Baseball autographs have changed over the years

No longer does an immaculate, full-bodied, legal identification stain cowhide or parchment. Now, any casual jotting of figures, if one would care to call them that, does the job — not just loops, but arches and whorls as well.

Washington Nationals fan Derick Benzinger, 9, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey looks for autographs during batting practice before the baseball gamebetween the New York Mets and the Nationals at Citi Field on Friday, April 19, 2013 in Flushing, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

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