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Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier
And now, thanks to the image shown above, I've just learned that Manny Machado only signs his first name. And - correct me if I'm wrong, because you can't even read the darn thing - he can't even be bothered to sign all five letters of "Manny"?
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He's hardly alone. My Cubs autos so far (Javy Baez and Anthony Rizzo) aren't much better. Even for a retired HOF'er, Ryne Sandberg's modern auto is little more than chicken scratch. I think it's just a casualty of the business of nostalgia - some of the older players only really had to (or chose to...) sign in-bulk after they retired. But today, it's a wonder that a prospect doesn't have carpal tunnel syndrom from signing by the time he reaches the big leagues...
One auto that remains really nice is Johnny Bench. I've seen some of his recent sigs on Topps Heritage products and I'm not sure if he just takes his time or what, but it's a really nice sig. My LCS has one in the case that I've been looking at recently...