Overview
- Will Smith’s 11th-inning Game 7 home run ball sold for $168,000, and Miguel Rojas’ game-tying ninth-inning ball fetched $156,000.
- The balls were caught by Toronto father and son John and Matthew Bains in the front row at Rogers Centre, and the proceeds go to their family.
- The Bains appeared to return the balls during the game but actually threw back different baseballs they had brought to the park.
- SCP said it authenticated the postseason baseballs using notarized affidavits and lie detector tests, with no competing claims emerging.
- Shohei Ohtani’s NLCS roof-shot home run ball sold for $270,000 in the same 579-lot sale, which also featured a Lou Gehrig jersey that topped $2 million.