The ball that Shohei Ohtani hit for his 50th home run this season will be up for auction beginning Friday despite a lawsuit filed Thursday by a Florida man who claims the souvenir was wrested from him.
Max Matus sought an injunction to stop the auction, scheduled to be conducted by Goldin Auctions beginning Friday and running through Oct. 16.
John Uustal, Matus' lawyer who filed suit, told ESPN on Thursday, "The judge asked us to try to work it out. We were asking for an emergency injunctive relief, saying, ‘If the ball is sold, there's no way to put the horse back in the barn and make it disappear' — and there would be irreparable harm, so, we want to maintain the status quo."
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