MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO AUCTION ALL-STAR STATUE OF LIBERTY SIGNED BY 89 HALL OF FAMERS AND ALL-STARS Money from sales will be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America     This one-of-a-kind statue sports the signatures of 89 Hall of Famers and All-Stars. Bidding starts at $10,000 only at www.mlb.com! Major League Baseball will auction the final Statues of Liberty on Parade statue, decorated in a stars and stripes motif, which includes the autographs of 89 of Hall of Famers and All-Stars including Hank Aaron, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter and David Ortiz. This statue appeared at various 2008 All-Star events including DHL All-Star FanFest, the All-Star Game Gala at the Museum of Natural History and the All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade presented by Chevy. The auction for this statue will take place Aug. 15 through Aug. 29 online at MLB.com with the bidding starting at $10,000. Profits from the sale of the statues will be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the official charity of Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball, through MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, has already auctioned forty-one of the Statues of Liberty on Parade. The auction, conducted from June 30 through July 18, drew thousands of people to the forty-two Major League Baseball themed Statue of Liberty replicas that appeared throughout New York City as part of the celebration of the 79th MLB All-Star Game played at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 15. The statues were commissioned in conjunction with MLB licensee Forever Collectables and stand eight and a half feet tall. They are designed with bold graphics featuring each of the 30 MLB teams and other celebrations of New York baseball like the 2008 MLB All-Star Game, the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and the final seasons of Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. A forty-third statue was decorated by famed sport artist Stephen Holland.   ###