Displayed is the baseball that astounding two-way player Shohei Ohtani, now mounting a challenge to Babe Ruth as the best two-way player in the history of baseball, hit into the left field stands at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on June 24, 2025, for the 300th home run of his professional career. "He [Ohtani] kind of reminds you of Nolan Ryan and then he reminds you of freaking Barry Bonds," said Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux on ESPN Radio's Canty and Carlton show. "He's both of these guys," continued Maddux. "I mean, he's got great stuff [,] and he can hit a home run with anybody. Nobody else has done it before...The last guy was who, maybe Babe Ruth? Nobody's been able to do that." Ruth was both the best power hitter of his era, and also a superb pitcher. His lifetime batting average is .340, with 714 home runs, and Ruth still holds the all-time Major League records for slugging (.690) and OPS (1.164). The Bambino also went 94-46, with a 2.28 ERA as a pitcher, all with the Boston Red Sox except for a few games with the New York Yankees. Also, Ruth once held the World Series record for pitching consecutive scoreless innings, at 29.2, later broken by Whitey Ford. But, except for a few instances or short stretches, Ruth was really a two-way player in the same season only in 1919. That year, he batted .322, with 29 home runs, to lead the American League and had a 9-5 record as a pitcher, with a 2.97 ERA.

Ohtani's 300th home run blast against the Colorado Rockies occurred in the top of the 6th inning against Rockies' pitcher Ryan Rolison. The Dodgers were at bat and led 6-3. Tommy Edman singled, and then with no outs and a 0-1 count, Ohtani hit this offered baseball deep into the left field stands. Ohtani's swing provided an exit velocity of 101.6 miles per hour, with a distance of the ball's travel at 373 feet. In the left field stands, attending her 833rd baseball game, was Emily Sauvageau, the consignor of this offered baseball. In the June 24th game this season, Ohtani, who throws right-handed and bats left-handed, used an inside-out swing to hit the ball to left field. Waiting just over the railing of the stands, Emily Sauvageau moved towards where she thought the ball would come down, flicked out her baseball glove or mitt, worn on her right hand, and made a remarkable, one-hand catch, cleanly catching the ball on the fly just as it just cleared the glove of the Rockies' left fielder Jordan Beck. The Dodgers hung on to win the game, 9-7. Following her catch, Emily was swarmed by fans, the media, and even YouTubers who wanted to interview her. We have uploaded images of all provenance connected to her at the game.

As for Ohtani, before coming to play in the Major Leagues, Shohei had played five seasons in the top Japanese league, called the Nippon Pro League. He was a two-way player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, where he pitched, played the outfield and was a designated hitter. In Japan, Ohtani has a lifetime NPL pitching record of 42-15, with a 2.52 ERA and 624 strikeouts. His Japanese batting statistics include a career .284 batting average, with 48 home runs. Before playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei played in the Major Leagues with the Los Angeles Angels from 2018 through 2023. He played 2024 and in the current season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, signing a then-record 10-year contract for 700 million. In Major Leagues, Ohtani, as of this writing in mid-July 2025, has a 38-19 pitching slate, with a 2.97 ERA and 618 strikeouts. As a Major League hitter, Ohtani at this writing has a career .281 batting average and 255 home runs. Ohtani was with the Los Angeles Angels. from 2018-23, and he has played with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2024 to the present. Returning after an arm injury, Ohtani (as of this writing at the All-Star Game break in mid-July 2025) is batting .286, with 30 home runs and 56 RBIs. At the same time, he has been slowly returning to pitching, as he served as an opener, pitching in five games, - totaling nine innings - with a 0-0 record and a 1.00 ERA and 10 strikeouts. 

The offered Ohtani 300th home run baseball is an Official Major League Baseball (Manfred). It shows some wear, with a few minor spots or slight stains, and some somewhat darkened sections, yet is still in very good condition.  Ohtani, with his active return this season as a full-time two-way player, now performs under the baseball spotlight on an almost daily basis. With his nicknames of "Shotime" and "The Japanese Babe Ruth", Ohtani seems to be drawing closer to Ruth as the consensus baseball Greatest of All Time, the "Baseball G.O.A.T". The offered baseball makes a great remembrance of Shohei Ohtani, now the most important, and followed, player in baseball. Comes with Davious Photo-Matched LOA and a letter of authenticity from consignor Emily Sauvageau.

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