Good ole Willie Mays

[shelly]

The king of destroying beautiful pieces.

[mcgwirecom]

I've seen more than one jersey signed upside down.

[Baseball Fan]

I feel kind of bad. I bumped this thread to ask if a Mays' autograph looked good, and I feel like I opened up a bunch of old wounds for people.

I should have picked a different Mays thread. Haha.

[Runscott]

I held a ball where Mays wrote over Babe Ruth's autograph. It was startling to look at.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

If I recall correctly, he did the same thing over Babe Ruth on Barry Halper's 500 HR Club item. In that case it didn't really matter--the Ruth wasn't authentic to begin with.

[sixpointone]

Disappointing to hear such a legendary player acts in such a manner.

Ideally, in my view, if he agrees to a signing he should be more accommodating. Otherwise, if he really does not want to do it he should just stay home.

To me, the worst part is he is really defacing some baseball history.

The silver lining I supposed is when I met my favorite player before (not Willie although I am a fan of his on field) he was super nice.

[Runscott]

The game when I got the Giants to sign my ball, Mays I guess stayed in the clubhouse until we all left. Marichal was so pleasant that i dont think any of us missed the 'Say nay' kid much.