Best item desc ever! OR Why couldn't a drunken HOFer have sideswiped my grandfather

[ParisianJohn]

I was looking at some items on an upcoming auction and got a kick out of this item description and had to share it:

Early 1940's Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb & Tris Speaker Signed Baseball. The original owner's notarized letter of provenance is so magnificent that we reproduce it here: "I do hereby state that in 1943 I was driving to work one evening on Shaker Blvd. in Shaker Heights, Ohio, when another automobile rolled through a stop sign, striking my automobile. The person driving the other automobile was Tris Speaker. It was obvious that Speaker had been drinking and he told me to stop by his office in downtown Cleveland so he could give me something as a way of saying he was sorry for what happened. A couple days later I stopped by his office and Speaker gave me a baseball signed by himself, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. I have been in possession of that baseball for more than fifty-one years until today, January 17, 1995."

[StraightRaceCards]

That is hilarious

At least Tris had the decency to make up for his poor actions, in some sort of way.

Still, a legendary story. That’s one of those, “you’ll never guess what happened to me grandkids” type of story

The more I hear about Speaker, he seemed like a rowdy, but loyal character

[babraham]

Ha! That's awesome, great story!