Welcome To Autograph Hell

We all know that Chris Johnson's "attempt" at an auto is probably the worst thing since Vernand Morency and Lawrence Timmons. The sad thing is that as things move forward, bad autos like Randy Foye's RF4 and so many other examples of autographic diarrhea are becoming the norm rather than the exception. There are two main things I want to address though, mostly because they suck so bad.

First off, I want to discuss redemptions for players that have shitty autos. A main example of this is Johnson's SPA auto patches this year. ALL redemptions. Why would I even want to bother with that shit? I have to wait 8 months for a redemption of a guy with the worst auto in recent memory, with no advanced knowledge of patch colors, auto placement, or pic? Forget that.

Secondly is the card company's acceptance of these practices of awful signatures. They are paying the players to sign, they should have some clauses saying that they have to sign more than initials. Personally, I probably would not have as many Petersons in my collection if he signed the way that he has been lately with this AP 28 shit that I have seen around the net. Total crap. I am almost of the belief that sig quality can make or break a card. I think it would almost be better to cut them out of the set rather than focus their main hits on junk signed initials or Allen Patrick style symbol shit. I know people will disagree with me, and I know that Gregg from UD joked that I have a very simplistic view on things, which is completely true actually, but really, its a bad situation out there right now.

Just as a tribute to those who are great, check out sigs from these people:

Harmon Killebrew
Brian Bannister
Ronde and Tiki Barber
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
Joe Dimaggio
Brian Westbrook
Torii Hunter

All have longer names, all have really, really nice sigs. FIX IT.