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judgebuck · May 9, 2011 9:40AM

Are they balls signed in the clubhouse by trainers, etc., who have learned the players' signatures?

zep33 · May 9, 2011 9:44AM

exactly - or clubhouse attendants

judgebuck · May 9, 2011 11:50AM

I've got 8 or so clubhouse balls from the Cubs from the late 1980s with players such as Dawson, Sandberg, Sutcliffe, Zimmer, Grace, and Maddox, as well as a Giants clubhouse ball with many signatures, including Mays and Bonds Sr. Do balls like this have any value at all?

WinPitcher · May 9, 2011 1:23PM

Generally not every signature is 'clubhouse'.

Some on your balls could be legit.

Steve

Ironmanfan · May 9, 2011 9:47PM

do you mean clubhouse balls as in "team signed" balls? where are you getting the "clubhouse" phrase from?

pictures?

Dboneesq · May 9, 2011 10:33PM

<< <i>Some on your balls could be legit.Steve >>

Steve ... I think you could have phrased this a little differently! LOL

byronscott4ever · May 10, 2011 2:11AM

Batboys were also signers in some occasions but as others have stated, it's usually a select star or two that were signed by someone else and not all of them.

dontippet · May 10, 2011 2:18AM

We definitely need scans. In the late 80's there were a lot of pre-printed team balls that were sold. Are all of your signatures don in black ball point? Are all of the signatures the same size?

mikeschmidt · May 10, 2011 2:51AM

generally, a clubhouse autographed ball is a team-signed ball with between 20-30 signatures, whereby ~20-25 of the signatures are real, authentic signatures and the balance were signed "in the clubhouse" by other persons. e.g. imagine a little kid with cancer wants a team-signed ball, but Babe Ruth is sitting on the can -- so someone in the clubhouse signs an autograph as if he were Babe Ruth (similar style -- but not same signature).

Typically, the clubhouse signatures are big name stars like Munson, Ruth, Gehrig, Connie Mack, etc. There are not too many team-signed Phillies balls out there with Rick Schu clubhouse signatures.

M

zep33 · May 10, 2011 4:53AM

My cousin used to sign a ton of Jerrry Remy's autos in the early 80s

VegasBaby · May 10, 2011 6:36AM

<< <i>generally, a clubhouse autographed ball is a team-signed ball with between 20-30 signatures, whereby ~20-25 of the signatures are real, authentic signatures and the balance were signed "in the clubhouse" by other persons. e.g. imagine a little kid with cancer wants a team-signed ball, but Babe Ruth is sitting on the can -- so someone in the clubhouse signs an autograph as if he were Babe Ruth (similar style -- but not same signature).

Typically, the clubhouse signatures are big name stars like Munson, Ruth, Gehrig, Connie Mack, etc. There are not too many team-signed Phillies balls out there with Rick Schu clubhouse signatures.

M >>

This is a great answer and it's why you need to be careful in buying team signed balls, esp from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. I've seen a lot of Brooklyn Dodger team signed balls where Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, etc were clubhouse signatures. Both PSA/DNA and JSA list the clubhouse signatures (if any) on the LOA's for balls they authenticate.

larryallen73 · May 10, 2011 7:46AM

One more reason I think paying big money for autographs is a joke. I just do not get the thrill of autographs in particular where so often they are, or may be, FAKE.

judgebuck · May 13, 2011 12:02PM

Here are pictures of one of the balls that the "experts" say is a clubhouse ball. It is a late 1960s Giants team ball.

MooseDog · May 13, 2011 2:30PM

I think the Mays, unfortunately is a clubhouse sig...the rest look good though.

Ironmanfan · May 14, 2011 1:11AM

Bonds appears to be a clubhouse sig as well

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