Kenneth Cohen

And so once was after the 1918 season, when baseball players, Babe Ruth had just won the World Series with the Red Sox right before he would be traded to the New York Yankees and the Red Sox would go a very long time before they went again. And all baseball players after the end of the season were told they had to find essential work because World War I was still going on.

And so once was after the 1918 season, when baseball players, Babe Ruth had just won the World Series with the Red Sox right before he would be traded to the New York Yankees and the Red Sox would go a very long time before they went again. And all baseball players after the end of the season were told they had to find essential work because World War I was still going on.

And so once was after the 1918 season, when baseball players, Babe Ruth had just won the World Series with the Red Sox right before he would be traded to the New York Yankees and the Red Sox would go a very long time before they went again. And all baseball players after the end of the season were told they had to find essential work because World War I was still going on.

The country was actually recovering from a flu pandemic in that year. And so many baseball players signed to play for factory baseball teams and claimed that they were doing factory work as part of their essential work. Babe Ruth signed with Bethlehem Steel, which was run by a guy named Charles Schwab, who's Name is familiar for all sorts of other reasons now.

The country was actually recovering from a flu pandemic in that year. And so many baseball players signed to play for factory baseball teams and claimed that they were doing factory work as part of their essential work. Babe Ruth signed with Bethlehem Steel, which was run by a guy named Charles Schwab, who's Name is familiar for all sorts of other reasons now.

The country was actually recovering from a flu pandemic in that year. And so many baseball players signed to play for factory baseball teams and claimed that they were doing factory work as part of their essential work. Babe Ruth signed with Bethlehem Steel, which was run by a guy named Charles Schwab, who's Name is familiar for all sorts of other reasons now.

And so he played baseball for a factory team in a six-team league where each team represented a Bethlehem Steel-owned factory. Factory workers at the time complained about Ruth showing up at the factory in patent leather shoes, dress pants, and a silk shirt.

And so he played baseball for a factory team in a six-team league where each team represented a Bethlehem Steel-owned factory. Factory workers at the time complained about Ruth showing up at the factory in patent leather shoes, dress pants, and a silk shirt.

And so he played baseball for a factory team in a six-team league where each team represented a Bethlehem Steel-owned factory. Factory workers at the time complained about Ruth showing up at the factory in patent leather shoes, dress pants, and a silk shirt.

But when he toured the region with a team, kids came running out as they still do not necessarily aware of the politics behind their heroes actions. One youngster in Scranton, PA got this baseball and he could have gotten it at that time or he could have gotten it in 1921 when Babe Ruth against Major League Baseball rules,

But when he toured the region with a team, kids came running out as they still do not necessarily aware of the politics behind their heroes actions. One youngster in Scranton, PA got this baseball and he could have gotten it at that time or he could have gotten it in 1921 when Babe Ruth against Major League Baseball rules,

But when he toured the region with a team, kids came running out as they still do not necessarily aware of the politics behind their heroes actions. One youngster in Scranton, PA got this baseball and he could have gotten it at that time or he could have gotten it in 1921 when Babe Ruth against Major League Baseball rules,

organized a barnstorming tour of Major League Baseball players who played little town teams all across the eastern half of the United States in an early assertion of player rights at a time when baseball players were in a system that gave them very little in terms of rights to negotiate their contracts, ask for trades. There was no such thing as free agency.

organized a barnstorming tour of Major League Baseball players who played little town teams all across the eastern half of the United States in an early assertion of player rights at a time when baseball players were in a system that gave them very little in terms of rights to negotiate their contracts, ask for trades. There was no such thing as free agency.

organized a barnstorming tour of Major League Baseball players who played little town teams all across the eastern half of the United States in an early assertion of player rights at a time when baseball players were in a system that gave them very little in terms of rights to negotiate their contracts, ask for trades. There was no such thing as free agency.

And so either way, whether this was in 1919 or 1921, this ball captures a really important moment, certainly in the life of the child who had this signed by their hero, but also in Babe Ruth's relevance to American history more broadly.

And so either way, whether this was in 1919 or 1921, this ball captures a really important moment, certainly in the life of the child who had this signed by their hero, but also in Babe Ruth's relevance to American history more broadly.

And so either way, whether this was in 1919 or 1921, this ball captures a really important moment, certainly in the life of the child who had this signed by their hero, but also in Babe Ruth's relevance to American history more broadly.

So the answer is it can be either. Most of our items come from a donation where we do not pay. People think the Smithsonian is sort of loaded, but we're not. And so on the open market, especially today when you're talking about pop culture materials and the collecting market and the auction market is...

So the answer is it can be either. Most of our items come from a donation where we do not pay. People think the Smithsonian is sort of loaded, but we're not. And so on the open market, especially today when you're talking about pop culture materials and the collecting market and the auction market is...