In my room at my parents’ house, there’s a bookcase devoted less to books than various autographed baseball memorabilia, from balls to bats to… a few books. I’ve received few by my own hand; most arrived as gifts. If not for the authentication cards accompanying them, I wouldn’t be able to discern the names scribbled…
We’ve all seen the dude embarrassing himself to get a teenager’s scribble. You don’t have to be this dude, and you can still get the autograph.
Baseball writers can’t ask for autographs, but they might end up with some anyway.
We now know for sure where Joe Maddon stands on sabermetrics.