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Originally Posted by witster
Top, as a signed ball collector, I think you could look at it, as all of the above. It IS a moment in time. A specific moment. They were there to sign the ball, and it usually it happens the same day.
The tricky stories come out when you have an unexplained auto on a ball- a batboy, a bus driver, trainer, secretary, umpire, or a scout. It really makes researching, a time intensive effort.
Other head scratching autos come from some unexplained appearance from someone within baseball appearing at a game for any of unknown reasons. Its also possible baseballs were harder to come by and this was the signed ball kind of thing, so lets get it signed.
Kudos for the effort put forth. Witster
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I definitely hear you. I have a couple of balls from Stan Musial's personal collection that were signed by his WWII teammates, and it's been fascinating trying to research where the ball might have been signed and who the other guys were (a few played in the MLB, but most did not.)