When the heck is Barry Bonds doing a signing?

[Seven]

It's a shame, I have some items I would love to get signed by Barry, I hope he does a signing soon.

He very well could be one of those guys that mellows out when they get older, and decides to be more generous with the fans. I've read of plenty of bad experiences people had with players like Mickey Mantle, when they were active, and then Mantle turned around and became a pretty prolific signer. Hopefully Bonds will do the same.

I think it would do well to help at least recover his image a little bit, if he started signing things. Regardless of what sort of assistance with PED's he had on the field, watching him play was a sight to see, and something we certainly won't see again.

[egri]

Originally Posted by Seven

It's a shame, I have some items I would love to get signed by Barry, I hope he does a signing soon.

He very well could be one of those guys that mellows out when they get older, and decides to be more generous with the fans. I've read of plenty of bad experiences people had with players like Mickey Mantle, when they were active, and then Mantle turned around and became a pretty prolific signer. Hopefully Bonds will do the same.

I think it would do well to help at least recover his image a little bit, if he started signing things. Regardless of what sort of assistance with PED's he had on the field, watching him play was a sight to see, and something we certainly won't see again.

I'd like to see him change as well, and I agree that it would help mend his image considerably, but he's 57, and has been retired for 14 years. I think at this point he's set in his ways.

[keithsky]

His Godfather Willie Mays probably told him how to deal with the public and be rude and that is what he is doing not to disappoint Mays

[Seven]

Originally Posted by keithsky

His Godfather Willie Mays probably told him how to deal with the public and that is what he is doing not to disappoint.

I'm not too familiar with Mays as a public figure, how was he signing back during the show circuits of the 80's and 90's? Wasn't Mays a pretty prolific signer?

[bobw]

Originally Posted by Seven

I'm not too familiar with Mays as a public figure, how was he signing back during the show circuits of the 80's and 90's? Wasn't Mays a pretty prolific signer?

I remember a dealer telling me as a joke....I hope

If you want Mays to sign your item over HERE, he'll sign it over THERE.....ask him to sign over THERE so he'll sign it probably where you want it.

[egri]

I used to be a member of another collecting forum, and there were a couple members over the years who had tried to set up signings with Willie Mays. After these members would pay deposits and spend months jumping through all kinds of hoops, Mays’s handlers would just stop returning calls. This was more recently than the 1980s/90s (within the past 10-12 years IIRC).

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by egri

I used to be a member of another collecting forum, and there were a couple members over the years who had tried to set up signings with Willie Mays. After these members would pay deposits and spend months jumping through all kinds of hoops, Mays’s handlers would just stop returning calls. This was more recently than the 1980s/90s (within the past 10-12 years IIRC).

I wish I had all those 1952s I had been saving for those "signings" I think I had 5 or 6 I just dumped when they didnt come through! That was a terrible tease.

[ocjack]

Originally Posted by bobw

I remember a dealer telling me as a joke....I hope

If you want Mays to sign your item over HERE, he'll sign it over THERE.....ask him to sign over THERE so he'll sign it probably where you want it.

Wasn't a joke. I watched when someone asked him to sign a 500 HR print. Everyone had signed below their image as Mays was asked to do. He promptly signed his image up the leg. I used to tell people that if Mays was your hero, never go to see him at a signing. He'll break your heart.