Question by : Was Mickey Rivers a good baseball player? What were some of his highlights or unusual facts?
He will be signing autographs at a local sports-card show next month and I wanted to find out some stuff; I know he played center field and was leadoff hitter for the 1977 & 1978 Yankees.

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Answer by Mr. 3000
1976 All-Star and won 1977 & 78 World Series with NYY. Don’t know much else but saw it at Old Timers Game.

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Question by jethroellienina: USC player was the only one to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated?
I have a little question, nothing major, his name is John Roche and he is in S.C. in the Columbia area to sign autographs this year and I am just curious as to how to pronounce his last name? Is it Roash? Roach?

Thanks

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Answer by carolinachick495
It’s pronounced Roach.

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Former NFL Player Derrick Mayes Talks College Recruiting


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Former Green Bay Packer’s player Derrick Mayes signs autographs for Heidelberg High School students in Heidelberg, Germany Oct. 5, 2010. Mayes toured several DODDS Europe schools to speak with student athletes about college recruiting and how to earn a athletic scholarships. (Photo by Dijon Rolle, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg Public Affairs)

Former NFL Player Derrick Mayes Talks College Recruiting


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Former Green Bay Packer’s player Derrick Mayes signs autographs for Heidelberg High School students in Heidelberg, Germany Oct. 5, 2010. Mayes toured several DODDS Europe schools to speak with student athletes about college recruiting and how to earn a athletic scholarships. (Photo by Dijon Rolle, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg Public Affairs)

Question by NICK b: If you could get an Autograph Sports card of any player no matter the sport would it be?
I will get Kobe Bryant’s

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Answer by long89525
Adrian Peterson he is going to break all of the rushing records in the nfl he is a beast

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Question by AznCaucasian: Where do you go to get a Certificate of Authentication (COA) for an autograph of a sports player?
Also does is cost money?
Can I get it at a local sports shop?

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Answer by heartconscience
Hey well here’s a link all about the COA, Enjoy!

http://www.coanet.org/front3/page.cfm?sect=45&cont=3885

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Check out Joe Montana signing autographs at Steiner Sports in New Rochelle, NY in November 2007. To see the entire Montana collection go to: www.steinersports.com

Bees player signs autographs for kids on top of bat rack at Braves Field


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File name: 08_06_027532

Title: Bees player signs autographs for kids on top of bat rack at Braves Field

Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)

Date created: 1938

Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.

Summary: Unknown Boston Bee player signs autographs for kids on top of bat rack at Braves Field.

Genre: Film negatives

Subjects: Boston Braves (Baseball team); Braves Field (Boston, Mass.); Baseball players; Sports spectators; Autographing

Notes: Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Braves player signs autographs for kids on top of bat rack at Braves Field, 1938; Corrected title based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.; Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.

Collection: Leslie Jones Collection

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.

Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Packer Player Signing Autograph


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Green Bay Packer player (possibly Bob Kuberski) sitting on a young boy’s bicycle and signing a notebook in the parking lot of Lambeau Field.

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“famous” football player autographing…


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Sjoerd just played a match, and all the Chinese kids wanted his autograph. Why? Don’t ask me.