Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball Thoughts

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by niembre

I had my wife's grandmother email me the story because she is now in her mid 80's and he passed away in the 80's. The ball had been in a ball holder sitting in their hallway all these years. Here is what she emailed me about the story behind the ball:

The Evans' were all big sports fans especially baseball, Bills' uncles included. Sundays were spent listening then later watching games. Findlay was close enough to Cleveland, Cincinnati- to drive to . They also saw many games in St. Louis, Jane had an Aunt and Uncle There. Because of Genes' Job as Traffic Manager for Ohio Oil, they received many comped tickets, box seats no less.

At one of the Cleveland games the President of the Nickel Plate Railroad ( I am not sure for this--could have been another RR) asked them to his home for dinner after the game.

He was also a huge sports fan and his den was filled with much memorabilia.

As the evening drew to a close He was so impressed with Bills' knowledge of baseball and sports in general , he told him he could choose anything he wanted from his collection--of course the babe Ruth ball was chosen--this was probably around 1936 so Bill would have been about 12.

Oh I'm sure he had no problem parting with what was probably the best item he had. This story is bullshit. It is as bad as the stories of Ruth signing from his death bed in the hospital.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

Oh I'm sure he had no problem parting with what was probably the best item he had. This story is bullshit. It is as bad as the stories of Ruth signing from his death bed in the hospital.

Wow some of you people are just rude!

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Wow some of you people are just rude!

Seriously? Maybe I'm just sick of forgeries and the people who put them out into the marketplace to lure an unsuspecting buyer. That to me is about as rude as it gets.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

Seriously? Maybe I'm just sick of forgeries and the people who put them out into the marketplace to lure an unsuspecting buyer. That to me is about as rude as it gets.

+1

This "fish" story reeks. The signature on that baseball is indicative of a modern, very poorly done, forgery. No way is it a clubhouse Ruth. And it does not appear to be a situation where that signature has been on the ball for 80 or 90 years, though I would not say that for certain without at least having the ball in hand.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

+1

This "fish" story reeks. The signature on that baseball is indicative of a modern, very poorly done, forgery. No way is it a clubhouse Ruth. And it does not appear to be a situation where that signature has been on the ball for 80 or 90 years, though I would not say that for certain without at least having the ball in hand.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. It looks like a modern forgery. The problem with people is that other people commenting need to show everyone they are right. In the end, who cares? He's not getting a buyer or validation from this board.

As for Scott, you're so smart. I wish I was as smart as you. I wish I could prove to everyone how smart I am. Unfortunately for me, I'm just a small fish and will have to swim in the small pool for ever and ever. Does that make you feel better and validate you more?

[yanks12025]

Lets see he's a new member and came here and asked a SIMPLE question of whether the auto was good or not. He didn't come here trying to sell the baseball to a member and passing it off as being a legit Ruth. But instead you guys just attack him and accuse him of nothing but lies and everything. When in all fact, maybe his story is legit.

Yeah forgeries are a sh*tty part of this hobby and so are all the lies and stuff. But it still doesn't give anyone the right to accuse others of lies and stuff!

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

When in all fact, maybe his story is legit.

Again.....seriously? People attach all kinds of neat stories to things all the time to affirm their value. I'm not saying that the poster did, but someone has or had a good imagination.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Lets see he's a new member and came here and asked a SIMPLE question of whether the auto was good or not. He didn't come here trying to sell the baseball to a member and passing it off as being a legit Ruth. But instead you guys just attack him and accuse him of nothing but lies and everything. When in all fact, maybe his story is legit.

Yeah forgeries are a sh*tty part of this hobby and so are all the lies and stuff. But it still doesn't give anyone the right to accuse others of lies and stuff!

Brock - the OP came here with a question and a story, which most of us do not believe. If he did not come here with a story and only a question there would have not been such a long thread. There are so many holes in the story and looking at the ball virtually debunks his story. The ball is a modern day forgery, most here agree with that assessment. I don't think there is anyone who has written on this thread who disagrees with that.
Perhaps you think too much of human nature but many of us on this forum try to look at a story and determine if it is true or false. We just do not take it on face value.

[niembre]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

Oh I'm sure he had no problem parting with what was probably the best item he had. This story is bullshit. It is as bad as the stories of Ruth signing from his death bed in the hospital.

Again, he had to get the ball from somewhere and he would have no reason to lie about it. He was a 12 year old kid when it was given to him. For all we know, that man who gave him the ball knew it was not real and that is the reason for giving him the ball. Unfortunetly, he passed away in the 80's, so I never got to hear the story directly from him. I've never seen so many quick to judgment people like there are on this board. I guess it's the nature of business you guys are in.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by niembre

Again, he had to get the ball from somewhere and he would have no reason to lie about it. He was a 12 year old kid when it was given to him. For all we know, that man who gave him the ball knew it was not real and that is the reason for giving him the ball. Unfortunetly, he passed away in the 80's, so I never got to hear the story directly from him. I've never seen so many quick to judgment people like there are on this board. I guess it's the nature of business you guys are in.

it's not a business for most here....Forgeries and fish stories are just relentless, day after day, week after week year after year. That's why the quick judgments I think? It's the same BS, just a different day. It has multiplied 10 fold in the past couple of years as you can't tell whose a moron and whose not with-out a scorecard these days.

I for one love the Fish stories! I agree. Don't tell grandma. She'll nag grandpa in his grave and we don't want that....Bad Karma. Good luck