Alex Rodriguez's 500th home run ball sold for $103,579 to an anonymous bidder after an online auction ended Thursday night.It was a modest sum considering that, according to the New York Daily News, Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th career home run ball was sold for $752,467 in 2007. Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball, which set a new single-season record in 1998, sold for $3 million -- the highest price ever for a milestone baseball.
The Daily News pointed out that the memorabilia produced by McGwire fetched such an exorbitant sum because it hit the market before the widespread use of steroids in baseball was uncovered and condemned. Rodriguez, of course, has admitted to steroid use, albeit for a short time during his career.
A-Rod's historic blast, which came off Kansas City Royals hurler Kyle Davies on Aug. 4, 2007, was significant in that it provided the New York Yankees' third baseman with a spot in baseball's hallowed 500 Home Run Club. It was the highlight of his prodigious 2007 season, during which his production slowed a bit as he tried too hard to poke No. 500.
Once the towering shot down the left-field line at the old Yankee Stadium was deposited into the stands, a weight seemingly was lifted off Rodriguez's back until that fall's playoffs, where he and the Yankees suffered through a first-round exit at the hand of the Cleveland Indians.
Rodriguez, as we know, is feeling even better these days after he earned his first championship with the Yankees this past fall -- and remarkable postseason production, personally, in the process.
According to multiple reports, a college student grabbed Rodriguez's milestone homer that day in 2007-- and, if he was the one that sold it, he has to be just as happy now as A-Rod was when he launched it.
The anonymous bidder? I guess, he's happy, too, even if he paid such a large chunk of change for a piece of horsehide.
"You can even see where the bat hit the ball," said David Kohler -- owner of SCP Auctions, which presided over the auction -- to the Daily News.
Well, in that case ...
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There's idiots all over the world.Now he can put it in his pocket and play with it.
TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A BASEBALL FOR A PLAYER LIKE THAT IS EQUAL TO PAYING A MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND A NIGHT SLEEPING WITH AMY WINEHOUSE DURING A DRUG INFESTED ALCOHOL BINGE SPREE.....AND THAT MY FRIEND IS THE DEFINITION OF STUPIDITY, IGNORANCE AND HAVING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY FOR USELESS STUFF IN ONE'S LIFE! USE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING BETTER..HELP SOMEONE KEEP THEIR HOME FROM FORECLOSURE!
true dat
where do i sign up
To bad all that money was blowen by three players who cheated!!! No hall of fame either of those cheats
Since steroids were legal and widely used from the 50's until the 1990's You and all the other hypocrites have no idea how many of your hero's used steroids ... so quit your whining and get over it! To think that "your hero" was clean and didn't use any PED's is just naive and plain stupid! Get over it and move on ... Athletes have been using PEDs as long as there have been organized sports!
Hey buddy if your reading this My grandfather lived next to Babe Ruth's parents and I have his glove he played with as a kid. It is real old and sealed in a bag. I would be willing to take 4.5 million if your interested?
wow!!! will you take a check??
LOL@will u take a check??
When I was a kid the baseball glove had an autograph players name on it. What name is on Babe Ruth's glove?
AROID,what a joke,that much money for a STEROID ball.
NEWSFLASH: Horsehide hasn't been used on major league baseballs since 1973. It's now cowhide. Come on.
http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/first_cowhide_balls.jpg
If your not cheating your not trying!
Someone needs to tell the bidder that was only his 300 home run. The other 200 are worth nothing and base history will show that in every book with an astrical@@@@@@@@@@@ Good luck to your future A-ROID
Jealous haters LOL!!!!! bow to A-god and the YANKS. You losers wish you had royalty on your bum squads. Keep on hating and A-rod and the yankees will keep getting the milestones and championships. LOL!!! F all you losers.