User talk:Jwskygrl

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The username you selected has caused some concerns as it could be interpreted as an attack. Would you consider selecting a different one? ++Lar: t/c 03:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Baseball
All I did was go to the articles for each of the players that you mentioned starting with Pete Rose since I knew he only played for a small number of teams. Then I just saw that each of the other players were also on the Reds during a similar time period. Just process of elimination. And now that you gave me another list, I went to the first name on that list, Doug Bair. His article says that he was on the Reds in '78 and he made his major league debut in '76. Therefore, the ball could not be from '73. It must be from '78. You could double check with the rest of the names on your list to see if they were all on the Reds during '78 but I'm fairly certain I've narrowed it down correctly. As for the worth of the ball... I'd start going to baseball card shops in your area and asking how much they'd give for it as well as how much they think it's worth. Without having seen it, I can't say whether they would give you much for it. It may just be a printed ball that the players never actually saw. Some company may have printed up thousands of them and handed them out to the first 100, 500, 1000 spectators at some game. Or someone may have worked really hard to get all the players to sign it. Either way, best wishes, Dismas|(talk) 05:55, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * After having posted that, I thought of something else. If the signatures are fairly clear, your chances of having the actual signatures on that ball, I would think, would go down.  See if you follow my reasoning...  If a company is going to print up a bunch of balls then they probably sit the entire team down and have them sign a blank sheet of paper.  Take that paper, photograph the signature, send the photos to their printers, then print up the balls.  If someone went to the Reds' stadium before one or more of the games to try and get all the signatures on that one ball then they were probably in a crowd with several other fans trying to get the players to sign things (baseball cards, balls, hats, shirts, etc.).  The players would probably just scribble their names on the items since they had so many fans waiting and only a limited amount of time before the game to sign stuff.  Therefore, the signatures would be more illegible.  Just a thought, but either way I'd still get it looked at by a collector.  Dismas|(talk) 06:28, 10 September 2006 (UTC)