Can Anyone Identify This Signature?

[Wheelimus]

Sorry if there's a better forum for this but since it pertains an all Cubs signed ball I thought this might work. Recently picked up a ball signed by Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Big Z, and two others the seller didn't know. The two unknowns are on top of each other, pretty sure the bottom one is Neal Cotts. But the one on top is driving me nuts. Pretty sure I read a #7 but can't match it to anyone who wore that number. FYI the seller said their son got the ball signed at the Cubs Convention "six or seven years ago". Pretty sure Cotts being there dates it to 2007. Anyway, thanks for the help if someone can quickly ID the mystery sig. Should be a clickable thumbnail.

 

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh143/Wheelimus/th_KGrHqZpgE-v3LzGuGBPtCdGtq60_57.jpg

[Cubswin11]

Didn't DeRosa wear #7? He was on the team in 2007. That signature doesn't look like it has a Mark and/or DeRosa in it though.

[bukie]

Maybe Henry Blanco? He wore 24, and there's an outside shot that it's supposed to be a 24..

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Looks like DeRosa to me.

http://cdn.sportsmemorabilia.com/sports-product-image/mark-derosa-autographed-baseball2-124-t352582-500.jpg

[cl smooth]

at first glance, it looks like #27, but the "2" looks like the letter N. the last name seems to start with a P, i was thinking angel pagan, but he wore #29.

[sneakypower]

edit: was way late on this one Edited May 24, 2012 by sneakypower

[treebird]

i think it says "baby ruth"

[Garwilly]

http://www.sportsblink.com/product_images/neal-cotts-chicago-white-sox-world-series-autographed-photograph-3351598.jpg

[Garwilly]

Yeah, it is Cotts

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/neal_cotts_autograph.jpg

[Wheelimus]

Wow. Is Mark in the witness protection agency and secretly signs his real name? lol, crazy, I never would have even thought that close enough to cross reference.

 

Pretty sure the other one is Neal Cotts. Similiar to http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-lvO2CRUlLQ/TEoCp7d71yI/AAAAAAAACIk/Fkt5wlSbEG0/s1600/nc.jpg

 

Thanks guys!

[illiniguy]

Why would anyone get all those guys on the same signed ball? Billy, Ernie, and Z are all great graphs to have on their own ball.

[Wheelimus]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

[illiniguy]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol.

[Clem Fandango]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol.

 

I agree. My parents have a ball that has autographs on it from Ryne Sandebrg (!), Bill Murray(!!!), and... Turk Wendell :(

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol.

 

I agree. My parents have a ball that has autographs on it from Ryne Sandebrg (!), Bill Murray(!!!), and... Turk Wendell :(

 

I think Wendell might be my favorite of the three. I miss him.

[Sammy Sofa]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol.

 

I agree. My parents have a ball that has autographs on it from Ryne Sandebrg (!), Bill Murray(!!!), and... Turk Wendell :(

 

I think Wendell might be my favorite of the three.

 

Because you're the worrrrrrrrssssssst.

[illiniguy]

Not really sure. Per the auction I won it was a kids ball signed at the Cubs Convention. Doubt they were really thinking about maximizing long term value. I was just happy to knock 3 great sigs off my want list for a little over 30 bucks. Don't care about Cotts but DeRosa is a nice bonus.

Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol.

 

I agree. My parents have a ball that has autographs on it from Ryne Sandebrg (!), Bill Murray(!!!), and... Turk Wendell :(

I only do multiples on balls if they are on the same team. Sometimes it backfires on me though. In early 06 I had a ball at a royals game and got Tony Pena Jr. and Ross Gload. On the otherwise Justin Verlander actually signed, which is a rarity. So instead of a sweet spot of Verlander I had to settle for a card. :banghead:

[davell]

Patrick Ewing has been a thorn in my side for years. I have a basketball signed by MJ, Pippen, Stockton, Malone, Barkley, Bird, Magic, Robinson, Drexler, Mullin, and even Laettner. All of which I got outside of the Charlotte Coliseum years ago, at different games and with different results as to how many times I got turned down, before they signed. I've seen Ewing 6 times. First time, he ignored me and everyone else completely. Second time, he said he wouldn't sign it because I was going to sell it. Third time, he said he didn't sign basketballs at all. Fourth time, he remembered me and said I didn't give up, but he wasn't signing it. Fifth time, he told me to mail it to him and he'd think about it. That was the 1st time I saw him outside of Charlotte, in New York. Last time, was in Miami, randomly at a beach and I obviously didn't have the ball with me. But I heard him tell a teenager, with dad in clear earshot to [expletive] off, he wasn't signing anything. I don't even display it, because it's incomplete, with no hope at all of ever getting that fuckstick.

[illiniguy]

Patrick Ewing has been a thorn in my side for years. I have a basketball signed by MJ, Pippen, Stockton, Malone, Barkley, Bird, Magic, Robinson, Drexler, Mullin, and even Laettner. All of which I got outside of the Charlotte Coliseum years ago, at different games and with different results as to how many times I got turned down, before they signed. I've seen Ewing 6 times. First time, he ignored me and everyone else completely. Second time, he said he wouldn't sign it because I was going to sell it. Third time, he said he didn't sign basketballs at all. Fourth time, he remembered me and said I didn't give up, but he wasn't signing it. Fifth time, he told me to mail it to him and he'd think about it. That was the 1st time I saw him outside of Charlotte, in New York. Last time, was in Miami, randomly at a beach and I obviously didn't have the ball with me. But I heard him tell a teenager, with dad in clear earshot to [expletive] off, he wasn't signing anything. I don't even display it, because it's incomplete, with no hope at all of ever getting that [expletive].

Yeah I've heard he's impossible. You gotta hope someday he'll do a signing.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Because you're the worrrrrrrrssssssst.

 

No, because Turk Wendell was awesome.