Gibson '88 bat: 'I can't believe what they just paid'

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - A father-son sports collectors team from Santa Barbara bought the bat Kirk Gibson used for his historic home run in the 1988 World Series for $575,912.40 early Sunday and also took home four other Gibson artifacts on sale.

Chad and Doug Dreier of the Dreier Group paid $1.19 million for the five items, which included Gibson's home run bat, his game-worn Los Angeles Dodgers jersey ($303,277.20), batting helmet ($153,388.80), NL Most Valuable Player Award ($110,293.20) and World Series trophy ($45,578.40).

Proceeds from the sale of the World Series trophy and MVP award will benefit the Kirk Gibson Foundation.

Also, a 1934 Babe Ruth professional-model bat used by Ruth to hit home run No. 702 sold for $137,865.60, a Ty Cobb H&B side-written professional model game-used bat went for $75,330, and a 1953 Mickey Mantle Yankees game-worn, autographed road jersey sold for $62,256.- AP