Who owns coveted Ohtani 50/50 home run ball up for auction? Legal experts weigh in

Shohei Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season .

The Los Angeles Dodgers star's 50/50 home run ball landed in the left-field seats at LoanDepot Park in Miami .

Fans scrambled for the ball and the prospect of selling it for millions on the memorabilia market.

The outcome of that scramble has sparked at least two lawsuits in what one expert described as a "once in a generation" legal dispute.

It's the first guy that ends up with it, says Gray: The custom and practice of baseball goes back over 100 years .

Gray: It looks to me like Belanski and Matus have possession and it's impossible to tell unless there's testimony.

Finkelman : If two people are hunting the same animal, the guy who shoots the animal and kills it is the owner, not the guy chasing it.

As long as this lawsuit is pending, nobody has a clear title to the ball.

Finkelman : "It's entirely possible -- highly likely -- that the judge will say there's a significant material question about who owns this ball" From 2008 to 2020 , I appraised $1 billion in memorabilia for insurance, donation, celebrity estates.