Shoeless Joe Can Be Yours On Ebay

Sports Review Magazine points out an auction that's just anachronistic enough to drive us slightly nuts this morning; you can buy a Shoeless Joe Jackson game-used bat on eBay.

This seems a little off to us; a Shoeless Joe bat should probably be sold by Christie's or something, in one of those fancy auctions where people wearing cute animals around their necks hold up little wooden paddles with numbers on them. eBay is where we can buy out-of-print Traveling Wilburys albums and Tony Romo figurines.

Regardless: The Shoeless Joe bat could be yours, at this very second, for a mere $40,000. Frankly, that seems almost cheap, but when you have something as rare as a Shoeless Joe bat, we're not entirely comfortable with the "free FedEx shipping!" advertisement.

Shoeless Joe Jackson Game Used Bat Black Sox 1917-1921 [eBay] [Sports Review Magazine]