Winning the autograph game

Howard Wilkinson

...Baseball is a game that has carried on through the decades because of memories - of ballparks, of sluggers, of hot-roasted peanuts and hot dogs with spicy brown mustard.

And because of autographs.

A 7-year-old boy or girl who goes home from the ballgame with a baseball or a Reds cap signed by an Adam Dunn or Brandon Phillips is hooked forever on the game. They become the proud possessor of an artifact that will be treasured until he or she is old and gray....

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