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Originally Posted by JBirkholm
Woods' signature was attractive, but I've always found it too labored, too forced.
After baseball, Woods became a letter carrier for the USPS in Portsmouth.
Oddly enough, I own the 3X5 that accompanied the letter featured in the earlier scan. Here it is:
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I don't think anyone has really taken into consideration the sheer volume of autograph requests the Bambino was flooded with. I'm not talking about several dozen daily for a few years. More like hundreds a day for THRITY YEARS. Signing any object a fan could get their hands on upon a chance meeting with the Babe.
We're talking every single place he went, every single day of his life, for 30 years, fans were shoving something in the Babe's mug to sign.
And as much as I have read about Babe Ruth over the last forty years, which is substantial I assure you, I don't recall any times where fans would complain that Ruth would not sign for them!
Now, that said, how many others could keep up the amazing consistency that the Bambino was able to maintain until the very end. Just remarkable IMO.
A lot of the lesser know players had the luxury of taking their time in order to sign a fancy signature for a small amount of requests. Not that they aren't nice, just under completely different circumstances then Babe was under. Which was the story of Babe Ruth's life come to think about it!
Sincerely, Jimmy