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Demanette is proud owner of Babe Ruth home run ball

Roger Demanette owns a valuable piece of stitching.
In the 1923 World Series, Babe Ruth hit a home run. Demanette's uncle, Ralph Miller, was sitting in the stands. People scrambled for the ball, but it rolled down the aisle and came to a stop between Miller's shoes. He picked it up and put it in his pocket.
"After the game," Demanette said, "my uncle and his friend were walking behind the stadium, and there was the Babe sitting in his Packard smoking a cigar and having a sip of scotch. He signed the ball for them."
The Baseball Hall of Fame offered Miller $500 for the ball. He refused.
51 years ago, Miller gave the ball to his 13-year-old nephew, Roger Demanette.
The value today of an autographed home run baseball hit by Babe Ruth in the 1923 World Series?
Demanette answered by saying, "You just let people know I don't keep it in my house. After I leave the Blade today I'm sending it back to Fort Knox."
The provenance of the ball has been proven; it has the wear-and-tear of a game ball and even the scuff mark where the Babe's bat hit it hard enough to knock it into the upper seats at Yankee Stadium 95 years ago.
What does Demanette plan to do with the ball?
"I'll keep you posted on that," Demanette said.

 

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