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Blue Jays: Addison Barger’s history-making grand slam ball is up for sale
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Ryley Delaney
Nov 27, 2025, 19:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 27, 2025, 19:06 EST
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The baseball that Addison Barger took out of the park in Game 1 of the World Series is up for sale.
If you want a piece of history, the ball will only cost you five figures, at least for now. As of the writing of this article, the current bid for the ball is $9,500 in United States dollars, which equates to over $13,000 in Canadian Dollars. 
What’s the importance of this home run? Well, entering the bottom of the sixth, the score stood at 2-2 between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Jays finally started to find some success, getting the first six batters to reach to give them a 5-2 lead. After George Springer hit a force out, up came Barger as a pinch hitter.
On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, the Blue Jays right fielder/third baseman hit an up and in slider, drilling it to right field to blow the game open and give the Jays a 9-2 lead. They added two more runs thanks to an Alejandro Kirk home run en route to an 11-4 victory. Barger’s home run made history as it was the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.
As you know, the Blue Jays and Dodgers played one of the best World Series of all time, with the Blue Jays losing heartbreakingly in Game 7. No, I’m not over it. Barger’s play was a big reason for the Jays’ success, slashing .480/.536/.680 in 28 World Series plate appearances. In six of the seven games, Barger had two hits as he was able to slash .429/.500/.714 from Game 3 of the American League Championship Series onwards.
This past postseason will always be a bittersweet one. The Jays look poised to contend throughout the duration of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s career, and they’ll undoubtedly win a World Series. However, it won’t be the special 2025 Jays that won it. They were just two outs away and just inches away from winning it all. These memories will live with us forever, but they would’ve been amplified had they closed it out.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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