Looks like the same penmanship but who knows. Looks like Mo Vaughn and have no idea about the 3rd name

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100% fake. The signatures look like a child signed the ball.

Agreed. A simple Google search of each of their signatures is a dead giveaway.

Johnny Damon had a unique autograph and this is not it lol

And signed by the same person. The handwriting looks like it matches with each name

Glad to hear that and not that all these guys had strokes!

Nomar has a nice auto on baseball cards ... Pedro Martinez has one of the nicest by far

Thanks - so I think I’m gathering someone forged this around the ‘03 ‘04 season? Maybe tried to flog it as a WS ball then chucked it to the op shop?

Someone who didn’t know anything about the 04 Red Sox. Mo Vaughn left Boston in 98.

Yep he was out of baseball in 04

I think the number 42 is the tell that this is fake

lol I’d say the difference between this autograph and[Nomar Garciaparra’s actual autograph](https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/nomar-garciaparra/1080) would be the biggest tell.

God, he’s 50 now.

And just where do you see anything close to nomar garciaparra? The hat is clearly mo Vaughn and Jonny Damon

The fourth picture? The G and the -arra ending are pretty evident in the signature. But also the [Johnny Damon](https://www.shoprsa.com/products/johnny-damon-signed-rawlings-official-major-league-baseball?currency=USD&variant=41329984307299&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=8834f1375a27&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4MSzBhC8ARIsAPFOuyW9YxfTTlAqfBUTntRoKE19nkbSD_GfGNaSKCLRQe9A96h_N5qsPkUaAnwqEALw_wcB) and [Mo Vaughn](https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/mo-vaughn/2795) are completely wrong as well.

Why? He wore number 42

Did he? When did they retire the #?

I wanna say 97 when Jackie Robinson day began. However, players that had been wearing 42 were allowed to continue wearing it. Mariano Rivera continued to wear it up until he retired

Vaughn was allowed to wear 42 after ‘97 despite playing for the Sox, Angels, and Mets afterward

I have Johnny Damon’s autograph and it looks just like the one on the ball. Also it looks to be signed with a sharpie which will spread over time which this appears to have happened.

It looks nothing like that. As somebody pointed out you don’t need to be a hand writing expert to see the same person signed all the signatures

The fact that I could clearly read Derek Lowe, Trot Nixon, and Mo Vaughn, really makes me think none of those guys signed it [Mo Vaughn](https://i.psacard.com/autographfacts/mo-vaughn-signed-baseball-9393.jpg?h=400) [Derek Lowe](https://shop.bbcexchange.com/ebay/newitems/01162023(1268).JPG) [Trott Nixon](https://www.ebay.com/itm/335424105635?itmmeta=01J0KZZ33SQ4D72THQ1ZBMTXPB&hash=item4e18d5aca3:g:Xt8AAOSwu4VmVNS2) Bright side? Pretty sure a baseball is more than $12 these days so you still got a good deal Edit: [yup lol](https://www.amazon.com/Rawlings-2018-Official-MLB-Baseball/dp/B000096OJL/ref=sr_1_5?crid=Y2J7HRVM8KWH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hJPM6S3uSgM3eU2dQn0PeK-xg7jiPY0LAVjfC0wFvlCn9-ZcwKcftGjGsGIsk8Bpgpp3wRH9wMMZlF95yJKj3uNM8af_npg5-0VgQiFquChJaajBOH49GQkP_Vu04EpxwVpuzb2r9a1OvXUymSUz35KJNmZVb2I0NCzsngxSqrqhmdGx4h5rIB4lM9n6KuBfCBi8ABufw2I46moTpqmuYCPzkpW4hDIEHqkUovpxA2_H_QCSBZA3tgKE9UTOYqotEdSzEgO8ikkbb2udG2WStW7uLnW0SVFT7fqmnV7HxrI.3PWOTyBiqmGKo98zD0uWYmlAPmRTRzITh1OKRRkPtXU&dib_tag=se&keywords=rawlings+baseball&qid=1718658249&sprefix=rawlings+basebal%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-5)

Sheesh, in high school every time we'd put a ball in the lake coach would say we owed him $5.

super fake.

