Dodgers' two historic Game 7 homers caught by father-son duo
The Los Angeles Dodgers' improbable comeback to win Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto featured two of the most important home runs in postseason history: Miguel Rojas' tying blast with one out in the ninth and Will Smith's game-winning homer in the 11th.
Perhaps more unlikely than the two game-tuning home runs: A father and son caught the two home run baseballs.
John Bains, 61, of Brampton, Ontario, was sitting in the front row of the left-field bleachers when he caught Rojas' 387-foot shot on a fly.
Two innings later, Bains' son Matthew bobbled Smith's homer when it bounced up into the stands, but was able to corral the piece of baseball history.
John Bains appeared to throw back Rojas' tying homer, but he told cllct he had two other balls in his pocket in case he needed to pull the switcheroo.
"I had a feeling I might have had to do it," Bains said.
Bains said he had a regular major-league ball in his right pocket, and that's the one he threw back.
"It wasn't even a World Series ball," he said, laughing.
He said Matthew also did the same thing, and the two Blue Jays fans are now in possession of the two pieces of history. MLB will not authenticate baseballs that leave the field of play, unless they are specially marked.
When asked what the family was going to do with the balls, Bains said he's leaning toward keeping them.
Asked for a price that would change that equation, he had both of them on the tip of his tongue.
"I'd take $1 million for the Rojas ball and $1.5 million for the Smith ball," he said. "They were both game-changing baseballs."
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball from the 2024 World Series sold last year at SCP Auctions for $1.56 million. It's the third-highest price paid for a baseball behind Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball from the 2024 season ($4.39 million at Goldin Auctions) and Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball ($3.05 million at Guernsey's in 1999).
Bains, who moved from India to Canada in 1975, says he has been a Blue Jays fan since 1977, when Toronto was granted the expansion franchise. He says he understandably has mixed feelings, but can't believe his family got both balls that sunk Toronto's hopes of winning its first title since 1993.
Bains is no stranger to catching playoff homers from those prime seats in left field. He told cllct that he also caught Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s home run in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Yankees and Ernie Clement's bomb in Game 2 of that same series.
道奇队两支历史性的第七战全垒打，竟被父子俩接到
洛杉矶道奇队在多伦多奇蹟般逆转赢下世界大赛第七战，出现了两支季后赛史上最关键的全垒打：米格尔・罗哈斯（Miguel Rojas）在第九局一出局时击出的追平全垒打，以及威尔・史密斯（Will Smith）在第十一局的致胜全垒打。
比这两支改变战局的全垒打更不可思议的是──接到这两颗全垒打球的，竟然是一对父子。
来自加拿大安大略省布兰普顿市、61岁的约翰・贝恩斯（John Bains），坐在左外野看台第一排，直接接住了罗哈斯那颗387英呎的全垒打。
两局之后，贝恩斯的儿子马修（Matthew）则在球弹进观众席后，虽然一度没接稳，但最终仍成功拿下史密斯那颗加载历史的全垒打球。
当时约翰看起来似乎把罗哈斯的追平全垒打球丢回场内，但他向《cllct》透露，其实口袋里藏了两颗普通的棒球，以防需要“调包”。
“我早就有预感自己可能得这么做，”他说。
贝恩斯表示，他右边口袋里放的是一颗一般的美职用球，那就是他丢回场内的那颗。
“那根本就不是世界大赛的球，”他笑着说。
他补充，马修也做了同样的事，现在这对蓝鸟迷父子各自拥有那两颗让多伦多夺冠梦碎的历史性球。由于MLB不会认证离开球场的球（除非事先特别标记），这两颗球不具官方认证。
当被问到一家人打算如何处理这两颗球时，贝恩斯说他倾向于自己收藏。
若要开价让他改变心意，他早就想好数字：
“罗哈斯那颗我要100万美元，史密斯那颗150万，”他说，“这两颗都改变了整场比赛。”
2024年世界大赛中，弗雷迪・弗里曼（Freddie Freeman）的再见满贯全垒打球，去年在SCP拍卖行以156万美元成交，为史上第三高价。
仅次于大谷翔平2024年第50轰的球（在Goldin拍卖以439万美元成交）以及马克・麦奎尔（Mark McGwire）1999年第70轰的球（在Guernsey’s以305万美元成交）。
贝恩斯1975年自印度移民到加拿大，自1977年蓝鸟队成军以来就是忠实球迷。他说自己心情复杂，难以置信家里竟接到了两颗让蓝鸟无缘自1993年后再度夺冠的球。
事实上，贝恩斯早就不是第一次在那个左外野黄金位置接到季后赛全垒打。他告诉《cllct》，自己还曾在对洋基的美联分区系列赛第一战接到小葛雷罗（Vladimir Guerrero Jr.）的全垒打，在第二战又接到厄尼・克莱门特（Ernie Clement）的全垒打球。
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太赛了吧，这两颗真的拿去卖不知道能卖多少XD

百万？

这父子有点厉害

没MLB认证,这二颗球卖不了太高金额吧?

...夸张

问题是有人要买吗？

卖给洛杉矶人吧

自由人去年那颗再见满贯没认证也卖了156万镁啊，没大联盟认证不是问题应该会有收藏家想买，但大概没有百万镁价值

认证问题不大 反正他也说可以自己收藏

都拍到了，世界大赛的球应该也是特制的吧

WS用球有特别标示啦 就是没认证贴纸而已

有点怀疑，第一颗应该没错，第二颗位置差好几楼耶父子座位也太远

第一颗是直接接住 第二颗是反弹到跟第一颗同样的位置

一家总共接到四颗?好神奇

第二颗也在差不多位子啊，打在牛棚地上往上弹，就刚好被在那个位子的父子接到看影片就知道了https://youtu.be/Q5TFoCsRi3o?si=bzSOFAYnOlLdpAXbhttps://youtu.be/LVIXbaZroFI?si=m5XwwOmPpaFtQCb9

Jomboy他们有把两个打席合在一起，轨迹一样" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">

加拿大真的很多印度移民

两颗一起卖 应该超有价值

没看清楚XD 我一直以为Rojas那支打到绿色那楼

天选之人

棒球之神的剧本真是神奇

多伦多是很多香港粤语系移民，多到连路上都是中文看板，但是这些人不太看棒球

接两颗可以一辈子不用工作了

印度移民热爱棒球?没板球玩换看棒球

有带球来换不错喔 干嘛跟钱过不去

看影片的时候就有觉得两颗球落点好近 没想到是父子都捡到

赚翻了

=_= 扯

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由于MLB不会认证离开球场的球，这两颗球不具官方认证。意思是当天打完找工作人员的话会帮你认证吗？还是全垒打球不会认证的意思？

超爽der 捡到100万勒 欸？

ws的球是有特殊印记的吧

其实华裔地区。几乎只有留在台湾才有棒球传统其他地区几乎没有长期的经营跟脉络。台湾跟棒球几乎是百年传承了

乌鱼子

但WS的球又分不出是全垒打还是借外球而且蓝鸟也有打全垒打

结果父子互告

支持归支持~钱还是香！

都给你接就好啦

有一颗不是丢回去吗？

马的！是时空旅人父子吗！站位这么好

这么黑，买家敢买吗？会不会在售出前又用老手段将球调包……

发财

WS比赛用球，应该不是观众随便拿的到，所以很好确认

卖前掉包又如何 只能卖一次阿 这么简单的逻辑..

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叉低 居然真的掉包了哈哈多伦多其实也就Chinatown那边比较多中文标志啦 其他地方还好

yt上早就一堆人发现调包了吧@@很多slow motion分析文