Game-used bat collectors anxiously await something new to chase each Mother's Day and once again on Sunday, players will grab special pink-tinted lumber to support breast cancer programs.
Many will be sold on the MLB Auctions online platform starting several days after they're used in competition.
- Louisville Slugger created the pink bat initiative with Major League Baseball in 2006 to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- Orders have tripled since 2006, when aboutt 100 players participated. This year, more than 290 MLB players have ordered pink Louisville Slugger bats. Louisville Slugger is donating two pink bats per player - over $40,000 worth of product.
- MLB will collect the game-used pink Louisville Slugger bats and auction them on mlb.com.
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This was in the East Rutherford, New Jersey police blotter:
Last Sunday, a dealer told police he observed two pieces of memorabilia missing from his table at the card show show at the Sheraton Hotel, located at 2 Meadowlands Plaza Dr.
The Washington, NY dealer told police a 16 by 20-inch JAS certified autographed photo of Muhammad Ali and a 8 by 10-inch autographed photo of Willie Mays had been stolen sometime during the show on April 30. The Ali photo was valued at $600 by the dealer and the Mays photo was valued at $200.
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If you haven't seen the show Pawn Stars on the History Channel, it's worth a look. Most people have by now, though. The reality show takes place inside a Las Vegas pawn shop. The owners and workers of the shop have become celebrities of sorts and the show is a major hit.
Quite often, sports memorabilia makes its way onto the show, and while the guys aren't exactly experts in the field, it is fun to see them try to buy things. Wednesday night, owner Rick Harrison was on Letterman, bringing along a PSA-DNA authenticated--but far from perfect Babe Ruth ball and chatting about the shop and the show.
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 Babe Ruth Actual Piece Of Game Used Bat Vintage Movie Posters Card PSA DNA $102.60 Time Remaining: 59m Buy It Now for only: $102.60 |
 Babe Ruth Autographed Cut Signature Photo PSA DNA 8 NM MT Auto Only S01292 $3,999.95 Time Remaining: 4h 42m Buy It Now for only: $3,999.95 |
 1934 BABE RUTH SIGNED BASEBALL SIGNATURE SWEET SPOT AUTO AUTOGRAPH PSA DNA JSA $14,500.00 Time Remaining: 5h 56m Buy It Now for only: $14,500.00 |
 Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball PSA 8 Overall NM 7 w PSA DNA Letter COA $39,995.00 Time Remaining: 22h 33m Buy It Now for only: $39,995.00 |
 Babe Ruth Game Used Bat PSA DNA Framed Matted New York Yankees $249.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 11m Buy It Now for only: $249.99 |
 BABE RUTH SIGNED BALL PSA DNA 8 AUTOGRAPH BALL 6 OVERALL 7 GRADE LOOKS BETTER $12,950.00 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 38m Buy It Now for only: $12,950.00 |
 BABE RUTH AUTHENTIC SIGNED 1937 CHECK PSA DNA BOLD SIGNATURE FRAMED $3,950.00 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 30m Buy It Now for only: $3,950.00 |
 1926 New York Yankees Team Original Photo PSA DNA Type I w Babe Ruth Gehrig $900.00 Time Remaining: 2d 8h 53m Buy It Now for only: $1,200.00 |
 2013 SPORTS MARKET REPORT Official PSA DNA Price Guide BABE RUTH 1916 1938 $10.00 Time Remaining: 2d 23h 33m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
