{"id":3421,"date":"2012-05-21T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T02:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2012-06-16T01:44:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T05:44:59","slug":"babe-ruth-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/babe-ruth-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Babe Ruth Jersey Fetches Record Price at Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>100 years later, the shadow of the Great Bambino still looms tall over baseball.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/7953437\/babe-ruth-jersey-sells-record-44-million\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey worn by Ruth fetches record $4.4 million<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/7953437\/babe-ruth-jersey-sells-record-44-million\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Fphoto%2F2012%2F0520%2Fmlb_a_ruth-jersey01jr_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Babe Ruth equals big bucks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/YdGC5qGJ2kR\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"For LeBron, Not Just a Title Earned Last Night, But Some Redemption\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/lebrons-championship\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">For LeBron, Not Just a Title Earned Last Night, But Some Redemption<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Spike Lee is Directing Mike Tyson&#8217;s Broadway Play\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/mike-tyson-broadway\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spike Lee is Directing Mike Tyson&#8217;s Broadway Play<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Yet Another Perfect Game: Should Fans Be Worried?\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/perfect-game-worry\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yet Another Perfect Game: Should Fans Be Worried?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100 years later, the shadow of the Great Bambino still looms tall over baseball. 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