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JSA Certed this Mattingly?

Let me start by saying I study Mattingly A TON, and I do not like this AT ALL. It is missing almost everything I look for in a Donnie Baseball sig.

At best, this is highly questionable:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Don-Mattingly-Signed-AL-Baseball-JSA-/16108...

Tags: JSA, Mattingly

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 19, 2013 at 8:47am

The autograph does appear to be questionable. It is possible that the black Sharpie made signing the baseball awkward.

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Permalink Reply by Null on August 19, 2013 at 8:53am

The Sharpie definitely did not help... A pretty risky cert if you ask me. I would not be willing to give my 100% approval of this.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 19, 2013 at 8:57am

Neither would I. By the way, Donnie is scheduled to do a signing at the Steiner Sports Store on November 8, 2013. I will keep you posted on my item.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 19, 2013 at 8:53am

Ryan, I agree. That appears to be a forgery. It even looks slowly drawn (based on equal ink disbursement. I wouldn't buy this

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 19, 2013 at 8:57am

Neither would I.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 19, 2013 at 9:31am

does he normally cross his L?

this is no doubt a very poorly executed forgery.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 19, 2013 at 11:14am

Not as a separate line but sometimes as a continuous squiggle.

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Permalink Reply by Null on August 19, 2013 at 12:14pm

He does not cross L. It reminded me of another questionable JSA certed Donnie which I have always questioned:

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on August 19, 2013 at 10:05am

Does anybody else see the bubbling on the JSA sticker? Could it have been removed from an authentic baseball and put on a forged one? It looks that way, to me anyways.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 19, 2013 at 11:10am

I see it. Nice catch Kevin.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Bautista on August 19, 2013 at 11:11am

That's typical for a baseball with a jsa sticker to show that sign of unsettled ridges. There sticker design does not lay flat on baseballs. I don't think you would be able to peel a jsa sticker off a baseball .

The only way they can have any faith in certing that Mattingly is if they have a great exampler file from that Era or are comfortable with the seller of that item . It probably should have not been cert'd though .