Written in SPORTS on 11/20/2024 · 4:21 p.m.
Los Angeles, California.- The historic ball of grand slam of Freddie Freeman in the first game of the World Series It is about to be auctioned.
The first baseman of the Los Angeles Dodgers He came to the plate with a sprained right ankle, with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning against the New York Yankees last month. Freeman hit the first pitch Nestor Cortes 413 feet for the first grand slam that leaves an opponent prone in the history of the World Series.
“That’s as good as it gets,” said Freeman, who was named Most Valuable Player of the World Series.
The Dodgers won the game 6-3 and ultimately captured the franchise’s eighth World Series championship by winning the Fall Classic in five games.
“It might be the best baseball moment I’ve ever seen,” the Dodgers manager said. Dave Roberts“and I have witnessed some great ones.”
unexpected prize
The ball landed in the right field pavilion, where it was caught by Zachary Ruderman10, who lives in the Venice section of Los Angeles. The ball rolled from the seat in front of him to his feet and he kicked it to his father, Nico, who jumped on it.
The fifth-grader had been told he would be leaving school early that day to have his braces removed. Instead, his parents took him to Dodger Stadium.
“Our family hopes that the baseball will be displayed at Dodger Stadium so that all Dodger and baseball fans can see a very special piece of the history of the city of Los Angeles,” the Ruderman family said on Thursday. Wednesday in a statement.
It is the second Dodger-related ball to be auctioned this season.
The ball hit by Freeman’s teammate, Shohei Ohtaniwhich made him the first player in Major League history with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, was sold for almost $4.4 million to a Taiwanese investment firm and is on display in that country. It set a sales record for any sports ball.
SCP Auctions is holding the sale that includes Freeman’s ball from December 4-14.
Company president David Kohler said he believes the ball is “easily worth seven figures.”
Source: Tribune
2024-11-21 05:26:00