Modern autos question

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Let me see if I have this right. Manny Machado refused to hustle during the post-season - the frickin' post-season - and explained it away with a dismissive "that's the way I am." Despite not giving his employer 100%, he got rewarded for his (lack of) effort with a $300 million deal for a new team.

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"?

The universe must really, really love Manny Machado.

[HRBAKER]

Your point?

Actually I think he only signs his initials, I took that to be M M.

Votto's is hardly any better.

[jchcollins]

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"?

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...