"I knew it was going to ricochet off the people in front of me for some reason, my intuition told me that. When it did, I stayed nice and calm, and I caught the ball like a baby and just gripped it nice and tight, Flores said. I looked around me, and everybody was so happy and thrilled about what happened."
"My phone is ding, ding, ding, ding' nonstop, he said. I'm very happy that this happened to me in my life. It hasn't hit me yet. It hasn't hit me yet, to be honest, he continued but he does have plans for the ball. I'm going to say this in the most humble way possible I'm looking to sell the ball, Flores said. You know, to the highest bidder or the highest offer. I want to sell the ball."
David Flores, a longtime Dodgers fan from Santa Fe Springs, caught Shohei Ohtani's third home run ball in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. Flores said he anticipated the ricochet, stayed calm, and gripped the ball tightly. The catch has been life-changing for Flores, who is a professional boxing coach, and his phone has been nonstop with messages. Flores plans to sell the ball to the highest bidder to build generational wealth and hopes to meet Ohtani and the team. Auction experts estimate the ball could fetch three to five million dollars or more because of its historic significance, and forensic authentication will be required before sale.
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