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Old 08-06-2013, 11:13 AM
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The "Gehrig" that appears on that ball is a perfect 1927-style signature. He didn't start running his first and last names together until the 1930s. And even then, when he signed carefully, the two names were separate.

1927:



1937:


"careful" 1937:
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