O/T Who has signed the most autographs

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Lefties were 'sinister,' the hand of the devil, so the nuns forced southpaw kids to write with their right hands. They tried that on my left-handed sister in Queens, but she got lucky when my parents switched her to public school where she could write normally and not tempt eternal damnation by signing someone's yearbook with her left hand.

A wonderful, historical example of humanity being stupid for no reason. Who TF cares what hand is a person's dominant one?

I had a great uncle who was a lefty. In public school back in the old country over 100 years ago, the teacher would tie my uncle's left arm behind his back to force him to write with his right hand. Sadly, having to deal with this BS greatly staggered my uncle's interest in continuing his education. He wasn't a dumb man, as he moved to this continent alone, taught himself English, excelled in his profession and retired very comfortably. His reading level in either language remained that of a fifth grader, and his handwriting was incredibly labored because he continued to write with the right (wrong) hand.

[steve B]

I went with Feller.

The time I met him, he had a stack of 8 1/2x11 sheets with a preprinted picture , and career highlights on the back.
Pretty much every kid in the park picked up a couple, and a few minutes later many were paper planes all over the park.

I asked if that bothered him and he just said nope, it's kids being kids.

Many kids came back for more, and most of the stack was pre signed.
While we talked, he signed and gave out more... (The cleanup staff must have been unhappy..)

The stack he had was easily 1500 sheets and were all given out.

Now if the question was who signed the most AND had most of the autographs survive. That would be a different question.