what does this auto represent?

Meatloaf

Modern players...sigh....horrible autos...what does this thing mean? career spiraling downward?

Ironmanfan

thats legible compared to others I've seen

IMF

bziddy

This is a horrid trend.

I have a horrible signature. I blame my days as a retail/restaurant manager. I had to sign and/or initial anywhere between 20-60 times per shift it seemed. My signature slowly devolved into something that is 100% unique and 100% mine, but doesn't represent my full name very much. However, I could sign quickly which was nice when you were trying to sign off a bunch of drawers and countless checklists at the end of a long night.

Fast forward to today, my son practices his autograph. Practices a lot. It's a mess. I ask him why he doesn't take his time and write his name neatly and he says it is because he wants to have a cool autograph like mine or Mike Trout or Albert Pujols (he's an Angels fan, and the only time I'll get mentioned in the same breath with those two). I suggest to him he goes for a cool autograph like Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle or anyone who played before 1970. Nope. Messy and fast is cool.

craig44

Autographs have been getting worse for a number of years now. Could be because cursive and penmanship is not focused on in schools anymore

charrigan

It's definitely because autograph hounding is much more intense now than ever and these kids are asked to sign 10,000 items before they reach legal voting age.

baz518

<< <i>Autographs have been getting worse for a number of years now. Could be because cursive and penmanship is not focused on in schools anymore >>



+1

I couldn't believe my 18 year old nephew graduated school with never being taught cursive writing.

72skywalker

I actually think that autograph is kind of cool looking. It is almost like a drawing of something. Maybe an arm bending or something like that.

Stewie

bziddy

<< <i>It's definitely because autograph hounding is much more intense now than ever and these kids are asked to sign 10,000 items before they reach legal voting age >>



Friend of the family was getting mail at home when he was 16 to autograph. I thought that was both ridiculous and a bit scary.

MULLINS5

I have always loved Kurt Vonnegut's portrait signature eBay

Edit to add: most from authors look great!

gemint

It's been going on awhile now. I got Bonds to sign a baseball at a card show about 15 years ago and is signature was B B S. That's it. $100+ for that!?

JoeBanzai

<< <i>It's definitely because autograph hounding is much more intense now than ever and these kids are asked to sign 10,000 items before they reach legal voting age. >>



Absolutely not! It's the lazy person signing. Harmon Killebrew signed many thousands of autographs and they were all legible. He was famous for telling the younger players to write their names legibly.

Williams, Mantle and DiMaggio all signed thousands of times as well and they had beautiful signatures.

If I was getting not only the honor of being asked for my autograph, mine would ALL be nice!!!!!!!

MULLINS5

It all starting going downhill when Prince changed his name to a symbol.