Bonds' 762nd ball could fetch $1 million
DENVER (AP) - March 13, 2008 SCP Auctions said Thursday that 24-year-old Jameson Sutton of
Boulder snared Bonds' final homer of last season on Sept. 5 at
Coors Field.
SCP said Sutton has decided to sell the ball in an online
auction starting March 31. The auction house also handled the sale
of Bond's record-breaking home run ball No. 756, which went for
$752,467.
Bonds' return to baseball looks uncertain. The Giants didn't
re-sign the 43-year-old, and the home run king faces perjury and
obstruction charges stemming from a steroids investigation. He
pleaded not guilty.
If Bonds doesn't return, No. 762 would remain the major league
record for career homers for the foreseeable future. Among active
players, Sammy Sosa is second with 609.
"Baseball's all-time home run record is, arguably, the most
prominent individual record in all of sports," said Dan Imler,
managing director of SCP Auctions.
Bonds hit No. 762 over the left-field fence - the opposite field
for the lefty-batting slugger - on a 99-mph fastball by Ubaldo
Jimenez.
"I ended up being in the right place at the right time,"
Sutton said.
SCP sold Bonds' 755th - which tied Hank Aaron's mark - for
$186,750.
Bonds' 715th home run ball, which moved him ahead of Babe Ruth
and into second place on the career list, sold for $220,100 in a
2006 auction.
SCP said it authenticated Sutton's ball by studying game films
and interviewing fans, including Robert Harmon, who was scrambling
with Sutton for the ball.
SCP said Harmon signed an affidavit saying he doesn't have the
ball, and that Sutton submitted to a polygraph test.
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