Lost Art: Handwriting/Signatures of Athletes.

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I had a brief discussion about this with another user on a different thread a while back but the more I look into it, the more tragic this topic becomes!

If we look at the signatures of most of the premier players from the 20th century we are greeted with some beautiful examples of penmanship. From Cobb, Mathewson, and Ruth to players like Mantle, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson. All of them had such nice signatures, you look at a signed baseball or photo or letter and it's a thing of beauty. I've collected a number of auto's from players from the 50's and 60's and you can really tell the pride that most of these players had with their signature.

Nowadays it seems almost the opposite. Mike Trout's signature is quite frankly, hideous, it seems like a rushed scribble. The same goes for guys like Ronald Acuna, or Cody Bellinger. It's really disappointing, I might be generalizing a bit but it's a shame what signatures have become. Anyone else feel this way?