View Full Version : Can Anyone Identify This Baseball
thetruthisoutthere
06-27-2011, 02:34 PM
I will be the first to admit that I know absolutely nothing about baseballs.
Can anyone here identify the baseball in the below photo and when it was produced? It contains some markings. Thank you.
41284
ScottR81
06-27-2011, 02:39 PM
looks like some fake sigs of ruth and cobb with a bic pen.
thetruthisoutthere
06-27-2011, 02:43 PM
looks like some fake sigs of ruth and cobb with a bic pen.
I know the autographs are forgeries. It's a Morales certed piece of crap. I just need to know when that particular baseball was produced. Thank you.
BrandonG
06-28-2011, 11:31 PM
Well it says Horsehide on the top panel so its pre 1977. Any photo's of the sweetspot logo?
thecatspajamas
06-29-2011, 12:21 AM
It's got Ruth on it, so I would hope they would have sense enough to use a pre-1948 ball. But maybe that's where this is leading...
thetruthisoutthere
06-29-2011, 10:06 AM
Corey Leiby of www.antiqueathlete.com wrote me the following:
It appears that after the last "5" in the model number their is a registered trademark symbol known as a rabol (an R in a circle.) If that is the case, there is no need to go any further because that was not used until the 1960's.
BrandonG
06-29-2011, 01:41 PM
The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.
thetruthisoutthere
06-29-2011, 01:49 PM
The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.
Thank you, Brandon. That was my initial suspicion even though I know absolutely nothing about baseballs.
Brendan
06-29-2011, 02:32 PM
Seems like an early 70's or late 60's baseball to me. I know Morales is a piece of crap, but my god, those signatures are horrific.
mcgwirecom
06-29-2011, 06:46 PM
Yeah that registered trademark "R" in a circle is a giveaway. I was trying to look it up this AM when i saw the posting but couldn't find it in time and had to leave for work. i knew that was a fairly modern thing. Is that for sure that it started in the '60's?
Great job investigating, TTIOT!
DanC
timber63401
06-29-2011, 10:53 PM
How are these guys not shut down yet?
thetruthisoutthere
06-30-2011, 08:16 AM
Great job investigating, TTIOT!
DanC
Thank you, DanC.
We all love the below "1919 Blacksox" signed baseball that was "Forensically Examined" by Christopher L. Morales, Forensic Investigator.
http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=274939
41492
The current high bid is $232.00.
GrayGhost
06-30-2011, 08:36 AM
I think they had ANOTHER one w more sigs not long back, that included Comiskey and Ring Lardner too, I think.
It amazes me how they get these wonderful pieces. The Roaches is the place to go..for your BLATANT HELPING OF WORTHLESS GARBAGE:mad: