YSaC, Vol. 1657: But is it schweddy?
2014 January 27
autographed ball
ok well I have this ball don’t know who it is this is what one guy told me,
Jan 7 at 1:15 PM
Okay wow. This confirms my initial suspicions.
I can actually confirm that this is a 100% authentic Andrew Bynum signature. You probably know this but Andrew Bynum was considered to be a breakout player on the Los Angeles Lakers, but is now widely considered to be one of the biggest busts in the league!
then this is what he said next
Jan 7 at 1:33 PM
I think the fair price of the ball would be around $1,000. I unfortunately do not have that much to spend on a ball of this quality at the moment.
I could pay you $100 and throw in a very nice hand-drawn painting, The total value of the painting alone is over $1,500.
and he drew the drawing but I looked him up and he’s not in the art community at all so I don’t know who it is on the ball but I looked up the name he gave me and the signature doesn’t match but he really wanted the ball but here’s some pics of the ball let me know what you think
Okay wow. I’m as big a sportsball fan as the next person, but I’m not sure a baseball signed by Andrew Bynum is really worth $1,000. Or $1,500. Or a painting. Or whatever.
However, if you’ve got $20,000, or possibly $3.75, with or without a third grade level clay ashtray, I have a hockey puck signed by Sam Snead that I could just possibly part with.
Thanks for the link, MLB!
“…So, you are telling me this ‘Lance’ person is famous for lacrosse?”
And that there’s no way to verify what his signature looks like except to take your word for it?
Sparky is correct — a Google image search for “Andrew Bynum autograph” shows no resemblance. However, using a baseball during a basketball game would explain his poor performance.
The signature appears to be written in cuneiform; I’d check with the MLB — the Mesopotamian Baseball League. Whatever demigod is trying to trade a mysterious picture for this has an ulterior motive.
I think Sparky needs to consult a sorcerer, and they don’t seem to be listed on craigslist. I can get him a referral for a small fee, like a virgin sacrifice.
<——– Demi Goddess. You rang?
All those extra blank lines really help build up the suspense. I was on the edge of my seat.
I, too, was on the edge of my seat, TC….but I think it may have been because those stadium seats are so uncomfortable….the biggest suspense for me was wanting to know what the drawing looked like……
I hate to be a spelling Corey, but I’m almost certain that “Andrew” doesn’t start with a J or have a T in it, and I’m also pretty sure that “Bynum” doesn’t start with a K or end with a Y.
Justin K. Schweddy.
Yep, that’s gotta be it, Windrose. Justin Schweddy was Pete Schweddy’s father, creator of the famous “Schweddy Balls” recipe.
The ball is a souvenir from the infamous, but mostly-forgotten Yankees game against the Baltimore Orioles, where their advertising slogan was “Come for Schweddy’s balls, but stay for ours—they’re bigger and harder, and will thrill you all night long.”
I tried to edit but the “editor” wouldn’t let me.
I meant to explain that they offered the first 300 attendees a plate of hot and moist “Schweddy Balls.” Thus the slogan.
Actually, it says “7 Tinh”, which was Andrew Bynum’s given name before he changed it. People had trouble spelling and/or pronouncing the original, so the change was a good career move, but the resulting identity crisis ended up affecting his performance. It wasn’t a total loss, however. He wrote a little ditty about it that was recorded by a well known singer.
“When I was 7 Tinh…… it was a very good year…..”
I don’t know from balls – schweddy or otherwise – but I have come to the conclusion that there’s a point in life where all people with the handwriting of serial killers either becomes a serial killer, doctor, or player of ball-based sports.
C”….”J….or any combination of the three…..
“Mr. Basketball Serial Killer?”
“That’s DOCTOR Basketball Serial Killer to you!”
Well, lack of medical education and pathetic hand-eye coordination seem to leave me with only one choice…
I don’t remember them offering that option on Career Day.
*tilts head to left, then right, then left again*
*squints*
This is obviously the Autograph of Nizny. Gives its bearer superhuman strength, the ability to understand Serbo-Croat, and a fake tan that actually looks real. Giles and Buffy spent three episodes looking for it in Season 2.5.
ratwoman—-was that the episode where Spike tried out for the Sunnydale Sixers, until he found out they didn’t just play night games?—-
I thought that was in Bunny the Umpire Slayer.
It’s not really an autograph. It’s more of a seismograph.
Okay, well, I have this comment, but I don’t know what it is this is what the voices in my head tell me.
Jan. 28 at 7:27 am.
Okay, Wow, that just confirms my suspicions.
The voices in my head are dim.
The voices in your head sound undercaffeinated, Windy.
But precise about date/time…soooo…there’s that.
Maybe someone got her voices a talking clock for Beesmas.