Wow. That's not Ripken's signature! Take a look!

mariotown

Looks like they put the wrong autograph sticker on this 2004 Leaf Certified Materials card. Take a look at this eBay auction:

Not a Cal Ripken, Jr. Autograph

and compare it to Cal Ripken, Jr.'s PSA authenticated autograph:

PSA Authenticated Cal Ripken, Jr. Autograph

There's no way the first link is Ripken's autograph. So what player from that set penned the mystery autograph?

Kevin

Southerncards

Almost looks like Jason Giambi

Southerncards

Almost looks like Jason Giambi

mariotown

Giambi's in the set, but it doesn't look like his autograph to me. His autograph doesn't seem to have the big circles this one has.

Here's a link to the checklist:

Select Donruss > 2004 > Baseball > Leaf Certified Materials > Commons

I also wouldn't rule out that the autograph sticker was applied backwards or upside-down either!

Kevin

gregm13

That's one of the things I hate about sticker autographs. The same thing happened last year with Reggie White - where the soon to be HOF Reggie White's autographed sticker was put on some no-name Reggie White's card.

I wish the companies for once would look beyond the bottom line and have all autographs on the cards - not on the friggin stickers. I'm sure half of the people putting the stickers on the cards don't know Cal Ripken from BJ Surhoff.

Regards,

Greg M.