Interesting Antiques Roadshow article

[cubman1941]

Just read this about a person who brought in two signed baseballs to Antiques Roadshow. Prime example of either the appraiser not knowing, mis-speaking or the translator of the article not knowing or not proof reading. The player in question is Joe Giard who played with the Yankees one year according Baseball -Reference.com.

"Curious about how they had been stored, Philip asked where they were kept, to which the guest admitted: "Oh they were in a sock drawer, a dresser drawer and I didn't think they were much of anything." Philip then revealed: "Well let's just say this is going to be a tale of two baseballs."
He pointed out: "The first baseball here on the right is really interesting, because you see there's [a signature from] Babe Ruth right here on the sweet spot. And then when you flip it over to this side, right here, you have Lou Gehrig and then when you flip it over again, you have what I call the key signature. Not that it's the most important player but that's right here, Joe Girardi."

Philip, discussing the importance of the autograph, said: "Joe Girardi was the key signature as he only played on the Yankees for one year and by having him on the baseball, we're able to identify this as a 1927 Yankee baseball." "