Best Autos in Baseball

[JoshHamilton]

Technically an auto, although Roy might get in trouble if he drove it on the freeway

 

[joey12508]

 

[LaBlueFan]

The third one cracks me up the most. He had a good auto, then just scribbled all over it for no reason.

WTF???????

A card company actually released that GARBAGE..?????

"BF ny" ????? and did Villalonas' 4 year old cousin sign that for him????? and Blitzerlover is right....the 3rd Signature is pretty nice,
until Angels 4 year old cousin scribbled on it........ I would have been pretty upset if I had pulled that card.

I don't own one, but I think Nolan Ryan has one of the nicest "Sigs" ever put on anything.

Mariano Riveras' is really nice too. I have one of those that I got on a bag in the Alcatraz Gift Shop, when the Yankees were in town to play
the A's a few years back while vacationing with the Family.

 

[olerud363]

I'm biased, but I like Johnny-O's the best, though I agree that Bannister's is really nice too.

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Olerud never scribbles. When I got this one I watched him signing dozens of others and he took the time to write each one nicely.

The other bad ones posted got me thinking: what do card companies do about those young guys, maybe Dominicans signed when they are 16 or 17, who may not have much education and can't write properly? Do they help them print something like Cueto did? Can they just sign with an "X"?

- R.

 

[gmarutiak]

My scanner needs a cleanin... the card is fine... but that is a great autograph[/quote]

When you say that your scanner needs a cleanin, do you actually mean that you need to remove my grandpa's ****? What the heck is that? :?

 

[JoshHamilton]

My scanner needs a cleanin... the card is fine... but that is a great autograph

When you say that your scanner needs a cleanin, do you actually mean that you need to remove my grandpa's ****? What the heck is that? :?[/quote]

I would guess an animal hair. It's white.

 

[schillingfan]

Evan Longoria has a beautiful signature.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

My scanner needs a cleanin... the card is fine... but that is a great autograph

When you say that your scanner needs a cleanin, do you actually mean that you need to remove my grandpa's ****? What the heck is that? :?

I would guess an animal hair. It's white.[/quote]


I left it in there... I will go check it.

gmarutiak: Don't worry, I don't think this guy has any "game used" yet.

 

[gmarutiak]

I left it in there... I will go check it.

gmarutiak: Don't worry, I don't think this guy has any "game used" yet.[/quote]

NICE!!! :lol:

 

[docdw25]

 

[manningmurphyfan]

 

[Mozzie22]

In my opinion for an autograph to be one of the best it has to be legible out of context. Here is what I mean by that. Some of the "best" autographs presented in this thread are artistic and flow well but if they weren't on a baseball or baseball related item nobody would know who the hell they were. Look at the McGwire or Olerud examples listed. If you had those autographs on an index card and showed them to a sixth grade class nobody would be able to decipher who the hell they are, period. Look at Ruth, Williams, Mantle, etc... You could read their names on anything and know who signed it. The players are just lazy now and somehow got it into their heads that sloppy is the "in" thing. And before anyone says, "Well, the new players have to sign more," blah, blah, blah, know that there isn't an active player alive that has signed 1/10th the amount of autographs that any of the above players listed signed, and that includes the ridiculous sticker sheets they go thru.

I've never understood why anyone would want an autograph that they have to explain to people who it is because it looks like it was signed by a chimp.

 

[gmarutiak]

In my opinion for an autograph to be one of the best it has to be legible out of context. Here is what I mean by that. Some of the "best" autographs presented in this thread are artistic and flow well but if they weren't on a baseball or baseball related item nobody would know who the hell they were. Look at the McGwire or Olerud examples listed. If you had those autographs on an index card and showed them to a sixth grade class nobody would be able to decipher who the hell they are, period. Look at Ruth, Williams, Mantle, etc... You could read their names on anything and know who signed it. The players are just lazy now and somehow got it into their heads that sloppy is the "in" thing. And before anyone says, "Well, the new players have to sign more," blah, blah, blah, know that there isn't an active player alive that has signed 1/10th the amount of autographs that any of the above players listed signed, and that includes the ridiculous sticker sheets they go thru.

I've never understood why anyone would want an autograph that they have to explain to people who it is because it looks like it was signed by a chimp.

Couldn't agree more. Nice signatures are a generational thing. Unfortunately, that generation is dying off.

 

[docdw25]

In my opinion for an autograph to be one of the best it has to be legible out of context. Here is what I mean by that. Some of the "best" autographs presented in this thread are artistic and flow well but if they weren't on a baseball or baseball related item nobody would know who the hell they were. Look at the McGwire or Olerud examples listed. If you had those autographs on an index card and showed them to a sixth grade class nobody would be able to decipher who the hell they are, period. Look at Ruth, Williams, Mantle, etc... You could read their names on anything and know who signed it. The players are just lazy now and somehow got it into their heads that sloppy is the "in" thing. And before anyone says, "Well, the new players have to sign more," blah, blah, blah, know that there isn't an active player alive that has signed 1/10th the amount of autographs that any of the above players listed signed, and that includes the ridiculous sticker sheets they go thru.

