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The balls you speak of look like this....
look at the top of this ball? Does it look funny to you? It should!!!! The Rawlings stamp is on top on ALL these Campanella signed balls. The Rawlings insignia should be on the right or sometimes left of the sweet spot, so this ball was manufactured out of place especially for Campanella to sign. They sent him the "sweet spot raw hide" only and he scribbled accordingly. Then, after he signed them all, they stitched the ball using the piece he signed. The Rawlings insignia was on top. These are the only balls I've seen this way. Towards the end of his life when I would see him at the games, he signed for a couple of my friends. I was an idiot and never had him sign, seeing him 15-20 games a year on the old club level at Dodger Stadium. He had his own spot behind home plate for his wheel chair and 1 seat for his wife. Didn't care about autographs much back then. Shaking the mans hand was enough for me. He actually signed pretty well towards the end of his life. He used some kind of a brace. Anyway, if it looks like mine posted here, its gold! Last edited by Fuddjcal; 05-26-2012 at 11:10 AM. |
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Thanks alot! Thats what I needed to know. |
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Even post-accident, I think Campanella still signed more legibly than most modern-day players
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If you think modern day players are bad you should see modern day movie stars.
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Slightly off topic, but contextually relevant (I hope)... I've heard that when Campanella did sign post-accident autographs, he needed some kind of device to help him. What kind of a device was used, does anyone have a picture of it (not necessarily the actual one "Campy" used)?
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I don't have a picture, but it wasn't so much of a device as it was a brace. It helped him from shaking so that he could move his wrist and fingers to sign. That's why the Roy usually looks surprisingly good and the the Campanella gets a bit ragged because he's stretching his hand to complete the auto. Here's my in person auto from 1989.
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Well here's why I asked...
This came in the mail today. I know its not mint but it appears to me (feel free to chime in) to be legit and I am very happy with what I paid for it...Thanks to all of you for the help.
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