Call him the Scambino.
A California man faces nearly two years in the slammer for trying to sell an antique baseball mitt for $200,000 by falsely claiming it had been owned by Yankee legend Babe Ruth.
Irving Scheib, 50, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after he got caught telling the tall tale over the phone to an undercover investigator for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to officals, Scheib bought the 19th-century baseball glove on eBay for $750 in January.
Although it had no ties to the Sultan of Swat, Scheib tried re-selling it through a Nevada sports-memorabilia dealer, saying it was a family heirloom that Ruth gave the late “Father Knows Best” star Robert Young, whose granddaughter is Scheib’s wife.
In a letter to the dealer, Scheib further claimed the Bambino “was so affectionate towards this glove that he slept with it under his pillow at the orphanage” as a child.
After the dealer arranged a sale, the unidentified buyer asked Scheib to notarize one of the letters outlining the glove’s purported provenance.
When he refused, the deal fell apart and Scheib subsequently got stung by the feds.
His sentencing is set for Oct. 30.