Does anyone have any idea what the signature is supposed to say? I think I see a J in the front, a capital A towards the middle, and a T at the end. But is that just "Jake Arrieta" or is it more? Anyone got a guess??
By my counting, Arrieta is the 117th Cub player to have a certified autograph from a year that the player played for the Cubs and the card shows the player as a Cub.
Here's the list:
| Terry Adams | Leo Gomez | Eric Patterson |
| Arismendy Alcantara | Tom Gorzelanny | Corey Patterson |
| Moises Alou | Kevin Gregg | David Patton |
| Jake Arrieta | Angel Guzman | Carlos Pena |
| Javier Baez | Jason Hammel | Billy Petrick |
| Darwin Barney | Todd Haney | Felix Pie |
| Francis Beltran | Brendan Harris | Lou Piniella |
| Milton Bradley | Kevin Hart | Mark Prior |
| Roosevelt Brown | Jose Hernandez | Aramis Ramirez |
| Kris Bryant | Bobby Hill | Anthony Rizzo |
| Scott Bullett | Rich Hill | Henry Rodriguez |
| Freddie Bynum | Micah Hoffpauir | Henry Rodriguez |
| Marlon Byrd | Cesar Izturis | Chris Rusin |
| Andrew Cashner | Brett Jackson | Addison Russell |
| Larry Cassian | Reed Johnson | Jeff Samardzija |
| Frank Castillo | Jacque Jones | Rey Sanchez |
| Welington Castillo | Matt Karchner | Ryne Sandberg |
| Starlin Castro | David Kelton | Kyle Schwarber |
| Ronny Cedeno | Brooks Kieschnick | Scott Servais |
| Rocky Cherry | Bryan LaHair | Jorge Soler |
| Matt Clement | Junior Lake | Alfonso Soriano |
| Steve Clevenger | Derrek Lee | Sammy Sosa |
| Buck Coats | Jon Lester | Geovany Soto |
| Tyler Colvin | Cole Liniak | Steve Smyth |
| Juan Cruz | Greg Maddux | Matt Szczur |
| Blake DeWitt | Dave Magadan | Ryan Theriot |
| Rafael Dolis | Carlos Marmol | Ozzie Timmons |
| Scott Downs | Sean Marshall | Steve Trachsel |
| Jason Dubuois | Scott Moore | Jermaine Van Buren |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Matt Murton | Todd Walker |
| Mike Fontenot | Rod Myers | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Kevin Foster | Roberto Novoa | Randy Wells |
| Dexter Fowler | Will Ohman | Turk Wendell |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | Augie Ojeda | Jerome Williams |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Mike Olt | Kerry Wood |
| Sam Fuld | Ryan O'Malley | Travis Wood |
| Sean Gallagher | Kevin Orie | Michael Wuertz |
| Nomar Garciaparra | Angel Pagan | Carlos Zambrano |
| Matt Garza | Bob Patterson | Julio Zuleta |
His middle name is Joseph so Jacob J Arrieta would be my guess. My middle initial is part of my "real" signature when I'm not just scribbling on the credit card machine at the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteAlthough not particularly legible, he's got one of the nicer looking (fuller?) signatures among today's players.
Good point. The guy's a true professional.
DeleteMakes sense.. I see all of that now
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