Freddie Freeman’s historic grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series bought at public sale for $1.56 million.
Bidding at SCP Auctions befell late into the night time on Saturday, in line with an announcement launched by the public sale home on Sunday. It shouldn’t be mentioned who purchased the ball.
Freeman, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman, got here to the plate with a sprained proper ankle with the bases loaded and two outs within the backside of the tenth inning in opposition to the New York Yankees. He hit Nestor Cortes’ first pitch from 413 toes for the primary grand slam in World Series historical past.
The Dodgers gained the sport 6–3 and captured the franchise’s eighth World Series championship in 5 video games. Freeman was named World Series MVP.
The ball fell into the precise subject pavilion, the place it was carried by Zachary Ruderman, 10, who lives in Los Angeles. The ball rolled from the seat in entrance of him to his toes and he hit it to his father, Nico, who jumped on it.
The fifth-grader was instructed he would depart faculty early that day to get his braces eliminated. Instead, his mother and father took him to Dodger Stadium.
It’s the second Dodgers-related ball to be auctioned off this season. Shohei Ohtani’s hit ball that made him the primary participant in main league historical past with a minimum of 50 dwelling runs and 50 stolen bases in a season bought for practically $4.4 million. It set a document for the sale of any sports activities ball.
Associated Press reporting.
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