Shohei Ohtani’s home run baseball that founded the 50-50 club is up for sale.
Goldin will auction off the ball beginning at noon ET Friday, with the opening bid starting at $500,000. Buyers have the chance to purchase the baseball outright for $4.5 million between Sept. 27 and Oct. 9. If bidding reaches $3 million before Oct. 9, Goldin will remove the option to purchase it privately, and interested parties must bid for the baseball.
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If the ball sells for $4.5 million or more, it would shatter the record for a baseball, which is $3.005 million paid for Mark McGwire’s 70th in 1998.
“Ohtani is truly one-of-a-kind, and the 50-50 record may
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