Grown man violently takes Shohei Ohtani's 50th homerun ball worth $4.5 million out of teen's hand, or did he?

Im with ya. The kid in the red jersey never actually had it in his sole possession. At best he touched it while it was on the ground in between the dudes legs

I agree but something like this is worth what someone will pay for it. Some really rich dude in Japan may just buy it as a flex to show people how rich he is when they come over. And he might be able to sell it for a profit later.

Rich people like really rare stuff.

Yep, someone might. And I am still waiting on someone to buy my 1989 Billy Ripken Fleer card with the "F*** Face" bat, but no one has ponied up yet. I was told it was worth $50,000 in my Beckett price guide.

That kid barely touched the ball, let alone had control of it.

That said, the dude should sell it to Ohtani directly.

someone should kick that 30 year old hard in his balls

Why do you hate capitalism?

Football dominates American sports, so let's go with those rules. As neither the older gentleman nor the 18 year old caught the ball, made a football move or maintained possession while going to the ground, possession should go back to the person that had the ball at the start of the play, Shohei.

Please, I'd push your grandmother over for a $4M baseball.

How do they prove that it was the actual ball when selling it? Do they have a special identification on each ball?

as I'm on the kid's side as he didn't do much effort as work is hard as he is upholding the dubya lifestyle as Shoha agrees with me as spelling is hard as ofa lon teh

I've got one of those too! That and my Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck rookie card are my retirement plan 🤞

Yes, they always switch to special balls for milestone things like that. It's something that Ohtani even said he was anxious to get 50/50 over with, because they had to keep switching the balls.

Any society that places massive value on such an item, a ball used in a sports game, let alone a society that sees adults physically fighting it... is a joke.

What else would you be willing to do with her? I have $4M asking.

Something is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. I don't find sushi "worth" the money but others do. It can be highly subjective.

You never know what something is worth until you actually sell it. You got suckered.

So how do you feel about art? People pay a lot more for that in a lot of cases. Is a Monet (whose paintings I do like) really offer anything more in terms of enjoyment than a ball in a case that has special meaning for the owner? Why can't a baseball be "art"? I have seen stuff passed off as art that looks ridiculous to me, but hey people pay millions for Jackson Pollack's stuff that looks like the finger paintings my kids did in pre-school.

When the ball went into the crowd before anyone possesses it, it an be considered no one's or community property. To possess something, you can probably consider touching or grabbing with any body part. The man looks like he got on top of it with his body while the 18 y/o passively grabs for it with his hand. If the 18 y/o is trying to assert to possess it must be by your hand, that seems dicey at best. There is nothing in this video that shows "he had it" then some guy jumps on him and uses his body and legs to get it. The ball was on the ground, the guy got on the ground and used his body.

I also agree with some other posts; they should have sold it to Shohei and Dodgers for 500k. With that said, Shohei can literally take his bat, gloves and entire uniform and preserve those as being part of this rare event. I suspect they also have some historical and monetary value. Especially the bat.

On a side note, the guy yelling "oh my god! oh my god!" as the 4.5 million dollar ball is coming his way, is pretty hilarious lol