It’s been said about Moe Berg that he could speak seven (or 10 or 12) languages but couldn’t hit in any of them.
Baseball signed by World War II spy sells for over $17,000
Upshot:
One of only two baseballs known to be signed by Moe Berg, a former major league catcher who served as a U.S. spy and spoke seven languages, sold for $17,029.
The ball sold early Friday in a two-week online auction run by Huggins & Scott of Silver Spring, Maryland. The buyer was not named.
There are a few excellent biographies about the mysterious Berg, but I’m still waiting for a biopic, a la 42 for Jackie Robinson or Fear Strikes Out for Jimmy Piersall. Somebody get on that, will you?
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