Grandfathers are such liars

JTB · December 9, 2009 1:49AM

1986 Mets Team Signed Baseball

My question: Hi, did you get these autographs in person?

Answer: Yes it belonged to my grandpa he got it signed in person and gave it to me.

MULLINS5 · December 9, 2009 1:54AM

"Bonus Gift" lol

lawnmowerman · December 9, 2009 2:05AM

<< "Bonus Gift" lol >>

I thought that was funny as well.

Kinda like an infomercial....BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

2cardguys · December 9, 2009 2:17AM

Hmmm but he has 100% positive feedback.... so what if it was for buying as opposed to selling... 100% is 100% isn't it? I mean 1 good purchase; what more could you ask?

ga5150 · December 9, 2009 4:16AM

I think the autos looked pre-printed or almost stamped looking to me on the ball. But, it must be real, since it came from his Grandfather.

Rodney

BobS · December 9, 2009 4:30AM

My mom bought me one of those in 86' on one of her trips to NYC. Yes, they are stamped sigs. Mine came with a bonus case, too!!.

PoppaJ · December 9, 2009 4:54AM

Brick · December 9, 2009 5:05AM

I am insulted by the title of this thread. I'll have you know that after raising 5 children, attending 5 weddings of my children and now being a great grandparent I have never, I repeat never lied to any grandson of mine.

WinPitcher · December 9, 2009 5:09AM

I agree with Ralph. This has nothing to do with Grandfathers. It has everything to do with a slimy ebay seller

who thinks ebay buyers are stupid.

Steve

mlbfan2 · December 9, 2009 5:11AM

<< I am insulted by the title of this thread. I'll have you know that after raising 5 children, attending 5 weddings of my children and now being a great grandparent I have never, I repeat never lied to any grandson of mine. >>

Yeah, but what about the granddaughters?

Brick · December 9, 2009 5:35AM

Yeah, but what about the granddaughters?

OK, I have no grandsons yet, and I occasionally tell a little whopper to my granddaughters, and I am sure the OP meant no disrespect to grandfathers in general.

JTB · December 9, 2009 5:36AM

<< I am insulted by the title of this thread. I'll have you know that after raising 5 children, attending 5 weddings of my children and now being a great grandparent I have never, I repeat never lied to any grandson of mine. >>

Come on, didn't they ever bake cookies that were terrible, but you said "These taste great!"

For the record, the title was supposed to be humorous. I don't believe that this ball came from a lying grandfather.

TheHun · December 9, 2009 6:57AM

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<< I am insulted by the title of this thread. I'll have you know that after raising 5 children, attending 5 weddings of my children and now being a great grandparent I have never, I repeat never lied to any grandson of mine. >>

Come on, didn't they ever bake cookies that were terrible, but you said "These taste great!"

For the record, the title was supposed to be humorous. I don't believe that this ball came from a lying grandfather. >>

right ! it was the lying grandmother !

HeritageSports · December 11, 2009 3:24AM

I deal with most of the email inquiries that come into Heritage and I've heard this story dozens of times, not necessarily always about stamped balls, but maybe an autograph signed "Mickie Mantel" or something. And the crazy thing is (though I doubt this is true of the '86 Mets ball) I think that in some cases everyone involved would actually pass a lie detector test. I had someone swear that he himself, as a boy, had gone into the Ebbets Field dugout and gotten the autographs of all the players personally, but it was clearly one of those balls signed entirely by the bat boy. He was adamant, and completely offended that I didn't believe his story. Unless he was an Academy Award-caliber actor I think he was legitimately recalling something that didn't really happen. I think we can all agree (and sometimes it's good, sometimes bad), the memorabilia itself is sometimes less interesting than the people you encounter while chasing it.

Morgoth · December 11, 2009 5:54AM

I think the more somebody repeats the same story the more they believe it. If you have spent 20 to 30 years retelling the same story over and over to your family and friends at some point it is going to become as "real" to you as the truth. Thank goodness as a society we are starting to realize "eye witness" accounts and peoples memories are much less reliable sources of data compared to forensic and other science or statistical based data.

JTB · December 11, 2009 6:06AM

<< I think the more somebody repeats the same story the more they believe it. If you have spent 20 to 30 years retelling the same story over and over to your family and friends at some point it is going to become as "real" to you as the truth. Thank goodness as a society we are starting to realize "eye witness" accounts and peoples memories are much less reliable sources of data compared to forensic and other science or statistical based data. >>

I think that might be the smartest thing I've ever seen on this board.

Grandfathers are such liars

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