The bat Babe Ruth used to score his 60th homerun in 1927 has hit the auction block — but the story behind it is a real screwball.
An anonymous collector claims the bat he’s selling is the real deal and can be traced to the comedian Joe E. Brown, who was pals with the Sultan of Swat and gifted the famed bat 91 years ago.
But in a twist, the Baseball Hall of Fame is challenging that provenance – claiming it owns the actual bat the Yankees slugger used to notch the then-homerun record that would go on to stand for 34 years.