Autographs- Do you collect? Do your care?

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I was disappointed to meet a few guys who were nice but whose penmanship was so poor that I had no idea what I was seeing. Shawn Green is one. Nice guy, rotten signature.

Todd Helton is another. His signature isn't that far off of Green's, but there is at least a method to Todd's madness. Shawn's makes no sense whatsoever. Pujols is another that kinda bothers me, his signature just seems lazy. I also hate when players use just their initials. Manny Ramirez does that alot, Kenny Lofton and Frank Thomas both seemed to go through periods of time where they'd just basically initial things..

[margoaepi]

Sean Green was an incredibly nice guy, and I honestly don't think his sig is that bad. For me, the sig that I was most excited to get and the most disappointed to receive was Ryne Sandberg . . . beyond illegible.

[perezfan]

This one (a future HOFer) has always struck my funny bone...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

This one (a future HOFer) has always struck my funny bone...

Isn't that signature a piece of crap? I'll fork over $200 for that (not!)

[margoaepi]

Who is that? It's terrible!

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Most Asian players take a bit more pride in their signature than Ichiro. Matsuzaka nearly followed in Suzuki's footsteps with his terrible penmanship. You're looking at $125-250 to have that scribble added to your collectible.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Just to think that it all started out with: