Babe Ruth Autographed Baseballs

Wanna impress your friends? How about adding a "Holy Grail" to your collection. Sure, you can get yourself a T206 Honus Wagner ... yeah, right. Or you can get a Babe Ruth autographed baseball. No ... seriously! I'm talking about a genuine Babe Ruth signed baseball. Because compared to the T206, they're not hard to find, they're relatively inexpensive, and an autographed Ruth ball carries just as much prestige. And everyone knows Babe Ruth. Even people who aren't sports fans.

This particular one sat on my desk for about a day and is one of my favorites. It has Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Fox, and Connie Mack on the panels, but Babe Ruth nice and bold on the sweet spot. We used to see one every once in a while, but I've never seen so many in one place at one time. Whenever one arrives, we would all clamor around to get a glimpse of it before it's sold. Kent makes sure that they're PSA/DNA or JSA authenticated before they are allowed to sell so if you're in the market, give Kent a call. 713-672-2793

October 20, 2008 - Colt McCoy, Texas Longhorns (University of Texas)

The Longhorns be the Sooners and Colt McCoy is on the cover of SI. I'm not an authority but I think he might be pretty good. :P

A couple of years ago when he started as a skinny freshman, he was a boy amongst men. Look at him now. He is almost single handedly leading the Texas Longhorns atop the AP poll -- number one in the nation for two weeks in a row.

Even if they don't get an opportunity to play in the national championship game, beating the OU Sooners is good enough. It's that big of a deal.

Octubre, 2008 - Luis Castillo, San Diego Chargers (SI Latino)

I'm trying to get more information on SI Latino issues. We carry a couple of issues on the website, but they resemble more like commemorative issues.

The October 2008 issue that I recently found features Luis Castillo and is a supplemental that is stuffed in local Spanish newspapers. I've heard that they release regional issues as well so there may be multiple covers every month - American football in the West and Soccer or International Football in the East.

I'm going to try to broaden our stock of SI Latino issues. If there's a different cover in your area, let me know who it is.

October 13, 2008 - Manny Ramirez & Marian Hossa - Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Redwings

Two Covers this week.

1988, as I remember, was a very good year. The A's - with their power-hitting duo of Canseco & McGwire was the team to dethrone and the Los Angeles Dodgers was the team that did it. First they beat the Mets, and then Kirk Gibson hit that massive ninth-inning home run in game one. Oh, the memories. Twenty years later, Manny Mania is going to try to bring the glory back to Dodger blue. The Manny issue is available in the West and South.

Incidently, Marian Hossa is on the 2008 Hockey Preview, a regional East Coast cover. Down here in our hockey depraved sector of the country, I've never heard of him. He must be pretty good.