical past, courting again to 1903,” SCP Auctions president David Kohler stated in a commentary.
The sale worth is likely one of the absolute best for an auctioned baseball, with Freeman’s teammate Shohei Ohtani’s ball hit for his fiftieth homer promoting for $4.392 million in October.
Freeman hit the one walk-off grand slam in International Collection historical past. The ball landed over Dodger Stadium’s right-field wall and on the toes of Zachary Ruderman, 10, who kicked it over to his father, Nico.
Zachary, who lives in Los Angeles, idea he was once leaving faculty previous that day to get his braces got rid of, however his oldsters shocked him with tickets to Sport 1.
“Our circle of relatives hopes the baseball can be displayed in Dodger Stadium so all Dodgers and baseball lovers can view an overly particular piece of historical past for the town of Los Angeles,” the circle of relatives stated in a commentary.
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