I've added another card to my autograph collection.
This card of Cubs pitcher Alec Mills comes from 2021 Immaculate Collection. It's logoless and its a sticker. The signature is a real mess too, but it follows my collection rules.
By my count there have been 144 different Cubs players that have had a certified autograph card issued in a year that they played for the Cubs, showing them as a Cub. I've got at least one autographed card of all 144.
| Terry Adams | Jason Dubuois | Bryan LaHair | Anthony Rizzo |
| Arismendy Alcantara | Carl Edwards | Tommy LaStella | Henry Rodriguez |
| Albert Almora | Kyle Farnsworth | Junior Lake | Aramis Ramirez |
| Moises Alou | Mike Fontenot | Derrek Lee | Henry Rodriguez |
| Adbert Alzolay | Kevin Foster | Jon Leiber | Chris Rusin |
| Jake Arrieta | Dexter Fowler | Jon Lester | Addison Russell |
| Javier Baez | Kyuji Fujikawa | Cole Liniak | Jeff Samardzija |
| Darwin Barney | Kosuke Fukudome | Greg Maddux | Rey Sanchez |
| Francis Beltran | Sam Fuld | Dave Magadan | Ryne Sandberg |
| David Bote | Sean Gallagher | Dillon Maples | Kyle Schwarber |
| Milton Bradley | Nomar Garciaparra | Carlos Marmol | Scott Servais |
| Roosevelt Brown | Matt Garza | Sean Marshall | Jorge Soler |
| Kris Bryant | Leo Gomez | Alec Mills | Alfonso Soriano |
| Scott Bullett | Tom Gorzelanny | Scott Moore | Sammy Sosa |
| Freddie Bynum | Kevin Gregg | Matt Murton | Geovany Soto |
| Marlon Byrd | Angel Guzman | Rod Myers | Steve Smyth |
| Jeimer Candelario | Jason Hammel | Thomas Neal | Matt Szczur |
| Victor Caratini | Todd Haney | James Norwood | Ryan Theriot |
| Andrew Cashner | Ian Happ | Roberto Novoa | Keegan Thompson |
| Larry Cassian | Brendan Harris | Will Ohman | Ozzie Timmons |
| Frank Castillo | Kevin Hart | Augie Ojeda | Steve Trachsel |
| Welington Castillo | Kyle Hendricks | Mike Olt | Duane Underwood |
| Starlin Castro | Jason Heyward | Ryan O'Malley | Jermaine Van Buren |
| Ronny Cedeno | Jose Hernandez | Kevin Orie | Josh Vitters |
| Rocky Cherry | Bobby Hill | Angel Pagan | Todd Walker |
| Matt Clement | Rich Hill | Bob Patterson | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Steve Clevenger | Nico Hoerner | Eric Patterson | Randy Wells |
| Buck Coats | Micah Hoffpauir | Corey Patterson | Turk Wendell |
| Tyler Colvin | Cesar Izturis | David Patton | Jerome Williams |
| Willson Contreras | Brett Jackson | Joc Pederson | Kerry Wood |
| Juan Cruz | Reed Johnson | Carlos Pena | Travis Wood |
| Yu Darvish | Jacque Jones | Billy Petrick | Michael Wuertz |
| Wade Davis | Matt Karchner | Felix Pie | Carlos Zambrano |
| Blake DeWitt | David Kelton | Lou Piniella | Rob Zastryzny |
| Rafael Dolis | Brooks Kieschnick | Mark Prior | Ben Zobrist |
| Scott Downs | Craig Kimbrel | Brooks Raley | Julio Zuleta |
When I got autographs back in the 70's, you could read them. What the heck happened? I don't want a scribble that I can't read. I understand why you get them on baseball cards where you have a picture and printed writing so you can tell whose it is. That is just lazy. I was so thrilled to get Jose Cardenal's autograph when he was on the St. Louis Cardinals, and he told me I was dumb because I had a Cub helmet on........and he ended up having his most success with the Cubbies. He was an exciting player.
ReplyDeleteOn the subject of 'scribble-graphs' here's a great article on Harmon Killebrew teaching Torii Hunter why a clear signature is important: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/sports/baseball/in-an-era-of-squiggles-you-cant-tell-baseball-the-players-without-a-handwriting-analyst.html
DeleteKillebrew was a stickler for readable autographs. Coomer has told a story on air about Killebrew over his shoulder and then being happy to see that it's a readable signature.
DeleteI always smile when I see a Panini card of a "Chicago" player coupled with your "showing them as a Cub" line. He's wearing a blue t-shirt and baseball cap :)
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