Fan who caught historic ball offered millions

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The proprietor of a sports memorabilia auction location says helium has offered $3 cardinal to the instrumentality who caught Aaron Judge's American League-record 62nd location run.

JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. successful Tustin, California, told The Associated Press that helium has texted and emailed Cory Youmans, the antheral who caught Judge's milestone changeable astatine Globe Life Field successful Arlington, Texas. Cohen says Youmans has not yet replied.

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“I consciousness the connection is mode supra fair, if helium is inclined to merchantability it,” Cohen said successful a telephone interview.

Youmans grabbed the historical souvenir connected the alert arsenic it sailed into the beforehand enactment of conception 31 successful near field. The homer pushed Judge past Roger Maris for the AL play grounds — a people galore see baseball's “clean” modular due to the fact that the lone National League players who deed much person been tarnished by ties to steroids.

Youmans, who is from Dallas, works successful the fiscal world. He was asked what helium planned to bash with the prize portion information unit whisked him distant to person it authenticated.

“Good question. I haven’t thought astir it,” helium said.

The grounds terms for a location tally shot is $4.6 million, paid for Mark McGwire's grounds 70th from the 1998 season.

Cohen had antecedently pledged to connection $3 cardinal for Judge's 62nd homer. He said his institution has a bully narration with the Yankees and it would beryllium consenting to indebtedness the shot to the squad for an exhibit. He added the squad has often exhibited items owned by Memory Lane astatine Yankee Stadium.

“We did marque an connection of $3 cardinal and that connection is inactive valid,” Cohen said.

After the Yankees mislaid 3-2, Judge said helium didn’t person possession of the location tally ball.

“I don’t cognize wherever it’s at,” helium said. “We’ll spot what happens with that. It would beryllium large to get it back, but that’s a souvenir for a fan. He made a large drawback retired there, and they’ve got each close to it.”

Youmans was among the assemblage of 38,832, the largest to ticker a shot game.

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