Robin Roberts Memorabilia to be Auctioned

Robin Roberts Jr. probably won't be at Citizens Bank Park Tuesday when the trophies and memorabilia his late father accumulated over a lifetime will be auctioned.
"I think there's a college baseball game that night. I'll just watch that," Roberts said. "I don't know if I can watch the auction. It's very difficult."

He'd rather not see someone bid on the trophy the Phillies Hall of Famer won for being Michigan's best college basketball player; or on his 1950 National League championship ring, the one inscribed with "Whiz Kids"; or on the ball Babe Ruth signed for the pitcher.

The trophies, rings, bats, balls, uniforms, and plaques collected by the elder Roberts, who died last May at 83, will go on display Saturday at the ballpark in advance of Tuesday's auction. Hunt Auctions, which is conducting the sale, also included much other Phillies-related memorabilia.  Roberts and his three younger brothers had hoped to hang on to the trophies and collection, but dividing it all up equitably would have been too difficult a process.

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