Yankees Hater’ Wins $9,000 Ball

A self-described “Yankees hater” in New York State won an auction for a baseball signed by the 1946 members of the team. The Buffalo man, identified only as Bob, said he didn’t expect his $9,000 bid for the ball, which features the signatures of Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto alongside their teammates, to be enough to win at Lodge Auction House. “The funny thing about it is, I’m a Yankees hater,” Bob said. However, he said his son “is a desperate Yankees fan.” Bob said he plans to hang on to the ball for a while and may eventually donate it to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.