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02-08-2008, 03:22 PM
Posted By: <b>Jamie B</b><p>Recently I was able to snag a single signed Babe Ruth BB from a guy out in California. The Ball is dated "5-7-48" and has the enscription "enterprise studios". The ball belonged to this guys his father who attained it in the 1950's from the original owner who worked at Enteprise Studios also in California. I was told that Babe was out there for the making of the "babe ruth story" in 1948 and found this article to back it up..<br /><br /><a href="http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/babe-ruth43.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/babe-ruth43.htm</a><br />It quotes:<br />"Babe went to Florida for spring training in 1948 and met with Joe McCarthy, Ted Williams, and others, but he looked worse than ever. He said he felt 90 years old on his 53rd birthday; he was soon back in New York. His next major trip was to Hollywood, where he was billed as the technical advisor for the film version of The Babe Ruth Story, which was then being rushed through production to beat the inevitable." <br /><br />Pretty cool that this ball was signed 3 months before he died and that I have all the accurate history that puts Babe out in California during spring of 1948 for the making of his movie...<br />Whats a ball like this worth.. any ideas?<br /><br /><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/bb1.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/BabeDate.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/cert.jpg">