Fanmail.biz

Howdy,

Waaayyyy back in the mid 50's I used to cut grass for Stan Landes, then a National League Umpire. We lived just outside of Milwaukee and I, of course, was a very big BRAVES fan.
Mr. Landes used to bring autographed balls home for me. I have a team ball from the 1958 team, but the Hand Aaron signature is different than his signature of today. I've heard about ball boys signing balls, secetaries, etc. I didn't THINK that happened back in the 'old' days, but apparently I am wrong about that.

If I can post a picture, a big IF with my skills, can anyone tell me if they have ever seen any of Aarons signatures look like the ball? I've had the ball in my possession for over 50 years, so if isn't something purchased the could be a 'fraud'!

Here goes the attempt......wish me luck.
Thanks.....
Bob

Well, the attachment quota won't let me attach any picture.....Any suggestions?

You can try uploading the picture to a free image hosting site like photobucket.com or imageshack.us

Thanks for the reply.

I've tried doing that, using photobucket. I highlighted the URL and copy/pasted into the posting area for attachments on this forum. But after I post it, it disappears! Must be something I'm doing wrong?

I paste it into the posting box, then click submit. It says it's submitted and everything looks good, but it doesn't appear in the post as an edit or anything else for that matter. LOL

??

Disappointed wrote:I've tried doing that, using photobucket

Try uploading it to http://www.tinypic.com Once the photo is uploaded, you will see a box that says
IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards
Copy and paste that code, you should be good to go ( Thats the site I use for posting photo's here)
Good Luck

Let's try that??!!




YA YA it worked.....Thanks a bunch!
Bob

I'm not an expert on Hank Aaron but i have an authentic signature from the player that signed below Hank. His name is Red Shoendienst and the signature on your ball doesn't match mine. So if there's one fake on the ball I'm guessing there could be more. I've never seen Hank sign his name like that and I would be surprised if it turned out to be authentic. I'm guessing ball boy.