World Series shot of Babe & Gehrig for sale

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Rain washes away opportunity
Published 5/12/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... to start Friday's game against the Mets on three days' rest. If it were up to us, we'd just skip Igawa while also letting Kennedy start once more in Triple-A. Let him have one more try to build up some confidence, and tweak things a bit, then give him his spot in the rotation back. Why mess with his rhythm and possibly start him on three days' rest? A photo of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig snapped at the 1927 World Series may fetch as much as $100,000 at auction, according to the Daily News . It'll be Andy Pettitte (3-3, 3.77 ERA) vs. righty Matt ...

Cashorabelia
Published 5/12/2008 by Mantlemurcer (noreply@blogger.com) at My Pinstripes
... Lou Gehrig. The photo was taken during the 1927 series when the Yankees Murderer's Row lineup crushed the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 4-game sweep. Leland's Auction House has the photo up for bidding on its website through June 6. Josh Leland Evans, the auction house's founder, expects that the photo could fetch a 100K. It would be the first photo to reach that plateau. Source: NY Daily News

Ruth/Gehrig Picture Will Likely Fetch $100,000
Published 5/12/2008 by Mark M. (noreply@blogger.com) at The Bronx Stop: A Yankees Blog
Larry McShane/New York Daily News: Once worth a mere thousand words, a vintage picture of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig could bring a record $100,000 at auction. The two Yankees Hall of Famers were captured side by side on the dugout steps in Pittsburgh during the 1927 World Series, where the pair helped the Pinstripers sweep the Pirates for the championship. The sluggers stand holding bats in their right hands, with Gehrig smiling into the camera while a serious Ruth looks off to his right. The road uniforms read "YANKEES" across the jerseys, in the ...