The story of an impeccable career in the Major Leagues had an unforgettable memory on the 700th home run ball. Albert Pujols retired from the MLB as one of only four players to hit at least 700 home runs in the history of the Majors and the sale price of the ball of the historical homer of La Maquina has already been made official.
On September 23, 2022, all those in attendance at Dodger Stadium stood up to applaud Pujols after hitting the 700th home run in the MLB. Marlowe Leal was the fanatic who caught the ball that very few would not want to have, he turned down the offer they made him to return it and ended up receiving less than a million dollars.
Little money? An auction house offered $2 million to the fan who caught the ball from Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run with the New York Yankees in MLB 2022, while the purchase record for a historic ball is held by Todd McFarlane and the US$3 million who paid for the souvenir of Mark McGwire’s 70th major league home run.
The price at which the 700th home run ball was sold
Marlowe Leal decided that the auction house Golden Auctions would sell him the ball of Albert Pujols’ 700th home run in the MLB and after 33 bids the auction closed on Saturday, November 5 at 22:30 ET. The price at which the historic ball was sold was $360,000 dollars.
“The souvenirs are for the fans. I have no problem with him keeping it. If you want to return it, great. But at the end of the day, I don’t focus on the material”, was Albert Pujols’s message to the Los Angeles Dodgers fan who did not return the ball from the 700th home run in the MLB.
