If You Are Going To Sign Your Name, Then Do IT!

As a collector if you paid $75 on a product that give you one autograph, how pissed if you got a player who signed his name with an X or a simple flick of the pen?  Now I understand 9 times out of ten you will get an autograph that looks nothing like the name of the player who signed it, but come on!  The ones who sometimes have the biggest issues with bad ink are the minor league players.  Heck if I was a minor league player I would beg to get my ink on some cards.  I have seen a couple football players who have just wrote X where their signature would be.  If I pulled that from a pack, I would contact the card company and demand a replacement.  As a card company they should care about the looks of the signatures since many of the collectors base their love for a product just because of the "hits".  If I were Topps I would just omit Anderson's autograph, or make him resign and make his cards a redemption till he resigns his stickers.  Being a Rockies fan I had recently purchased an autographed Tyler Anderson Rockies card.  I think I could have signed my name better with my mouth.  If Anderson ever becomes a big time player, could you ever see yourself paying good amount for this autograph?

Anderson's autograph looks like: 7 . . 2

Now I would love to see Arce have a great career, because he signs his cards like he cares.  I know there are worse signers than the Anderson above, but seeing his auto recently in my collection made me think of doing a quick PSA.  Signers I don't care if your signatures are legible, but put a bit of effort into it.