Who in the hell cut the auto for this card???

[thetruthisoutthere]

What a waste of a nice autograph and inscription. Upper Deck is notorious for doing that to cut autos. Someone obviously screwed up the placement of that cut auto, but who the heck over at "Quality Control" allowed it to be placed in a pack.

[LanceRoten]

Who cut it? Looking at it, my guess would be Upper Deck turned Stevie Wonder or Ronnie Milsap loose in the room...

[D. Bergin]

Is that a piece of a baseball?

[nebboy]

You can see that its a cut/patch from a baseball. Upper Deck to stick with the design concept had to put the red stiching exactly where it is.

The problem is that the ball/patch wasn't signed dead-on sweet spot, so it looks like .

Just another head shaker form UD

I would of rather had the baseball for my players born on Nebraska collection. The Cheif was born just up the road a piece in Beemer.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by nebboy

You can see that its a cut/patch from a baseball. Upper Deck to stick with the design concept had to put the red stiching exactly where it is.

The problem is that the ball/patch wasn't signed dead-on sweet spot, so it looks like .

Just another head shaker form UD

I would of rather had the baseball for my players born on Nebraska collection. The Cheif was born just up the road a piece in Beemer.

I completely understand the necessity to cut it that way due to the design of the card. At some point, someone has to look at the ball and know that it's off center enough that it won't work, and then make the decision to not destroy the ball. UD destroying good stuff simply for the sake of protocol and print runs. Gotta love it.

Anyways John, are you in need of a Harder auto for your collection? Or was that more of a "you currently have a flat sig, and the ball would've been better"?

[D. Bergin]

I'd call it an autograph "scrap" and charge a premium for it.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I'd call it an autograph "scrap" and charge a premium for it.

It's "rare", and possibly 1 of a kind, since it may be the only one without the full signature present.