The Baltimore Orioles Charitable Foundation got quite a windfall from the team’s game-worn and game-used memorabilia last year. The club revealed this week that it sold $500,000 worth of jerseys, helmets, caps, baseballs, bases and other items via sales and auctions last year while it opened an auction for 2017 spring training jerseys worn last weekend. The Foundation and … [Read more...] about Orioles’ 2016 Game-Used Gear Brought Big Bucks as Spring Jersey Auction Opens
MLB Auctions
Zach Britton’s Not-So-Game-Worn Jersey Garners Attention
As if losing an extra-inning wild card game wasn’t enough, Baltimore Orioles fans have spent a week being tortured again over an online auction. After the O’s lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in extra innings on the night of October 4, manager Buck Showalter was roasted by some for not bringing All-Star closer Zach Britton, his best pitcher, into the game to face the Jays’ … [Read more...] about Zach Britton’s Not-So-Game-Worn Jersey Garners Attention
Brad Ausmus’ Tirade Hoodie and Cap Go to Auction
Topps wasn’t able to produce a card of the Roughned Odor punch to the face of Jose Bautista, but Major League Baseball has no such problem with a charity auction featuring items from a recent managerial meltdown. Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus has turned two items from his profanity-laced tirade and ejection over to MLB Auctions which is selling them on its website. … [Read more...] about Brad Ausmus’ Tirade Hoodie and Cap Go to Auction
Brewers Authentics Proves Dirty Can Be Delightful
Stroll through the field level concourse at Miller Park during a Milwaukee Brewers game and the smells leave no doubt where you are. Brats and hot dogs sizzle. Popcorn pops. Beer flows. Near section 111, though, another market has opened. This one carries items that come with a whiff of game action. The Brewers have become one of a number of Major League Baseball teams … [Read more...] about Brewers Authentics Proves Dirty Can Be Delightful
9/11 Remembrance Charity Auction Includes Mets Caps
The New York Mets have opened the 9/11 Remembrance Charity Auction, featuring special autographed NYC service agency caps worn in pre-game warm-ups prior to the team’s September 11 game this year. The caps commemorated the 12th anniversary of the response to the terrorist attacks on the city and include logos from the city’s police and fire departments, among others. Caps … [Read more...] about 9/11 Remembrance Charity Auction Includes Mets Caps