Authentic game-worn sweat on Ruth hat a big seller

I knew eventually there was going to be something else crazy spur from old Yankee Stadium. Vintage memorabilia as always is a hot seller just check out Ebay and find out. Usually fans are in the market for signed bats, baseballs, or cards. However, this week a Babe Ruth sweat-stained Yankees' cap sold for $328,000. How ridiculious is that! The vintage piece of memorabilia featured the slugger's initials embroided on the bottom of the hat's bill. Hunt Auctions claims it's the first hat worn by a player in a game to fetch more than $100,000. Whomever purchased the hat I hope at least got a few loose hair strands, dirt and/or mustard stains from a hot dog as well for that kind of money.

Such a sweat soaked item isn't the type of collector's gem best suited to be placed on a mantel, but rather an enclosed case so the odor can at least be trapped for safe keeping. I imagine the cap is real faded now with traces of his DNA still on it. If a pair of Ruth's pants were auctioned off and had a big hole in the kroch with fart stains investors would be lined up in legions to cast their bid on such an obscure historical remnant. I wonder what an empty coca-cola bottle signed by the Babe would go for in an auction. All this obsession with Babe Ruth memorabilia kind of leaves other Yankee Legends out of the fold. Why can't someone discover a half pair of salvaged cleats worn by Mickey Mantle in his last season, a coffee-stained silk garment Joe Dimaggio gave Marilyn Monroe, a chipped face mask used by Yogi Berra, or a piece of the dugout bench with a drop on hair tonic from Lou's Gehrig's head in his 2,130th career game?

Such rarities sure draw national audience and unbelievable prices. I'm sure when Yankee Stadium is finally torn down there will several frauds surfacing, lying about how they discovered a Babe Ruth jersey buried under the field, though turns out to a knock off replica piece. That or how an authenitc game-used Roger Maris glove with *61 etched in it miracously is uncovered in the ceiling tile from the locker room. That's when the certification process will weed out the phonies. The investors who snatch up the actual vintage memorabilia usually never sell it. Either it's donated or handed to family generations for sentimental value. Whomever desires a sweaty old baseball cap of one of baseball's greatest players can have it for a couple thousand bucks, I'd say no thanks. Um...no offense Babe.