His great grandson, no less… I mentioned it briefly a couple weeks ago, but I couldn’t spill the beans until I wrote my story and posted it on the AP wire. About a week ago I had the chance to talk with the great grandson of Babe Ruth, Brent Stevens. CLICK HERE FOR STORY

Turns out that he and his family are going to part with some items from their family collection. All items will be handled by Authentic Memorabilia.

Brent’s grandmother (Babe Ruth’s daughter), Julia, is still alive and well and recently he went to her house to look for some items that would aid in his creation of his website, Baberuthcentral.com.
While searching through her house he found some great pieces of memorabilia.

 “As a result of putting together the website, BabeRuthcentral.com, I went up to visit my grandmother and she’s got a whole bunch of pictures all over the wall,” said Stevens in the exclusive interview. “But I know she’s also got little things hiding here and there. We searched  around in cabinets and sure enough we found some stuff hidden away.
“One of the pieces, which was absolutely amazing, sitting behind the couch, was a picture of Babe on horseback, hunting and it was addressed to my great grandmother and dated back to 1922. Also, in one of those cabinets we found that contract between some folders.”

During the interview, Brent told me about his grandmother’s stories about one of her most memorable moments with Babe at the 1934 Tour of Japan.

“She actually went on the 1934 Tour of Japan and they actually did a whole cruise of the Pacific, Bali, China, Hong Kong and ultimately ended up in Europe. The stories she has of that trip, I think that’s probably one of the more important experiences she had with the Babe.”

Brent went on to tell me how much his grandma loved her father and how great of a man he was, even though some people may have not thought that was always the way it was. He said he never heard her say a bad word about the Babe.

The first item that will be offered from the collection is a radio contract, signed “George H. Ruth.” More items to be announced later.