After catching two of the most important home runs in World Series history, John Bains and his son Matthew told cllct Sunday they planned to hold on to the historic baseballs — but they would consider selling if the price was right.
Just two days later, the Bains family has made the decision to put both home run balls from the Dodgers' dramatic Game 7 victory in Toronto up for bid at SCP Auctions.
The Blue Jays fan who caught Miguel Rojas’ game-tying home run kept the ball and threw a different one back on the field pic.twitter.com/VkQEQoRTTC
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John Bains, 61, of Brampton, Ontario, grabbed Miguel Rojas' game-tying homer in the ninth inning as L.A. snatched victory away from Bains' beloved Blue Jays, who were just two outs away from their first championship since 1993.
Two innings later, Matthew Bains corralled Will Smith's game-winning home run after initially bobbling the historic relic.
Bains said SCP officials reached out and convinced him the baseballs would best be handled at their auction house. The auction will start Wednesday and run through Nov. 17.
Bains, who handed the balls to SCP on Tuesday, said he was convinced to use the California-based auction house by its sale of the Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball ($1.56 million) from the 2024 World Series.
Both the father and son appeared to throw the baseballs back onto the field from their front-row seats in left field, but John Bains told cllct they actually threw back other baseballs they had brought into Rodgers Centre. "It wasn't even a World Series ball," he said, laughing.
Bains said he had specific prices in mind for selling the baseballs, so the auctions at SCP will have clear targets.
"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."