Hall of Fame Sweat Is Not Cheap

As part of the All-Star festivities in New York this week, the folks at Hunt Auctions are selling off some old Yankees memorabilia before the team moves into the new stadium next season. These auctions are always fun, as more often than not, the money goes to charity and you can always get some pretty cool stuff.

For instance, you could have had a bat Babe Ruth signed for Broadway star Tessa Kosta for the low low price of $195,000. If that's a little out of your price range, you could have had Thurman Munson's Rookie of the Year Award for only $46,000.

Of course, for some of you I realize that these types of trinkets just aren't good enough. A signed bat? Please, it was probably never even used in a game! You want something you know was utilized in a real live baseball game. You want something with proof, like say, a hat Babe Ruth once wore stained by his sweat.

A baseball cap worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth has been auctioned for a record $328,000 on Monday.

The sweat-stained cap from around the 1920s sold at an auction of Yankees memorabilia in New York.

Hunt Auctions says the cap is one of only three Yankees hats in existence worn by Ruth during games. It says a hat used by a player had never sold for more than $100,000.

I wonder if anybody told the guy who bought Ruth's hat that he could have just gotten one through the Yankees website for $32, and it would have come stain free. Though, I suppose that would have denied him the opportunity to fill Ruth's hat with water, squeeze it dry, and no doubt get as drunk as the Babe probably was during the game he played in it.