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Originally Posted by CardPadre
The HOF says they got the base directly from Hank Aaron in 1982. That’s as good a story as any here.
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Somebody gave Hank Aaron a base. I doubt he dug it out of the ground himself.
The HOF could very well have the real base...they just as easily could not.
Yeah, I'm cynical. I've seen too many items in museums and personal collections, obtained from the athlete themselves, that don't pass the sniff test.
Nat Fleischer ran The Ring Boxing Museum and had a ton of gloves on display going back to the 1950's and 60's that were given to him by the boxers themselves from various "important" fights. Half of them weren't even the right brand of glove LOL.
I don't think it's any type of purposeful deception from these athletes. This stuff wasn't even worth anything back in the day. I just don't think they were hung up on the accuracy of such things, as we are today. Especially since this has become a "business" as such.