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That's pretty dumb. Just like any adult who gets an autograph.

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What is the value of an autograph, anyway? Isn't it the simple belief by the observer that the object had some close connection to the famous person who signed it?

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Exactly. This shite is dumb

Damn! I thought if this idea about a month ago.

But mine was an app on your phone or tablet where you could take a picture with the person, then have them sign their name on the photo.

Man on man love. Cowherd went into this extensively on his show yesterday.

While it's an interesting idea, it takes a lot of the fun out of the hobby. Having to pay 3 figures lessens it anyway, but now you don't actually even get the meet the person or have some type of conversation with them.

Autographs are based on having the physical proof of a memory or moment, which is sorta silly in itself as if you need proof when you were actually there. Now you're taking away that, but replacing it with some sort of personalized message that comes with it...which you have to pay for.

I'm 21 and have been to more than a few events that presented opportunities for autographs and have acted on them. I have slowly winded down as I've gotten older, seeing the "desperate" side of the hobby. Grown men who show up early, brings hundreds of cards/photos/balls for every person on the team.

And that's been me sometimes, I waited 8 hours last February at an Academy to meet Brian McCann, Frank Wren, Fredi Gonzalez, Dan Uggla, and Chipper Jones. Though I did it more to hang around with my father and brother more than I wanted anyone's autograph(I think Chipper is the only one got signed for myself, the rest I got signed for others). That's the main reason I've done it recently, not for the 8 seconds I get to meet someone, but for the 8 hours I get to spend with family. With an "egraph", you take everything away.

I've got tons of autographed stuff in a room, probably 60/40 on stuff I got signed to things bought. I also deal a bit in "prospecting" with autographed cards, buying low and selling high with. Had 2 Joe Webb cards I bought for around 3-4 bucks combined a year or so, flipped them a few days ago for a 10 dollar profit. An "egraph" takes that possibility out as well, for good or for bad(moralities of selling something signed for you for free is debated).

Would ruin the hobby if it caught on IMO, for several reasons.

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Honestly, I usually don't bother celebrities when I see them.

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This!