2024 Summer Premier
Wed, Jul 17, 2024 01:00PM EDT - Sat, Aug 3, 2024 10:30PM EDT
Lot 17
6/23/2023 Shohei Ohtani Game Used 200th Career (MLB + Nippon) Home Run Baseball (434-Foot Laser at Coors Field) - MLB Auth.
Sold for
$22,800
Sold Price includes BP
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As soon as Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani debuted with the L.A. Angels in 2018, he was an instant showstopper, possessing a transformative blend of two-way power, arm strength, and speed never-before-seen in the long history of baseball. His dominant stuff on the mound can only be matched by the majestic flights of his homers. Presented here is a milestone home run ball from June 23, 2023 – a 434-foot laser to right-center off Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland that cleared the bullpen at Coors Field. It was Ohtani’s 25th of the season, one in which the left-handed slugger and right-handed ace earned his second MVP award after finishing with an AL-leading 44 homers while also going 10-5 with a 3.14 ERA and 167 Ks in 132 innings.
The 5th-inning solo shot was #152 of Shohei’s MLB career. Combined with his 48 dingers from Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, it marked his 200th professional home run split between the two leagues. The OML (Manfred) ball exhibits obvious game use, the most telling mark being the smeared label on the front from the smashed point of contact off the barrel. Shohei went 3-for-5 in the game as the Halos fell to the Rockies, 7-4. An MLB Authentication hologram (YP013935, TPM) is affixed describing the ball exactly as “the” home run ball. Arguably the most talented player since Babe Ruth, Ohtani has already cemented himself as the best of his generation. In the first season of his record 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers, the sky is the limit for Shohei to bring a new era of “Showtime” to the City of Angels.
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