Second thoughts
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008
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Dirty play possibility in auction
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post was skeptical about some items up for bidding in an auction of game-used equipment from Yankee Stadium.
Among the items available was batter’s box dirt from opening day 2005.
“Call me cynical, but the dirt looks suspiciously similar to 2006 opening day batter’s box dirt,” Mushnick wrote.
Another item: Ian Kennedy’s Yankees locker room nameplate.
“How a locker nameplate was used in a game escapes us,” Mushnick wrote, before reminding readers that the auction house is the same one that once sold a 2006 game-used Carl Pavano cap.
“Pavano didn’t throw a big league pitch in 2006,” Mushnick wrote. “Hey, that makes the letter of authenticity more valuable than the cap !”
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