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Mike Schmidt on today's autographs

TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
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I love this quote: "I’m not in the class of Andre Dawson or the late Harmon Killebrew. Their signatures are artwork. Their slow, methodical signing technique shows immense respect for their names and the items on which they appear."

He's absolutely right. If I was ever to start collecting autographs, I think I'd limit myself to those players that cared about penmanship. Off the top of my head, the only current player I can think of that has a really nice 'graph is Mariano Rivera. I'm sure there are more, but they have to be few and far between. The rest of them leave a LOT to be desired.

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  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,788 ✭✭✭
    Felix Hernandez has a nice sig..
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you for posting the article. It was worth reading.

    It blows my mind when I see certain signatures and it would be impossible to ever know who signed it just by reading it.

  • alifaxwa2alifaxwa2 Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The rest of them leave a LOT to be desired. >>


    Blame the schools. I do.
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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826


    << <i>link goes here

    I love this quote: "I’m not in the class of Andre Dawson or the late Harmon Killebrew. Their signatures are artwork. Their slow, methodical signing technique shows immense respect for their names and the items on which they appear."

    He's absolutely right. If I was ever to start collecting autographs, I think I'd limit myself to those players that cared about penmanship. Off the top of my head, the only current player I can think of that has a really nice 'graph is Mariano Rivera. I'm sure there are more, but they have to be few and far between. The rest of them leave a LOT to be desired. >>



    Sandy Alomar Jr has a gorgeous autograph.
  • tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    image

    'nuff said
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>image

    'nuff said >>



    This is bad-ass! Im going to look on Steiner's site and see if I can get one of these.
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  • zendudezendude Posts: 210 ✭✭✭
    This is one of the reasons that I don't collect autographs. Most modern players have crappy penmanship which I consider to be lazy and disrespectful to fans. Look at the signatures of old-timers compared to today. There is no comparison. Your signatue is kind of a window or blueprint of your personality and it saddens me how people can just scribble some garbage and call it an autograph. Pathetic!
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