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Originally Posted by Yoda
I couldn't agree more. The hen scratching that so many stars call their autograph demonstrates their pumped up egos. Compare the Otani sample to, say, Charlie Gehringer.
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It would be one thing if they lived in an era where they're at the park signing and occasionally at shows/events, but when you're signing 1000s of cards on contract many times a year we're no longer in an era where your autograph can expected be a work of art.
Andre Dawson's autograph might look a lot different if at age 20 he signed a few thousand cards a year for many different card companies.
In a way, the card and memorabilia industry ruined autographs.
Not baseball, but here's John Cena signing some autographs..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8F3_rKCU8