Could use some help identifying signatures on baseballs

[nyr1994]

This was part of a lot of autograph baseballs I recently bought. Most balls were Yankees and Steiner affiliated autographs.

If the photos are too big, I can resize.

I forgot to number them so let's assume Ball #1 is the top (WS Ball)\\

Thanks in advance

Jim

[Steve D]

The second one looks like a faded George Steinbrenner, and the third one is Jim Leyritz.

The fourth one, if authentic, appears to be Manny Ramirez.

The second 226/500 looks like a really bad Willie Mays.

Steve

[MooseDog]

5-6-7 are poor attempts at Barry Bonds and Willie Mays. No good.

[dgo71]

1. Jorge Posada
2. Steinbrenner
3. Leyritz
Last ball is Gary Sanchez

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Wow! While I could see that the Bonds forgery was among the worst I've ever encountered, I struggled to make any sense of the other autograph!

I've examined countless Mays items, authentic and otherwise, and I wasn't seeing Mays there! That's how poor the forgery is. Besides the humorous letter formations, I was definitely thrown off by that chasm of a space between his first and last names and the two separate photos of first and last names. Guessing it would have been made more apparent to me if the item was in front of me. With "Bonds" and "Mays" on the same item, ball in hand, it would have been less of a facepalm moment!

My initial thought was, "Someone was trying to forge Juan Pierre?!". It's pretty rare that a forgery is so pitifully executed that I can't discern who they're trying to rip you off with! Kudos for figuring it out.

[nyr1994]

I appreciate the comments.

Posada and Steinbrenner make sense. They have the Steiner sticker on them. I should still be able to get the card from the card shop. We just couldn't identify everyone at the time.

I don't know what to say about the Bonds/Mays. I should have mentioned that they were on the same ball. I agree with you guys they are too fake to be fake. Hopefully they were just some Yankees relievers from the early 2000's.

Jim