Turns out, the story of Cal Raleigh’s 60th home run ball has a happy ending for all involved parties.
The Mariners revealed on X they invited the man who initially caught the souvenir to T-Mobile Park on Thursday evening in order to thank him for the way he unselfishly gave up the memento to a kid.
Raleigh ended up having an on-field meet and greet with the guy — who MLB.com says is Glenn Mutti-Driscoll, a licensed hydrogeologist — and during their chat, the Seattle star actually gifted him a signed bat.
“Glenn,” Raleigh’s autograph read, “thanks for being a good guy & nice catch!”
Raleigh also posed for pics with Mutti-Driscoll and his family … before he eventually helped lift the Mariners to another victory over the Rockies later Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the kid who Mutti-Driscoll passed off the historic ball to also got some Raleigh merch in the deal.
According to the boy’s father, Galan Ruelos, the Mariners traded the kid an autographed Raleigh bat for the piece of history.
So, the ball — which an auction expert told TMZ Sports is worth around $200,000 — is now in Raleigh’s possession … which means his potential American League MVP award could have some nice company on the catcher’s mantle soon.