Just a Note Saying Goodbye to Legible Autographs:

bjerome · #1 03-29-2020, 12:51 AM

I'm not an athlete or famous, but I do utilize a work signature and a personal signature for personal business.

packs · #2 03-29-2020, 03:00 PM

This same thread gets made every month but you know what I've noticed about this part of the forum? It doesn't matter who signed it or when it was signed, this board doesn't have any trouble telling you whose autograph you're looking at. So what does it really matter?

scooter729 · #3 03-29-2020, 07:02 PM

Both of the autographs pictured below were signed by Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Red Sox for me last year, signed in a casual relaxed setting at Fenway for my son.

I had the chance to ask him why such a difference in his signatures, and he told me he used to always try to sign in the very neat legible way, but it just got hard for him to do baseballs that way, so he abbreviated it when signing balls. Then it morphed into signing that way when he was trying to sign a bunch of things. But when he has the chance, he will take his time and sign in a manner where you can read the whole name.

I thought it was a breath of fresh air to at least be able to see a signature I could read, if only in one of them!

Tom Hufford · #4 03-31-2020, 10:44 AM

The last few years of his life, Harmon Killebrew would spend time with the Arizona Diamondbacks in spring training, and one of the messages he would always give, as part of his yearly talk was:

"I've never understood why you guys have spent your entire life struggling and working hard to get here and then when you do, and someone asks for your autograph, you scribble something that not even your mother can read. You're a Major Leaguer, be proud of what you've accomplished, be proud of your autograph! Sign it so that 50 years from now, a little kid might pick it up and say "Wow, grandpa met (famous name) and got his autograph!"

Mark · #5 03-31-2020, 01:47 PM

I think we would appreciate the ball on the right more if we were more sympathetic to major trends in contemporary art.

bobw · #6 03-31-2020, 02:03 PM

If you stare at it long enough.........

doug.goodman · #7 03-31-2020, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobw

If you stare at it long enough.........

THAT is an amazing post...

mrmopar · #8 03-31-2020, 07:44 PM

That is nice to hear. Killebrew had a great signature too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

The last few years of his life, Harmon Killebrew would spend time with the Arizona Diamondbacks in spring training, and one of the messages he would always give, as part of his yearly talk was:

"I've never understood why you guys have spent your entire life struggling and working hard to get here and then when you do, and someone asks for your autograph, you scribble something that not even your mother can read. You're a Major Leaguer, be proud of what you've accomplished, be proud of your autograph! Sign it so that 50 years from now, a little kid might pick it up and say "Wow, grandpa met (famous name) and got his autograph!"

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