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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Mark
For those who collect autographs in person, who do you consider to be the best/most gracious signer, and who is the rudest or least accomodating? |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Dan Bretta
Best I've gotten in person: |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Bob B.
I have many first hand stories, mainly from the 70's. Jim Gantner let me batboy for the Brewers in a spring training game and gave me a bat. (Yes, still have it). |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: howard
A year and a half ago I watched several games of the World Baseball Classic in a seat a few feet in front of the broadcast booth where Juan Marichal was doing the games for Dominican TV. I never approached him myself but I watched as before and after and between innings of every game Marichal chatted with and signed autographs for a never ending line of people. Over the course of the tournament I'd bet he signed over a thousand autographs. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: davidcycleback
Not to drop name, but I asked Jimmy Spence the exact question. He said Brooks Robinson and Joe Sewell (deceased) were the best, and Willie Mays and Frank Robinson were the worst. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Mark L
Just to add another vintage touch, I can recall that Pie Traynor was always friendly and generous with his autograph. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Tom Boblitt
Paul Hornung is from Louisville here and he used to have a sports showcase tv show and he'd bring in GREAT guests........Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Brett Farve, tons of NFL guys, Rose, Steinbrenner, etc. ALL those guys (except Farve) were fantastic signers. Namath stood up the whole time he signed but I bet he signed hundreds of autographs. Oddly enough, Rose was a great signer but he said he would not sign bats. I did get about a dozen balls signed by him one night before he told me not to get back in the line again. He had a Seinfeld-Like puffy shirt on and kind of mauve polyester pants. It was a sight to behold! Anyway, guess Hornung told them that they'd get tons of requests but they were very generous as was he. Signed a couple football mini helmets each and every show for me. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: davidcycleback
As a symphony attendee, I heard classical violinist Hilary Hahn is a good signer after concerts. I'm sure she'll play in San Francisco. Attend a concert plus get her autograph on a baseball afterwards. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Anonymous
As far as class acts and took time out to actually talk to you! I met them all! |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Rob
Whitey Ford was happy to personalize a ball he signed for me "To Rob", and shook my hand and was very cordial. Meant alot to me as a teenager (sometime in the early-mid 90s). At the same show my dad got a ball signed by Yogi Berra and he was similarly kind. Also, Sparky Lyle signed at a local Mall when I was a kid, and he went out of his way to make the kids happy. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: jeremy
when i was about 12 i played in a babe ruth tournament in vallejo ca.---our coach took us to an oakland A s day game---after the game we were waiting for the players after the game---while trying to get some autographs signed we spotted mark maguire sneaking out a different exit and running to his car--we ran over to him while he was putting his golf clubs into his car and he screamed at the top of his lungs for us to "get the heck away from me" we all crapped our pants and he drove away. |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: Mark
Jeremy: |
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Autograph Signers- Best and Worst
Posted By: howard
When I was a kid I went to many Yankee games in 1977 and 1978. It was fairly easy back then to sneak into the Yankee parking lot and my friends and I did this frequently. We often approached Yankee players who were either going to their cars or already in them and never once had a player turn us away. I remember Mickey Rivers the best. He laughed and asked how we got in there the first time we met him and the next time he laughed again because he recognized us. He also signed and chatted both times. |
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