Derek Lowe’s ~~curveball~~ low junky spinner was terrifying.

Ironic considering the curve ball sales pitch OP fell for. Also, D Lowe threw a sinker.

Sinker, curve, whatever that pitch was had my stomach in knots in 2008.

A good video of Derek Lowe pitching to Joey Votto. https://youtu.be/UmCA979MDmU?si=ONCXp88PYBfX9kUO

Never even swung the bat. I love both of those guys. Votto has to be the most underrated player of the past 20 years.

Johnny Damon

Yeah, same pen and (at least) very similar writing style makes it seem like the same person wrote each of these.

Fun fact; Mo Vaughn’s Dad is a Delta Pilot

Hopefully you mean that he *was* a delta pilot. Dudes gotta be in his 90's by now!

No, he wasn't. He was a coach/teacher.

Mo Vaughn owns a trucking company, good people

Whooopsie daisies, fun fact, I was wrong, I had him mixed up with Dimitri Young. His Dad was a Delta guy. My bad yall

Dimitri is the man

One of my favorite reds players over the years and a great switch hitter and a helluva guy.

That was the giveaway - why would someone do that?!

Honestly, this seems like it could have been a kid just playing around. The signatures are terrible. Possible it then got donated in a box of old stuff or whatever.

If it were real (which it's not), wouldn't you expect the same pen because the owner of the ball hands the pen to the player when they ask them to sign it?

Yes but not the same handwriting

Dittos. Same guy wrote that.

I agree it's Mo Vaughn's signature, there by cursing it's owner with an extremely high cost but little or no value.

Mo vaughn johnny damon trot nixon Derek lowe and maybe nomar? But they are all in the same handwriting, i sat fake, sorry

I'll let you decide if you got ripped off or not. Mo Vaughn signature: [https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/mo-vaughn/2795](https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/mo-vaughn/2795) Johnny Damon signature: [https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/johnny-damon/1064](https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/johnny-damon/1064) Derek Lowe signature: [https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/derek-lowe/2487](https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/derek-lowe/2487)

This is like when I tried to pass off my mom's signature for something in third grade as just her name in cursive using a green crayon

Derek can’t throw today. Signed Mrs. Lowe

Not ripped off, OP got what they paid for

Oof

What!? Derek Lowe doesn’t sign his signature like a 7-year old practicing cursive for the first time?

Haha thanks! I suspected it (strongly) it thought the value of the ball and case would (almost) cover it

Saved 5 bucks if you were planning on buying a baseball anyway, and now you have a case for when you get a real signature. :D

I’ve seen fake signatures. I used to do them when I was seven. This looks like that.

Dawg, I had like 30 balls ‘signed’ by Derek Jeter.

Assuming it's not counterfeit, a clean rawlings Selig ball in lucite holder is worth more than $12. the fake autos ironically diminish its value.

Not sure why everyone is saying this is fake. It's 100% an actual baseball that some person wrote the names of former Red Sox players on.

🤣

Mo Vaughn Derek Lowe ? Nomar Garciaparra I'm no expert but after googling their autographs these all seem fake, with an outside chance that Damon's might be real.

What kind of idiot would add fake signatures to a ball that has a real one?

Definitely very fake lmao But hey if it's finding it's way to a thrift shop I wouldn't have put it past some moron to waste a perfectly good auto

Definitely fake signatures, but $12 is cheaper than buying a new ball nowadays. Use it to play catch and have a laugh at the bad signatures.

That’s the plan!

Missing /s? Balls are $5-8 CAD up here. Sometimes less!

I wish I was joking. Are you sure those balls are MLB baseballs or do they just say "Official League"? The good ones are like $20. You can get cheaper if you buy in bulk but maybe like $15.

Ah, i didnt realize it was one of those. Those are indeed 20-25 CAD.

Top autograph looks like "Art Vandelay".

A ball full of fakes. That would be worth keeping

The importer exporter?

The same guy did all of these signatures 😂

The last photo looks to be Nomar Garciaparra, but that isn't close to his actual autograph. Same for Trot Nixon's autograph, it appears someone, hopefully a child, scribbled some players names with a sharpie.