I've never understood why anyone would want an autograph that they have to explain to people who it is because it looks like it was signed by a chimp.

You can't understand someone collecting their favorite player? Good thing all my autos are on cards that have pictures and the player's name so I don't have to take the time to explain who signed the card.

 

[Rickzcards]

I've always thought Johan had one of the best sigs out there.

And Ted Williams isn't too bad either.

 

[Mozzie22]

In my opinion for an autograph to be one of the best it has to be legible out of context. Here is what I mean by that. Some of the "best" autographs presented in this thread are artistic and flow well but if they weren't on a baseball or baseball related item nobody would know who the hell they were. Look at the McGwire or Olerud examples listed. If you had those autographs on an index card and showed them to a sixth grade class nobody would be able to decipher who the hell they are, period. Look at Ruth, Williams, Mantle, etc... You could read their names on anything and know who signed it. The players are just lazy now and somehow got it into their heads that sloppy is the "in" thing. And before anyone says, "Well, the new players have to sign more," blah, blah, blah, know that there isn't an active player alive that has signed 1/10th the amount of autographs that any of the above players listed signed, and that includes the ridiculous sticker sheets they go thru.

I've never understood why anyone would want an autograph that they have to explain to people who it is because it looks like it was signed by a chimp.

You can't understand someone collecting their favorite player? Good thing all my autos are on cards that have pictures and the player's name so I don't have to take the time to explain who signed the card.

I can understand wanting to collect your favorite player. What I can't understand is why that player doesn't take the time to sign legibly. McGwire has been one of my favorite players since the 49 he put up in 1987 but the nicest thing I can say about his autograph is that it "flows well." Let me ask you, if you had his auto on an index card and asked a non baseball fan to print the name on the card how close to you think they would get? M-----? That being said, McGwire's autograph is still more legible than some of the kids coming up but that isn't saying much.

 

[elmalo]

The third one cracks me up the most. He had a good auto, then just scribbled all over it for no reason.

WTF???????

A card company actually released that GARBAGE..?????

"BF ny" ????? and did Villalonas' 4 year old cousin sign that for him????? and Blitzerlover is right....the 3rd Signature is pretty nice,
until Angels 4 year old cousin scribbled on it........ I would have been pretty upset if I had pulled that card.

I don't own one, but I think Nolan Ryan has one of the nicest "Sigs" ever put on anything.

Mariano Riveras' is really nice too. I have one of those that I got on a bag in the Alcatraz Gift Shop, when the Yankees were in town to play
the A's a few years back while vacationing with the Family.

You have to realize that a lot of those guys dont have the best schooling.

 

[nborton]

I've always been a fan of Smoltz signature:

Also, not really related at all but it bugs me. Does Greg Maddux's auto make any sense to anyone?

More than any sig out there I wonder how Greg Maddux is found in that. I really have wondered about his auto for years. It has seriously stumped me for a while.

 

[JoshHamilton]

In my opinion for an autograph to be one of the best it has to be legible out of context. Here is what I mean by that. Some of the "best" autographs presented in this thread are artistic and flow well but if they weren't on a baseball or baseball related item nobody would know who the hell they were. Look at the McGwire or Olerud examples listed. If you had those autographs on an index card and showed them to a sixth grade class nobody would be able to decipher who the hell they are, period. Look at Ruth, Williams, Mantle, etc... You could read their names on anything and know who signed it. The players are just lazy now and somehow got it into their heads that sloppy is the "in" thing. And before anyone says, "Well, the new players have to sign more," blah, blah, blah, know that there isn't an active player alive that has signed 1/10th the amount of autographs that any of the above players listed signed, and that includes the ridiculous sticker sheets they go thru.

I've never understood why anyone would want an autograph that they have to explain to people who it is because it looks like it was signed by a chimp.

You can't understand someone collecting their favorite player? Good thing all my autos are on cards that have pictures and the player's name so I don't have to take the time to explain who signed the card.

I can understand wanting to collect your favorite player. What I can't understand is why that player doesn't take the time to sign legibly. McGwire has been one of my favorite players since the 49 he put up in 1987 but the nicest thing I can say about his autograph is that it "flows well." Let me ask you, if you had his auto on an index card and asked a non baseball fan to print the name on the card how close to you think they would get? M-----? That being said, McGwire's autograph is still more legible than some of the kids coming up but that isn't saying much.

Ideally, I prefer

1. Legible and artistic (Andre Dawson)
2. Illegible and artistic (Bannister)
3. Legible and unartistic (Angel Villalona)
4. Illegible and unartistic (Maddux)

 

[elmalo]