Ty cobb real or not

[khkco4bls]

Heeeellllppppp. Please. On a reach joe cronin ball. Thanks

[khkco4bls]

Anyone chime in?

[Duluth Eskimo]

My immediate thought is that it appears fabricated

[Duluth Eskimo]

The Cobb looks stretched out.

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

Heeeellllppppp. Please. On a reach joe cronin ball. Thanks

Need a better picture for sure if possible

[yanks12025]

It's one of those replica baseballs.

[Kco]

Facsimile ball, would be a 5 figure ball with ease if it was real

[keithsky]

I'm always leery when a ball signed by the old timers like Cobb, Ruth and so on from that era put inscriptions on there like dates or stats of some sort. Don't think they did that back then like maybe now. It's like the crap from CC with all the balls they auction off most have stats or dates of some sort.

[perezfan]

Cobb would frequently sign the ball along with that day's date. But other than that, I agree... these notations were not "a thing" back then.

[henson1855]

The original sold at Heritage, so it was a thing at least once.
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...umbnail-071515

[SetBuilder]

Originally Posted by keithsky

I'm always leery when a ball signed by the old timers like Cobb, Ruth and so on from that era put inscriptions on there like dates or stats of some sort. Don't think they did that back then like maybe now. It's like the crap from CC with all the balls they auction off most have stats or dates of some sort.

Originally Posted by perezfan

Cobb would frequently sign the ball along with that day's date. But other than that, I agree... these notations were not "a thing" back then.

Those aren't stats. It's the teams he played for along with the years. It wasn't unheard of for players to do this, but not all that common either. I've seen other examples from players like Walter Johnson and Joe Kelley, to name a few...