Seventeen Major League Baseball teams now sell game-used and game-worn items at or near their home ballpark including one of the newcomers to the ‘Authentics’ program. 
The Baltimore Orioles have a shop next door to Camden Yards where they offer bats, jerseys, baseballs, lineup cards and other memorabilia.
Proceeds go to charity, according to the Orioles. That’s in line with what other big league teams are doing, including the Milwaukee Brewers, whose program we profiled last year.
The items can be pricey, but fans don’t seem to mind forking over cash when they know what they’re getting is the real deal, according to this story in the Baltimore Sun.
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