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Dodgers: Fan Who Held On To Albert Pujols' 700th Home Run Ball Pays Off In Auction

It was a great ending to an illustrious career for Albert Pujols, but he wasn't able to keep his milestone home run ball
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Dodgers: Fan Who Held On To Albert Pujols' 700th Home Run Ball Pays Off In Auction
Dodgers: Fan Who Held On To Albert Pujols' 700th Home Run Ball Pays Off In Auction

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Any fans dream when coming to a baseball game is to catch a ball as a souvenir to take home. A foul ball is still fun, a home run ball is even greater but it's hard to top Albert Pujols' 700th home run ball.

History was made when Pujols and the Cardinals visited the Dodgers on Sept. 23 and Pujols needed two home runs to reach 700. Dodgers players and fans alike couldn't wait to see Pujols reach the milestone, but many didn't believe it would be possible to see Pujols reach that in just one game.

Of course this wasn't the case. History was made and a lucky fan was able to take home the home run ball.

When asked if he'd return the ball to Pujols, the fan declined with the hopes of making some money off the ball. The bet paid off and the fan made some serious cash for auctioning the ball.

Pujols being the true professional of the game didn't mind not getting the ball back. He would've liked to have the ball, but he knows the souvenirs are for the fans at the end of the day.

The fan gets a souvenir that more than likely changed his life completely and Pujols rides off into the sunset as one of the greatest to ever play the game. There will continue to be plenty of home runs as the greatest players in the game eventually call it quits, but to replicate a moment that was created by Pujols seems like a once in a lifetime moment. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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