Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball, who joined the 50-50 club for the first time in U.S. professional baseball history, has been auctioned off for the most expensive amount.
Ohtani's 50th home run ball was sold at USD 4.392 million at Goldin Auction, a U.S. auction company, for KRW 6.07 billion.
It far exceeded the winning bid for Mark Maguire's 70th home run ball of the season, which was sold for 4 billion won at the time in 1998.
Ohtani hit his 50th home run of the season against Miami on the 20th of last month, making the history of 50 home runs and 50 steals for the first time in Major League history.
At that time, the fan who won the home run ball rejected the club's hundreds of thousands of dollars offer and auctioned it, and filed a lawsuit claiming ownership, saying other fans had lost the ball.
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