Shohei Ohtani’s sweet swing is about to give a Rockies diehard a life-changing payday.
College softball gold glover Emily Sauvageau snagged Ohtani’s 300th professional home run ball on June 24 at Coors Field. The moment came in Sauvageau’s 833rd MLB game, and after a lifetime of Rockies fandom that started with her first trip to the ballpark at just 7 months old.
After the 21-year-old made the catch in a 9-7 Rockies loss to the L.A. Dodgers, she put it up for auction through Lelands, and the company believes the ball could fetch several hundred thousand dollars by the time bidding ends late Saturday night.