California’s Laguna Nigel. At auction, Freddie Freeman’s record-breaking walk-off grand slamball from Game 1 of the World Series brought $1.56 million.
SCP Auctions said in a statement on Sunday that the bidding continued into the late hours of Saturday night. Who purchased the ball was not mentioned.
In the bottom of the 10th inning against the New York Yankees, with two outs and the bases loaded, Freeman, the first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, came to the plate with a damaged right ankle. For the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history, he smashed the opening pitch from Nestor Cortes 413 feet.
The Dodgers claimed their ninth World Series title in five games after winning the game 6-3. The World Series MVP award went to Freeman.
Zachary Ruderman, a 10-year-old from Los Angeles, caught the ball after it landed in the right-field pavilion. He batted the ball to his father, Nico, who sprang on it when it rolled from the seat in front of him to his feet.
The fifth grader was informed that he would be leaving school early that day in order to have his braces taken off. His parents took him to Dodger Stadium instead.
This is the second Dodgers-related ball up for auction this season.Shohei Ohtani hit a ball that sold for about $4.4 million and made him the first player in major league history to hit at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season. It broke all previous records for sports ball sales.
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