On Sunday, a Little League baseball, hit and signed by a 12-year-old in a game 19 years ago in New Jersey, sold for $15,600 with Robert Edward Auctions.
That 12-year-old was Mike Trout.
Five years before Trout was selected in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels -- a compensatory pick for Mark Teixeira signing with the New York Yankees in late 2008 -- he was a middle schooler already earning his nickname as the Millville Meteor.
In 2004, Trout slugged a four-bagger and subsequently signed the ball, which has been held by its original owner for the last two decades: Trout's uncle.