help with another auto

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by isaac2004

In most part I think most older generation players have better signatures, where most new players (in the last 20 years or so) have scribble.

You can probably chalk this up to penmanship not being a requirement in most school curriculum anymore. I hardly remember learning cursive in school (I am 26 now, so my generation would not have had focus on it either)

My thoughts, but yea all the old players autos are nice and you can tell who they are for the most part by reading them

I would also add that the computer age has completely changed everyone's emphasis on handwriting. I find my own penmanship heavily challenged as a result. I'm sure that others have the same experience, FWIW...

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I would also add that the computer age has completely changed everyone's empasis on handwriting. I find my own penmanship heavily challenged as a result. I'm sure that others have the same experience, FWIW...

Well I hope your not like me and look at something I wrote a year ago and have no idea what it says :/

[JimStinson]

I'll bet when they sign their Major League contracts you can read every letter

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

I'll bet when they sign their Major League contracts you can read every letter

That's probably correct...I know for the newer Bowman cards they have a facsimile autograph from the players' Topps Rookie contract, and those are scribbles depending on the player.

[cubsfan-budman]

Warren Spahn has ludicrously bad handwriting, current prospect Levi Michael has stunning penmanship.

I think that this "back in the old days..." stuff is a bit off base.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Jackie Bradley Jr has a great signature, but now I think he does "JBJr"

[isaac2004]

This was an article from last year I found. Pretty cool

http://goodmenproject.com/sports-2/sweet-sigs/

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

Warren Spahn has ludicrously bad handwriting, current prospect Levi Michael has stunning penmanship.

I think that this "back in the old days..." stuff is a bit off base.

Cubsfan-Budman,

Although admittedly Warren Spahn's autograph deteriorated in his later years, I tend to disagree with you on this.

Here is an earlier version of his signature, a GPC from 1952. It looks pretty good to me, compared to today's player chicken tracks that they call an autograph.

[TyrusRCobb]

Harmon Killebrew has a great sig. IMO. I must agree with others regarding the impact technology has had on penmanship. As an English teacher I must decipher their scribble. There are times when I can barely recognize the student's name. Mind you, this is print we're talking about! My students often complain of wrist fatigue when writing but a paragraph as so much of their "writing" takes place on a word processor. Also, Derek Jetter's sig is a train wreck!

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

Warren Spahn has ludicrously bad handwriting, current prospect Levi Michael has stunning penmanship.

I think that this "back in the old days..." stuff is a bit off base.

You can pick and choose to find a handful of signers who do not fit the stereotype, but take any team-signed ball from the 40's and compare it to a modern team-signed ball and the difference will be striking. On the modern ball, the only signatures that you can actually "read" are typically the coaches'. The others, you just have to memorize their glyphs.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

You can pick and choose to find a handful of signers who do not fit the stereotype, but take any team-signed ball from the 40's and compare it to a modern team-signed ball and the difference will be striking. On the modern ball, the only signatures that you can actually "read" are typically the coaches'. The others, you just have to memorize their glyphs.

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