Speaking of the Dodgers. Their Japanese superstar, Shohei Ohtani, recently entered the 50–50 club. More correctly, he founded the 50–50 club, as it didn’t exist before he broke the record and he is currently the only member. This is for 50 steals and 50 home runs, an accomplishment never before reached in professional baseball, and not likely to be reached again for a long time. He actually finished the regular season pretty close to 60–60, with 54 homers and 59 stolen bases.

Anyway, the home run ball that pushed him into the club, home run #50, has just sold for 4.39 million dollars. The previous record was 3 million dollars for Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball in 1998.

Amazing that anyone would pay so much for a baseball.

LINK: Ohtani’s 50-50 Ball Sells at Auction for 4.39 M. Dollars