# Who's signature is in your baseball/softball mitt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585 "2002-05-30T18:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/1 "2002-05-30T18:19:59Z")
A couple of the kids on my (8 1/2 year old) daughter’s softball team were looking at my glove, noticed the signature that said . . . Rusty Staub. Of course, all the questions started - “Who’s Rusty Staub?” So who’s signature is on your mitt? C’mon, 'fess up, your glove is older than you can imagine, right? ---
**Author:** ![Von\_Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/2 "2002-05-30T19:56:07Z")
My dad gave me a Roberto Clemente signature glove when I was about 10. I still have it but it is in no condition to play catch with. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/3 "2002-05-30T21:12:26Z")
The one I actually use on occasion is a George Brett signed one, from the mid 80s. The one I don’t use anymore, but did for about 10 years (well after I bought the Brett one) is a Brooks Robinson signed one, from the mid 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/4 "2002-05-30T21:18:38Z")
My favorite is a Dave Righetti, but I also have a newer Ken Griffey, Jr. that I use most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/5 "2002-05-30T22:25:04Z")
Mine has Barry Larkin’s in it. Principally because his model glove was the only one at Target that fit my hand when I went to buy a new one to replace my old one, which was a Greg Luzinski model. I’ve also had a Bob Friend, Ron Perranoski, and a Brooks Robinson. As for bats I’ve had a Charlie Smith and an Alex Johnson. My first baseball game I attended was Alex Johnson Bat Night at Anaheim Stadium. That was back in the days when they gave you the bat when you went in. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/6 "2002-05-30T22:34:24Z")
Tom Seaver 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/7 "2002-05-30T22:44:19Z")
I used to have an Al Kaline glove, but I am not sure what happened to it. Old number 6 of the Tigers will always be my all-time favorites. I remember Rusty Staub! He played for the Tigers for a while in the seventies, and was a teammate of Mark “the Bird” Fidrych in 1976, another player that the young’uns have prolly never heard of. Sadly, some of them prolly don’t know who Kaline is either, except maybe in his current role as a Tiger TV announcer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/8 "2002-05-31T00:09:40Z")
Chipper Jones! v00t! ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/9 "2002-05-31T00:56:35Z")
Cal Ripken, jr. (I’ve got two!! of them) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/10 "2002-05-31T01:51:06Z")
Joe Shlabotnik. ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/11 "2002-05-31T01:57:21Z")
Fred Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Torus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@Torus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/12 "2002-05-31T04:29:59Z")
Dave Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/13 "2002-05-31T08:20:41Z")
I don’t have a glove,but a Rusty Staub glove??? Maybe a bat but a glove? Did he ever use one? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/14 "2002-05-31T16:17:15Z")
Tom Seaver as well. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/15 "2002-05-31T18:40:25Z")
Rico Petrocelli. I got it in the late 60’s. Still in decent shape too. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/16 "2002-05-31T19:36:19Z")
I had two Rawlings third baseman gloves. One was a Bill Madlock, the other a Mike Schmidt. Daniel Joseph Le Grande Orange Staub was an all star ballplayer, although at my age I only remember him as a pinch hitter and backup first baseman for the Mets. He did some announcing for the Mets after retiring, and I think he still has his restaurant “Rusty’s” in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/17 "2002-05-31T20:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jerrybear \* > **I remember Rusty Staub! He played for the Tigers for a while in the seventies, and was a teammate of Mark “the Bird” Fidrych in 1976, another player that the young’uns have prolly never heard of.** I still have a baseball that “the Bird” signed for me at Tiger Stadium back in the summer of '76 or '77. Ron LeFlore and Steve Kemp wouldn’t sign it though. As for my current glove, another Cal Ripken Jr. here. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/18 "2002-05-31T22:03:01Z")
My glove is 15 years old, and has Cal Ripken Jr.'s name on it. I didn’t buy it for his name (I was a Yankees fan!), but because it was the only American-made glove available at the time. I’m not sure if there ARE any American-made gloves today. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/19 "2002-05-31T22:15:08Z")
I’ve got a Roger Clemens now. My first was a Richie Zisk. My second was my best friend’s Bud Harrelson. ---
**Author:** ![hegel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cab0a1/32.png) [@hegel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hegel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585/20 "2002-06-01T03:34:38Z")
Mine’s a Mizuno, Joe Morgan signature. GO REDS. I also have my father’s, which is an ancient Ted Williams model. I use both on occasion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-signature-is-in-your-baseball-softball-mitt/111585.md?page=2)