Mickey Mantle baseball, any reason to think this is a fake?

[MrSeven]

I don't like a few things with that autograph.

I'm also not an expert.

[Sladge34]

Such as?

[Sophiedog]

That's a perfect authentic Mantle ball

[khkco4bls]

I'm not an expert but I also think it's good

[David Atkatz]

You know, I'm gonna piss a bunch of people off with this post, but what the hell...
I don't understand all the "I'm not an expert, but I think..." posts.
Why?
Basically, they say "I don't know what the fu*k I'm talking about, so what I'm adding to the conversation really has little or no value."
If you don't feel your opinion is more educated than most, there's no point in posting.
Trying to determine authenticity is not a popularity contest amongst the "hoi polloi." It does not come down to the number of votes.

People post here, particularly, because they're looking for expert advice or opinion.
Otherwise, they might as well just set up a poll.

[bigtrain]

David, you may piss people off but you are right. I have an opinion but will keep it to myself if I don't know for sure.

[jimjim]

Authentic

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

You know, I'm gonna piss a bunch of people off with this post, but what the hell...
I don't understand all the "I'm not an expert, but I think..." posts.
Why?
Basically, they say "I don't know what the fu*k I'm talking about, so what I'm adding to the conversation really has little or no value."
If you don't feel your opinion is more educated than most, there's no point in posting.
Trying to determine authenticity is not a popularity contest amongst the "hoi polloi." It does not come down to the number of votes.

People post here, particularly, because they're looking for expert advice or opinion.
Otherwise, they might as well just set up a poll.

thanks for posting what i bet many people think

[Sladge34]

Not too sure why everyone got upset. As everyone knows, unless you see a ball signed in person, you'll never really know if it's real or not. You can get respectable opinions, but there's always a chance people's opinion's are wrong. I think the more, the merrier. I posted that ball over a year ago, and was very thankful for all the input. I did my research and realized most of you guys on here are as good, if not better than the big 3. I reposted the ball because of one of the earlier threads about a Mantle ball that did not get authenticated by jsa, even tho people on here gave it the thumbs up. The picture may have been blurry, but enough people said it was good, espicially some of the really good guys on here. So to see the ball get rejected by jsa, then people say it's bad, kind of made me think again maybe my ball isn't real. If you think I wasted your time, sorry. But I thought this site was about talking baseball autographs, pretty sure I was within the topic...

[MrSeven]

Originally Posted by Sladge34

Such as?

The No. 7 inscription seems a little forced compared to UDA examples.

General consensus indicates here I'm wrong, but an opinion is an opinion.

[khkco4bls]

Okay Dave I'll go out on the limb it's real

[GrayGhost]

Authentic IMO

[shelly]

[Sladge34]

The ball was authenticated by UDA, and has a jsa letter. Was just curious to see what everyone had to say, thanks