Mookie and Pedro help, please

[scooter729]

Here are a few different Mookie signatures from early in his career, all of which my son got in person at Red Sox games (I witnessed all of them signed).
- bobblehead box signed in 2016, not rushed
- baseball (black sharpie) signed in 2018, quick sig
- baseball (blue ballpoint) signed in 2019, not rushed (second one from top)

I can't state for sure how I feel about yours, but hope this can help give you a few comps from the era, which I can state are 100% real.

Scott

[dgo71]

The Betts does look like a very rushed version of the middle example scooter posted. Side note, it's wild how similar Betts's signature is to Matt Barnes right above him. At first glance I thought Mookie had signed it twice!

[WhatsNext]

Both good, Betts just very sloppy

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Side note, it's wild how similar Betts's signature is to Matt Barnes right above him. At first glance I thought Mookie had signed it twice!

Funny, I had the same thought as I was looking at it! Thank God many of these guys included their number with their autograph, since it's impossible to read their names in so many cases!

[tha-rock]

Thanks, Scott...

I appreciate the photos for comparison and appreciate the help from the community. I've looked at certified Betts' autographs on ebay and I still can't reach a comfortable conclusion one way or the other.

I realize signing on a curved surface is different from signing on a flat surface. I tried following the strokes on the "B" and it just looks different from those on eBay.

Any other thoughts?

[etsmith]

The Pedro Martinez looks spot on so I don't think it's a problem. If you hold the banquet every year you might consider sending the bat in for authentication for the next banquet after this one. One of the problems with that is that the authentication companies have failed more than a few in-person autographs despite them being authentic.

[tha-rock]

Yes, thank you. We may have to hold on to it until we have a definitive opinion one way or the other. If the conclusion is it isn't real, the donor would just keep it.