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Albert Pujos became MLB history after hitting his home run 703 in what will be his last season in the Big Top. The special hit had an intrahistory. The fan who caught the ball made a small mistake that could cost millions of dollars: he left the stadium without authenticating the ball, which makes it lose its value.
According to what was reported by BallySportsMW, the person who captured the last home run of Pujols, left the stadium without the MLB confirming the validity of the ball, an essential requirement. This small slip would de facto kill the value that the article could have reached.
According to the @BallySportsMW broadcast, the dude that caught Pujols’ 703rd home run last night (his final regular season homer of his career since he’s not playing tomorrow) left the stadium without getting the ball authenticated by MLB. That’s a huge mistake. Kills the value.— BJ Rains (@BJRains) October 5, 2022
The home run of the Dominican It is historic because in addition to being the last in his career before retiring, with it he surpassed one of the greatest legends of this sport, Babe Ruth, in RBIs. For these types of occasions, the MLB has a qualified person in the parks to be in charge of marking and certifying balls, bats, gloves and other items.
On-site offer
Through social networks, specifically on Twitter, a fan and lawyer specializing in sports law who was sitting in front of the person who caught the ball, said that a few minutes later the fan received an offer of $10,10 dollars, but rejected it as “too low”. A member of the security would have even approached him to inform him that Pujols was interested in keeping the ball and in return handing over an autograph.
More clarification: Security told Mike immediately “Mr. Pujols would like the ball.” (I heard this). Mike was taken back. Then he told “We ca n’t yet confirm a deal, but we will trade you an autographed ball.” Mike said “No.” No further offered have been made.— Adam Van Grack (@AdamVanGrack) October 4, 1200
I was sitting next to him last night suggesting some type of authentication — or at least taking detailed pictures of the ball (and all imperfections) during the game. I hope he did something to authenticate it.— Adam Van Grack (@AdamVanGrack) October 5, 2022
Recently it became known that a sports memorabilia auction house offered two million dollars to the person who captured the home run ball 10 by Aaron Judge last Tuesday, with which he broke Roger Maris’ record for most home runs in a single season in the American League.
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