For most baseball collectors, their “Holy Grail” is, and always will be, a single-signed Babe Ruth baseball. The reasons why are many and varied. There is the fact that he is the greatest player the game has ever produced. For before he started re-writing the record books with his epic home runs, Babe Ruth was renown as the best left-handed pitcher in the American League. No player has ever come close to matching this complete dominance over the two opposite facets of the game. His very life seemed to embody the American Spirit, rising from a juvenile delinquent on the Baltimore waterfront, shunned by his own family to become the most recognized man in North America, idolized by millions. It is only natural that the game’s greatest collectible is attributable to Babe Ruth. The Babe’s well-practiced script, honed during his years at a Catholic orphanage, has the same swagger and boldness in which he lived his life. As was his custom and privilege as the game’s greatest star, Ruth signed his name on this Official American League William Harridge stamped ball’s sweet spot in slightly faded black pen. The signature presents beautifully with a minor chip affecting the “be” in “Babe”. The ball displays minor toning and the stamped commissioner’s signature is light, but the distinguished signature of Ruth is clear. This ball has been encapsulated and authenticated by Beckett Grading (0011127261) and has been given a grade of Authentic. Additionally, there is a LOA from PSA/DNA (P01702), who have given the signature a grade of EX-MT 6.

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