This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 5/11/2001.
Twenty-two-year-old Alex Rodriguez was on his way to a record 42 home runs by a shortstop, as well as becoming the third-youngest player to rack up 100 homers, when he hit his 23rd off Oakland's Tom Candiotti on June 12. "A-Rod" marked the ball with his signature and the words "1998 Home Run Ball #23 on the sweet spot, rating a solid 9. The lightly-toned OAL Budig ball
has a few scattered markings from game-use.