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DJThe autographs used to be one of the reasons for going to the National back when autograph prices were reasonable. I think Koufax would charge 10-15X the price he charged in Chicago (one of my heroes) and I think Yaz was along the same lines. While I haven't paid for a signature in some 10+ years, this National just goes to show you that it's impossible to charge the prices these athletes command anymore and it's impossible for anyone to make money. So you know what you get? You get Laffit Pincay's first show ever!
Ali has always been fantastic. I got a chance to sit beside him for a signing session back in the early nineties and he should be a roll model for what athletes should be like at signings. When he was done on a couple occasions, he walked through the crowd posing for photos and delighting the crowd with magic tricks. He is a remarkable human being who knows his place in popular culture as a person who is admired for the right reason. Just last week Ali was at his nephew's baseball game and spent time with the kids and adults signing autographs. You think Snoop Dogg would do that at his kids football games?
DJ