Fan files lawsuit in attempt to halt auction for Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 home run ball

Los Angeles Dodgers prima Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 location tally shot has reportedly been consigned to collectibles marketplace Goldin, and an auction for nan coveted portion of MLB history is reportedly group to statesman Friday.

However, specified hours aft nan announcement, attorneys for 18-year-old Max Matus revenge a suit against Goldin, nan personification who sewage nan location tally ball, Chris Belanski, and Belanski's friend who's trading nan ball, Kelvin Ramirez, claiming that Matus is nan rightful proprietor of nan shot and mislaid it owed to civilian battery, according to Cllct Media.

This suit was reportedly revenge successful nan 11th Judicial Circuit Court successful Dade County, Florida.

Ken Goldin, laminitis and CEO of Goldin said that nan consigner, who is choosing to stay anonymous, was offered an unconfirmed magnitude of money for nan historical shot by nan Dodgers but chose to auction it instead.

"This was 1 of nan easiest [consignments] ever," Goldin told ESPN. "Ohtani [hits 50] connected Thursday, virtually Friday we heard from nan guy, he contacted Goldin connected his ain done societal media, flew a information defender down to Miami connected Monday pinch a typical from Goldin, met him, flew backmost Monday."

Shohei became nan only subordinate successful shot history to deed 50 location runs and bargain 50 bases successful nan aforesaid play connected Sept. 19, aft hitting 3 homers and stealing 2 bases successful a matchup against nan Miami Marlins.

[Related: How Shohei Ohtani, without half his powers, rewrote MLB history again and went 50/50]

Those seeking to get this portion of history will person to excavation heavy into their pockets, arsenic nan opening bid pinch Goldin, now owned by eBay, is reportedly $500,000.

Details connected nan auction authorities that prospective buyers "will person a chance to acquisition nan shot outright for $4,500,000 exclusively betwixt September 27 to October 9. If bidding reaches $3,000,000 anterior to October 9 however, nan action to acquisition privately will nary longer beryllium available, and willing parties must compete and bid for nan baseball." 

Extended bidding will statesman astatine 10 p.m. ET connected October 16.

Goldin understands what a basking commodity nan humanities shot is, and believes auctioning it arsenic soon arsenic imaginable is nan champion option.

"My viewpoint was that nan auction way arsenic quickly arsenic imaginable was nan best," Goldin said. "It's timely; nan Dodgers going to nan playoffs, Ohtani is easy going to beryllium nan Most Valuable Player, let's do this while Ohtani is connected everybody's mind -- and, what was besides very important to nan consigner, is nan worldwide and world scope that some Goldin and eBay have. It's surely imaginable personification extracurricular nan United States is going to triumph this baseball."

According to ESPN, nan existent grounds paid for a shot is $3.05 cardinal for Mark McGwire's 70th location tally shot successful 1999 by comic book creator and McFarlane Toys empire magnate Todd McFarlane.

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