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In response to "Sure. But to me, I say screw those guys. Put your ball on Ebay and people will either believe it's real and bid or not." by Jim

It's really not so much about helping the guy with the actual ball as it is stopping the guys with the fake balls.

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Aug 4 '10, 09:13

MLB realized last decade that they had a very real counterfeit memorabilia problem. Those counterfeit items devalue the historical value of the actual pieces of baseball history. It's not just these home run balls they're authenticating, after every single game something like 100 different items are authenticated. In the past 10 years over 3 million items have been authenticated.

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Well said. (nm) - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:34
A good NY Times article on MLB's authentication program. -- (link) - Ender Aug 4, 09:21

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It's really not so much about helping the guy with the actual ball as it is stopping the guys with the fake balls.

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