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Jared Max: 10 Sports Mementos That I Would Love To Own

By Jared Max
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If you could own any piece of sports memorabilia, what would it be?

Through Sotheby's Auction House, two highly recognizable New York baseball items became available to purchase this week. While the 10-foot tall navy blue letters that sprawled "Y A N K E E   S T A D I U M" from 1976 to 2008 were not sold on Wednesday, a Mets bullpen cart (circa 1967) was had for $112,500 -- four to five times more expensive than the anticipated price.

If you had money to throw around to buy a Mets bullpen cart, what other items would you be interested in possessing?

10 Sports Mementos I Would Like to Own

10. Signed Pete Rose baseball, inscribed "I'm sorry I bet on baseball"

9. Two seats -- one red, one blue -- from Giants Stadium and two seats from the old Yankee Stadium

8. A piece of chipped Fenway green-like paint from the fire hydrant that Tiger Woods crashed his car into (November 2009)

7. Square of purple turf from The Metrodome and a ski cap worn at Metropolitan Stadium by legendary Vikings coach Bud Grant

6. Original New York Cosmos jersey worn by the late Giorgio Chinaglia

5. An official USFL football signed by Herschel Walker, Doug Flutie and Donald Trump

4. The aluminum can with at least one syringe that Brian McNamee claims he used to inject Roger Clemens with steroids

3. Hockey stick signed by the entire 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, including head coach Herb Brooks

2. Signed 1919 World Series baseball by Shoeless Joe Jackson (one of the balls he got 12 hits with)

1. A square of the parquet floor from Boston Garden signed by Larry Bird and the 1986 NBA Champion Celtics

What are your most desired sports mementos? Tweet me @jared_max.

My Favorite Sports (and other entertainment/historical) Keepsakes

• Chrebet Crunch cereal box, sealed and inscribed to me by fellow Hofstra alum Wayne Chrebet
• Sports Illustrated (11/6/06) cover inscribed to me by 2006 World Series MVP David Eckstein

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• Audio recording of Bob Sheppard announcing, "At third base… #37…. Jared Max… #37"
• Yankee Stadium dirt that I scooped from home plate and the pitcher's mound after the final game in 2008
• Manute Bol 1986 Fleer basketball card signed for me by Manute before a Warriors-Nets game in New Jersey
• Red, white, silver and blue confetti that sprayed the field after the Giants upset the Patriots in Super Bowl 42
• Player charts used for late 1980s Vikings-Packers telecast, given to me 25 years ago by my broadcast mentor, CBS' James Brown
• "The Beacon" - local newspaper from June 1986 that detailed my game-winning grand slam in our Little League World Series
• New Jersey Devils puck I used to store in the freezer after my father caught it at a Devils-Flyers game we attended
• 1984 Topps complete USFL football card set that I paid $10 for in 1985
• Minor league ticket Ken Griffey Jr. signed for me before a 1988 playoff game (Vermont Mariners at Pittsfield Cubs)
• Photo of Tom Lasorda and Chevy Chase from a scene that got cut from "Fletch,"  signed by Lasorda

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• My old N.J. license plate "BRAVADO" (a favorite Rush song) inscribed to me by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (I gave my second "BRAVADO" plate to Geddy)

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• Neil Peart-used drumsticks
• Luna acoustic/electric guitar inscribed to me by my friend, Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze

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• Photo with Robert Plant, Elvis Costello and my dear pal, WCBS Radio legend Wayne Cabot (2006 World Hunger Year benefit)

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• "The Majic Bus" - book inscribed to me by then-Hofstra history professor and lifelong friend Douglas Brinkley. It includes personalized signatures from late American authors Hunter S. Thomson, Williams S. Burroughs and Ken Kesey (as requested, in day-glo colors) — as well as Chuck Berry and Johnny "B.Goode" Johnson

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• "Sully" signed photo of unique moment in time I captured of the "Miracle on the Hudson" from my Weehawken, N.J. balcony

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• "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - inscribed to me by Thomson

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• "Naked Lunch" - inscribed to me by Burroughs
• "Think Different" original Apple poster; a most rare item that gives me chills whenever I read Steve Jobs' inspiring words

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• Wayne Gretzky signed photo of his Topps rookie card

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What are your most precious sports and historical mementos? Tweet me @jared_max.

Jared Max is a multi-award winning sportscaster. He hosted a No. 1 rated New York City sports talk show, "Maxed Out" — in addition to previously serving as longtime Sports Director at WCBS 880, where he currently anchors weekend sports. Follow and communicate with Jared on Twitter @jared_max

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