Small rant on the state of signings nowadays

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Originally Posted by carlsonjok

They are just trying to capture back some of the value in their name. To a certain extent, their signature is their intellectual property.

I feel like that certainly can be a fair assessment for players who played long ago, when salaries were nowhere near what they are today. But for someone like Mike Trout for an Example to charge $700 for a signed baseball when he is sitting on a $400 million dollar contract, it just rubs me the wrong way a little. Especially with his signature. Looks like a random scribble!