OT: Who Has The Worst Looking Signature

[LastingsMilledge85]

Re: OT: Who Has The Worst Looking Signature

Lastings Milledge, hands down

I second that.

[Manram]

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There it is, thanks for finding that. That is the worst i have ever seen!!!

[jetersbatboy]

Re: Worst Autographs

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=21930

Here's a thread about this subject.

[neverfinished94]

Re: Worst Autographs

There also is one player that i saw that played football and had his cards in one of the bowman sterling boxes. I can't recall his name, but his signature looked like a check mark

[flota89]

Re: Worst Autographs

Andre Ethier has a pretty bad one. So does Cardinals pitching prospect Lance Lynn. Those two come to mind for me at the time.

[Manram]

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IMO Chris Johnson has a terrible signature. Just a C and a scribble. There also is one player that i saw that played football and had his cards in one of the bowman sterling boxes. I can't recall his name, but his signature looked like a check mark

[legaleagle92481]

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Just saw this one on NFL Auctions of singer Tim McGraw and it got me thinking...who has the worst autograph?

Are you really buying this for the autograph or for the helmet and removing the autograph?

The list of candidates is endless. Allen Iverson, Patrick Ewing, most hockey players.

[hockeytigers]

Worst Autographs

Just saw this one on NFL Auctions of singer Tim McGraw and it got me thinking...who has the worst autograph?

Are you really buying this for the autograph or for the helmet and removing the autograph?

[cordovacollector]

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Carlos Gomez

Sylbry! You made me laff so hard! The first one that came to my mind was Carlos Gomez too!! So bad for one so young and so unproven.

To me a slop signature comes off as a form of arrogance. For the Twins, that is one thing Harmon Killebrew will talk to young players about during the winter caravan. He'll tell them fans cherish the autographs and to take a second or two longer and give them something they can both be proud of. I believe Torii Hunter was one who changed his signature early on because of Harmon.

Ohhh, but then there is my own guy, Marty Cordova, who could be absolutely awful at times.

[mattmueller]

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I am honestly pretty close to speechless.

[godwulf]

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From a current ebay auction, Mariner prospect Carlos Triunfel would have to be up there (assuming somebody is not trying to auction their two year old kid's doodling). From sellers own words "Please take a look at the picture(s) of this great looking bat!" Also of note for any Triunfel fans, this autograph will pass any authentication process out there. Guaranteed.

I had to laugh when I read this post. I looked at the photo first, and thought, that looks just like the sig I got on a ball last year during the Arizona Fall League. I run down foul balls and get them signed by the player who hit them. The player and signature I remembered, in this case?

Carlos Triunfel.

[mattmueller]

Re: OT: Who Has The Worst Looking Signature

From a current ebay auction, Mariner prospect Carlos Triunfel would have to be up there (assuming somebody is not trying to auction their two year old kid's doodling). From sellers own words "Please take a look at the picture(s) of this great looking bat!" Also of note for any Triunfel fans, this autograph will pass any authentication process out there. Guaranteed.

[frikativ54]

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Pedroia consistently makes the same error that many athletes do and it always irks me - that should read '07 not 07'

I owned Pedroia's 2007 World Series game used hat and he made that same mistake - at some point you would think someone would tell him the correct way to shorten the year

I know I already responded to this post, but upon further reflection, you're dreaming if you expect a young, coddled athlete to pay any attention to "correct usage". And given some of the educators of today, who believe that standardized writing is but a means of oppression, I doubt if players' orthography will reflect the grammatical norms of the last century.

[frikativ54]

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I don't mind if a player has bad handwriting, but it really bothers me when an ugly signature is the rest of laziness.

I have seen Breaston signed cards with his full name, but I guess he quickly realized that the card companies would still pay him if he simply initialed the cards instead.

You have to remember, talented athletes these days are coddled and become the next [insert superstar name] when they are about 16. This "success" leads them to think they are "all that" and don't even owe the fans a full autograph, or a young kid a smile in an autograph line at the local signing. Boy an experience with Hunter Pence is sure coming to mind...

[frikativ54]

Re: OT: Who Has The Worst Looking Signature

Pedroia consistently makes the same error that many athletes do and it always irks me - that should read '07 not 07'

I owned Pedroia's 2007 World Series game used hat and he made that same mistake - at some point you would think someone would tell him the correct way to shorten the year

I honestly don't think most people know the difference. I don't remember being taught, nor would I venture that any of my peers learned either. And I am a few weeks shy of 24.