Auto ID

[bbcard1]

I went though probable 40 auto'd bats today and was able to ID and match with an auto ticket or COA all but one...Whose autograph is this?

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee291/bbcard1/Photo_04-2.jpg

Also ballpark values for bats with COAs / auto tickets, some with photos of signing, all pretty unquestionably good....all are autograph model bats, no gamers or anything extreme. Nice Sharpie sigs.

Mantle
Williams (UDA)
DiMaggio
Alex Rodriguez
Mize

There are several dozen more with names like Robinson (brooks and frank) Stargell, Santon, Slaughter, Mays, Aaron, Schmidt, Snider...but I figure the above are probably the bigger tickets...don't know much about autos, I'm afraid.

Many of the bats are old enough (signed in the 90s) that there were no premiums attached to autographing bats....

[David Atkatz]

If it can't be read, and he's not famous enough to have a "recognizable" scrawl, why should anyone care who wrote it?
(And I use the word "wrote" quite loosely.)

[Ease]

If it can't be read, and he's not famous enough to have a "recognizable" scrawl, why should anyone care who wrote it?
(And I use the word "wrote" quite loosely.)

Dude, if you don't have anything constructive to say, why say anything? He is just asking for help, not some belittling comment from you.

[David Atkatz]

The only person I'm "belittling" is the player who "signed" the bat.
Dude.

[thenavarro]

To me, that looks like someone tried to do an Andruw Jones, but I'm not sure.

[sbfinley]

Andy LaRoche?

[packs]

It does kinda look like Andruw Jones.

[Bilko G]

Its definitely NOT Andy Laroche.


Edit- This is definitely Andruw Jones (or an attempted Andruw Jones :)), but it is a very early signature of his as he has changed his autograph in recent years.


Heres a comparison picture...

http://i51.tinypic.com/2yzmoid.jpg

[drc]

I would guess Andruw Jones

[bbcard1]

Jones makes sense. I found several auto tickets for him. Thanks.

[yanksfan09]

yeah, definitely Andruw Jones or a fake of him, not sure....

But I don't see why anyone would be belittling Jones. This guy isn't what he used to be but hit about 400 hrs by his early 30's, had some W.S. heroics as an 18 year old and was a great centerfielder. That's not someone I'd call insignificant or dismiss as garbage, imo....

[David Atkatz]

All that, but he never learned to write his own name.

[HRBAKER]

It is Andruw and he did learn to write his name.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/hrbaker/aj.jpg

[David Atkatz]

Yeah. That says "Andruw Jones."

[yanksfan09]

Yeah. That says "Andruw Jones."

I guess not every major-leaguer is accomplished in the the art of choligraphy.....

That's a nice looking stylized signature in my opinion and better than 1/2 of the athletes today. I really don't understand the issue here....

[David Atkatz]

"Calligraphy."

[photo111]

"horse's ass"

[David Atkatz]

"horse's ass"

Congratulations! You managed to spell that correctly!
BTW, here's a postcard the Babe sent to his friends at St. Alban's Golf Club when he was in LA filming "The Pride of The Yankees." I'm in good company!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/ruthalspcfront.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/ruthalspc.jpg

[photo111]

Wow, you are a clever horse's ass
Penz

[David Atkatz]

Always end sentences with a period, Penz. But you're getting there. Keep plugging.
(BTW, Forum rules require that if you're gonna call people names, you must post your own full name--first and last. Welcome to Net54!)

[photo111]

plug what?

Penz

[David Atkatz]

Plugging away at improving your grammatical skills.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090913181638AA73ijP

[photo111]

Also means putting drugs up your ass. Are you trying to seduce me?

Penz

[David Atkatz]

Also means putting drugs up your ass.

Maybe where you come from. Not here, though.

[photo111]

This was fun. Keep plugging away at a cut rate school upstate. Horzez azz

[David Atkatz]

Cut rate? It's one of the most expensive colleges in the country! Get your facts right! If you're planning on sending a kid here, you'd better have some deep pockets. (And if you had attended yourself, you probably would know what "keep plugging" means.)

(Again, full name please. Forum rules, you know.)

And you forgot the period, again. Tsk, tsk.

[Ease]

This was fun. Keep plugging away at a cut rate school upstate. Horzez azz

That's a low blow and all wrong. Stop now.

btw: That was very clever on the pc. Cool pc too.

[David Atkatz]

Thanks. The Babe had a sense of humor.

[Kawika]

Round One to The Fighting Physicist.

[photo111]

Not quite finished with this clown.

[David Atkatz]

But "this clown" is finished with you.

[photo111]

The only card you had left to play
I left the period off

[David Atkatz]

Twice.

[Scott Garner]

Twice.

LOL :p

[photo111]

I believe D.A. is a racist. The whole point of this silly exchange.

[photo111]

Michael Penz

[David Atkatz]

Who is "D.A."?

[photo111]

Some jackass.