Help, please, with these 3 unknowns

[David Atkatz]

Well, Ken, you're wrong.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Well, Ken, you're wrong.

Good, I hope you don't want to be insulting. So why post this so many times? What does it add to anything?

[David Atkatz]

Nothing, I suppose. I didn't realize I was posting many times.

[tazdmb]

I think the second one is Jose Mesa.

[roarfrom34]

The last one is Miguel Tejada

[khkco4bls]

I hate to tell you with autographs like that there garbage I don't know why anyone would collect them.

[earlywynnfan]

Thanks, guys, Tejada and Mesa it is.

Kevin, thanks for adding absolutely nothing to the thread.

Ken

[khkco4bls]

guys we go through this time and time again it gets old and tired looking at the garbage that is signed these days by the guys that don't care about penmanship. KEN sorry for hurting ur feelings.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

I hate to tell you with autographs like that there garbage I don't know why anyone would collect them.

Now there's an intelligent and well thought out attack.

This thread started innocently as someone trying to figure out 3 signed baseballs.

Why the hell don't you guys (you know who you are) start a little "scribbles club" or a "little bitty scribbles thread" and just talk to yourselves for awhile.

Assist or shut the hell up.

Peace, Mike

[David Atkatz]

You've got it wrong, Mike. We guys (we know who we are) are the ones who would not be members of the "scribbles club."

[djson1]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

I hate to tell you with autographs like that there garbage I don't know why anyone would collect them.

I don't think it's that collectors actually like the way players are scribbling their sigs...but what are we supposed to do if you want to collect their autographs? Players' signatures (and yes, a generalization fits here) seem to be getting worse and worse every year..but collectors like me still want to collect them. I do miss the era when you can actually identify the players' sigs. Maybe it's because our schools don't teach the art of handwriting anymore.

[chaddurbin]

i always chuckle when someone comes into a thread and states what a horrible chicken scratch of a scribble that sig is...thank you captain obvious we never noticed it before! it's an art form to be able to scribble the same way everytime, look at ichiro. newer guys like miguel sano changes their scribble every month.

i can tolerate the scribble...up to a point. look at these supposed hollywood ip graphs. now THESE guys dgaf.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by djson1

I don't think it's that collectors actually like the way players are scribbling their sigs...but what are we supposed to do if you want to collect their autographs? Players' signatures (and yes, a generalization fits here) seem to be getting worse and worse every year..but collectors like me still want to collect them. I do miss the era when you can actually identify the players' sigs. Maybe it's because our schools don't teach the art of handwriting anymore.

Maybe it's because the players don't give a shit. You can bet your ass they sign legibly on their multimillion dollar contracts.

[vthobby]

How does the Jose Mesa look like a scribble? Seriously? That is one of his better examples and is downright smooth.

I've seen folks say Jeter's auto is a mess and all I see is a flowing piece of art every time I see a real Jeter. Cmon. Cool autos.

Peace, Mike

[egri]

The first one looks like the certified Curt Schilling I have at home.