I have no opinion on the ball's authenticity other then it passed both JSA and PSA. But I've always wondered this: the legend we've all heard was that he was basically incapable of signing his own name without practicing first. Yeah, he was illiterate - but he was also sharp enought to bat .400. Is this myth largely blown out of proportion? He signed both his drivers' licenses and bonds for his brother and was likely asked for his autograph no short of a thousand times in his lifetime. In most instances he likely could have backed out of it, but if he had the mental capacity to hit the way he did, he was probably smart enough to memorize ten letters in order. No?
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