Ironic... One of the most desirable/valuable autographs is a scrawl that couldn't even be read by the player who drew it (Joe Jackson.)
I have a signature that is hard to read. One time I was cashing a check and the teller complained about my endorsement signature. He asked me to write it legibly. I told him sure, but then it wouldn't match my signature that's on file with the bank, or any of my other signatures. He didn't care - he just wanted to be able to read my name.
So I signed very slowly, carefully, and it's a signature that does not look anything like anything else I've ever signed.
Bottom line, if a player has a sloppy signature and you collect autographs, an authentic sig from the guy will be sloppy, and that's what you'd want & expect, isn't it? From Joe Jackson to Curt Schilling and everyone in between.
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