Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball up for auction

(CNN) —Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball up for auction starting at $500,000 dollars. Remember last week when Ohtani hit that famous home run???

The man who caught it was offered $300k by the team to buy the ball back. he said nope. he walked away with it. now collector ken goldin has the ball. and beginning friday at noon, the opening bid will start at $500,000 dollars.

Buyers have the chance to purchase the baseball outright for $4.5 million. no word on if the original catcher will see any of the auction cash. ohtani’s performance thursday night was historic in multiple ways.

Not only did he reach 50/50 for the season, but he went 6-for-6 with three homers, 10 RBI and two stolen bases, the first time an MLB player has ever put together that stat line in a single game. the record price for a game-used ball is the $3.005 million dollars paid for Mark McGwire’s 70th home run in 1998.