A Holiday Gift Guide for Baseball Fans

If you're in search of ideas for unique baseball gifts, you're in luck. Following are six ideas for unique baseball gifts under $100. You'll score a home run with the baseball fans on your holiday shopping list if you surprise them with any of these unique baseball gifts.

Unique Baseball Gifts Under $25

Mechanical Baseball Bank-This cast-iron bank is truly one of the more unique baseball gifts available. When you put a coin on home plate and push a lever, a miniature runner slides, and a catcher attempts to tag him while the umpire motions that the runner is safe. It's a home run as your coin falls into the bank for safekeeping. This hand-painted baseball bank, priced at just $19.98, is reminiscent of toy banks from the 1800s, and a true baseball fan will love it. To see a photo, visit lillianvernon.com and search for item number 012046610.

Home Plate Doormat-Your favorite baseball fan will know he's scored when he walks up to his front door and sees this doormat. Shaped like home plate and stamped with the word "Home," this mat sells for $24.95 from Wireless. It is made of hand-woven coconut fiber, which absorbs moisture and traps dirt. Too see a photo, visit thewirelesscatalog.com and search for item number VD9152.

Unique Baseball Gifts Under $50

Monogrammed Baseball Display Case-Many baseball fans collect baseballs, but they all don't have places to display them that keep them dust-free. If you're looking for unique baseball gifts, look no further than this darkly stained wooden baseball display case, which holds up to 12 baseballs. The case measures 17 inches wide by 14 inches high, and its hidden hangers make is easy to mount on the wall. Personalize this gift for your favorite baseball fan by engraving up to three of his initials on a gold plate attached to the front of the case. See a photo of this display case, sold by Lillian Vernon for $29.98, by visiting lillianvernon.com and searching for item number 017367610.

"I'm the Star" Prints-You can make a baseball fan's fantasy come true with the help of Personal Creations and Photoshop. For $49.95, the company will use the magic of photo-manipulation software to modify a print showing a baseball player scoring a run so that the gift recipient's last name is on the back of the runner's jersey. You even get to choose which Major League team's jersey your fan will be "wearing" in the print. Available teams include the: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals. The personalized print comes framed in a 14-inch-by-18-inch black wooden frame. To see a photo of a sample print, visit personalcreations.com and search for item number 2100X.

Unique Baseball Gifts Under $100

Commemorative Wool Team Banners-If the baseball fan on your gift list considers the Red Sox, White Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, Dodgers or Cubs his favorite team, one of these wool felt banners might be the perfect gift. All these teams have won multiple World Series championships, and the banners list them all. Each one features the team's colors and logo, the words "World Series Champions," and a list of the years that the team won the World Series. Each one measures 36 inches high by 24 inches wide. These unique baseball gifts are $79.95 each from Wireless. To see a photo, visit thewirelesscatalog.com and search for "Banners."

Rawlings Leather Travel Kit-This is one of the many unique baseball gifts available from a great Web site for baseball fans, Everything Baseball. Rawlings, which makes leather baseball gloves, makes this durable double-zip travel kit that can carry all the toiletries of your favorite baseball fan when he goes "on the road." It measures 12 inches by 6 inches by 5 ½ inches and has a waterproof nylon lining in each of its two compartments. For $84.99, you can order this bag in tan or black leather. To see a photo, visit everythingbaseballcatalog.com and search for "Rawlings travel kit."