An interesting NY Times article about baseball autographs

[Klrdds]

Thanks for posting this article. It goes to say that handwriting in general has gone from an art form to illegible for the most part. I look at my signature, as a dentist , and realize it has gone downhill faster than a downhill skier. It is interesting to look at Mantle, Williams, and DiMaggio no matter how many autos they signed or where they signed they were impeccable. Rivera's autograph is beautiful , but look how Mattingly's has deteriorated or how Ripken's changed. I guess it is a sign of the times, and not like the good old days for so many things.

[David Atkatz]

It's laziness, and not-giving-a damn. It's amazing that someone (Robertson) can consider writing one's name legibly an "art."

[Klrdds]

I wonder if they are that lazy and illegible when signing those 100-200 million dollar contracts?

[almostdone]

I had heard that about Killebrew, telling young players to slow down for the fans, and because of that the first player I sought out when I started collecting autographed balls last year was Harmon Killebrew. Nice article. Thanks for posting.
Drew

[Bigdaddy]

Killebrew's influence can be seen in Michael Cuddyer's autograph

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by almostdone

I had heard that about Killebrew, telling young players to slow down for the fans, and because of that the first player I sought out when I started collecting autographed balls last year was Harmon Killebrew. Nice article. Thanks for posting.
Drew

A beautiful sig indeed:

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I heard a few weeks ago I heard that schools no longer teach cursive writing? I remember the patience of my teachers back in 1960 or so trying to work with a lefty like me!

Over the years I have tended to use a hybrid script some cursive and some printed. Last week I sat down at lunch and started writing sentences in cursive. At age 60 I was disgusted with my efforts, I have been working on it every day since then. My wife and daughter have beautiful penmanship and are terrific writers. Maybe my practice will improve my script over the next few weeks. Now I wish I could type better!