Dodgers' two historic Game 7 homers caught by father-son duo The Los Angeles Dodgers' improbable comeback to win Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto featured two of the most important home runs in postseason history: Miguel Rojas' tying blast with one out in the ninth and Will Smith's game-winning homer in the 11th. Perhaps more unlikely than the two game-tuning home runs: A father and son caught the two home run baseballs. John Bains, 61, of Brampton, Ontario, was sitting in the front row of the left-field bleachers when he caught Rojas' 387-foot shot on a fly. Two innings later, Bains' son Matthew bobbled Smith's homer when it bounced up into the stands, but was able to corral the piece of baseball history. John Bains appeared to throw back Rojas' tying homer, but he told cllct he had two other balls in his pocket in case he needed to pull the switcheroo. "I had a feeling I might have had to do it," Bains said. Bains said he had a regular major-league ball in his right pocket, and that's the one he threw back. "It wasn't even a World Series ball," he said, laughing. He said Matthew also did the same thing, and the two Blue Jays fans are now in possession of the two pieces of history. MLB will not authenticate baseballs that leave the field of play, unless they are specially marked. When asked what the family was going to do with the balls, Bains said he's leaning toward keeping them. Asked for a price that would change that equation, he had both of them on the tip of his tongue. "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." Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball from the 2024 World Series sold last year at SCP Auctions for $1.56 million. It's the third-highest price paid for a baseball behind Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball from the 2024 season ($4.39 million at Goldin Auctions) and Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball ($3.05 million at Guernsey's in 1999). Bains, who moved from India to Canada in 1975, says he has been a Blue Jays fan since 1977, when Toronto was granted the expansion franchise. He says he understandably has mixed feelings, but can't believe his family got both balls that sunk Toronto's hopes of winning its first title since 1993. Bains is no stranger to catching playoff homers from those prime seats in left field. He told cllct that he also caught Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s home run in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Yankees and Ernie Clement's bomb in Game 2 of that same series. 道奇隊兩支歷史性的第七戰全壘打，竟被父子倆接到 洛杉磯道奇隊在多倫多奇蹟般逆轉贏下世界大賽第七戰，出現了兩支季後賽史上最關鍵的全壘打：米格爾・羅哈斯（Miguel Rojas）在第九局一出局時擊出的追平全壘打，以及威爾・史密斯（Will Smith）在第十一局的致勝全壘打。 比這兩支改變戰局的全壘打更不可思議的是──接到這兩顆全壘打球的，竟然是一對父子。 來自加拿大安大略省布蘭普頓市、61歲的約翰・貝恩斯（John Bains），坐在左外野看台第一排，直接接住了羅哈斯那顆387英呎的全壘打。 兩局之後，貝恩斯的兒子馬修（Matthew）則在球彈進觀眾席後，雖然一度沒接穩，但最終仍成功拿下史密斯那顆載入歷史的全壘打球。 當時約翰看起來似乎把羅哈斯的追平全壘打球丟回場內，但他向《cllct》透露，其實口袋裡藏了兩顆普通的棒球，以防需要「調包」。 「我早就有預感自己可能得這麼做，」他說。 貝恩斯表示，他右邊口袋裡放的是一顆一般的美職用球，那就是他丟回場內的那顆。 「那根本就不是世界大賽的球，」他笑著說。 他補充，馬修也做了同樣的事，現在這對藍鳥迷父子各自擁有那兩顆讓多倫多奪冠夢碎的歷史性球。由於MLB不會認證離開球場的球（除非事先特別標記），這兩顆球不具官方認證。 當被問到一家人打算如何處理這兩顆球時，貝恩斯說他傾向於自己收藏。 若要開價讓他改變心意，他早就想好數字： 「羅哈斯那顆我要100萬美元，史密斯那顆150萬，」他說，「這兩顆都改變了整場比賽。」 2024年世界大賽中，弗雷迪・弗里曼（Freddie Freeman）的再見滿貫全壘打球，去年在SCP拍賣行以156萬美元成交，為史上第三高價。 僅次於大谷翔平2024年第50轟的球（在Goldin拍賣以439萬美元成交）以及馬克・麥奎爾（Mark McGwire）1999年第70轟的球（在Guernsey’s以305萬美元成交）。 貝恩斯1975年自印度移民到加拿大，自1977年藍鳥隊成軍以來就是忠實球迷。他說自己心情複雜，難以置信家裡竟接到了兩顆讓藍鳥無緣自1993年後再度奪冠的球。 事實上，貝恩斯早就不是第一次在那個左外野黃金位置接到季後賽全壘打。他告訴《cllct》，自己還曾在對洋基的美聯分區系列賽第一戰接到小葛雷羅（Vladimir Guerrero Jr.）的全壘打，在第二戰又接到厄尼・克萊門特（Ernie Clement）的全壘打球。 https://reurl.cc/7bXga9 - 太賽了吧，這兩顆真的拿去賣不知道能賣多少XD ----- Sent from JPTT on my Asus ASUS_AI2205_C. --

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