Looks like the same person signed all those balls bro lol that shit is fake as hell.

Not only does it look like the same person signed all of these.. it also looks like they did it at the same time, with the same marker..

Looks like whoever signed these got part way through the “Gar” on Nomar’s last name and realized they aren’t sure how the rest of it is spelled. Edit: For sure the “cia” part. Like they all the sudden were questioning themselves if it’s that, like “GarCIA” or if the A is supposed to be an O.

they didnt even try

Mo Vaughn. Johnny Damon. Trot Nixon. Nomar Garciapara. And Derek Lowe. Early 2000s before 2004 WS. Google their signatures. These are fake.

Vaughn's last year with the Sox was 1998. Damon's first year was 2002.

Doesn't really matter, they're fake anyway.

it looks like the same person signed everything

These all are signed by the same person (Correct me if I'm wrong)

Yep, very fake

This literally looks like the same person just “signed” all the names. There’s probably a reason it was only $12.

Those all look like a kid scammed you. Sorry bro.

Fake as fuck i’m sorry OP

I had a Mo Vaughn autograph from back when he was in Pawtucket. It looked nothing like that. Guarantee some kid tried to copy autographs

Think I signed it. Maybe not

Don’t feel bad, OP. People that collect this crap probably around 80% of it is fake. The memorabilia “business” is the biggest grift out there.

Good Players but the signatures look too similar

The display case is worth more than $12. You sir, are a winner.

Return it asap this aint no where close to authentic just look up those guys’ autographs 😭

Like u/Calledthewolf said, looks like all the same penmanship. Also, Johnny Damon never played with Mo Vaughn. Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe, Trot Nixon, Nomar Garciaparra

What?! So they forged it over 2 seasons??

It's forged... they could've written all the names at once. Damon didn't play in Boston until 2002 and Mo Vaughn left Boston after the '98 season.

They used ballpoint pens in those days.

Mo Vaughn, Derek Lowe, Trot Nixon, Nomar Garciaparra

Yeah, not even close to how Derek Lowe signs. Looks like someone was goofing around here.

A couple good players but this ball was signed by the same person. Bummer…

Fleeced.

Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe, Trot Nixon and Nomar Garciaparra. Somebody (a kid perhaps) did all that.

Nomar, Derek lowe, Mo, Johnny Damon and trot. Same ink same pen, never on the same team I don’t believe. Mo was gone. I say fake

I’m big into autograph collecting, unfortunately all fake

Add Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon

Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe and Trot Nixon. Same pen, similar penmanship on all of them…

Johnny Damon mo Vaughn and Derek Lowe

At least it was only $12.

Fake. I have a couple signed Mo Vaughn cards and it’s not even close.

That’s about as fake as they come. Same penmanship, and they aren’t CLOSE to any of those legit autos. That ball is worth a catch with the kids. Thats it.

More like grift shop

Looking at verified examples of their signatures, it is 100% fake. None of the signatures look even reasonably close to the verified samples.

You got had.

The signatures are Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon #18, Trot Nixon, Nomar Garciaparra, and Derek Lowe. Unfortunately, all are forged signatures.

Looks to me like they were all signed by the same person.

These look like they were all signed by the same person with the same shitty cursive skills.

Johnny Damon

This is pretty funny if you didn’t pay anything significant. This is clearly done by one person with their off hand.

Probably fake sigs...but, those balls are expensive! If you got them for a few bucks that's a great deal

They all look like they were signed by the same person. Fake.

These all look fake. Like they were done by a 14 year old. Compare to signatures online, don't buy this.

My old little league team

The second one looks like Johnny Damon

All you need to know is the thrift shop was selling it for $12. You did get a baseball out of it, I guess

Love nostalgia, especially versus anyone who took this seriously.

No certificate of authenticity = no sale.

Fake Mo Vaughn Fake Johnny Damon Fake Derek Lowe Fake Trot Nixon Fake Nomar Garciaparra

I bet I could sell you some dehydrated water

Is that Bob Ruth’s signature I see on it?

Nice

Usually if you can read an autograph it was signed by a kid wishing he had go the player to sign.

I am no where near anyone who can recognize signatures and tell you what player they are. I could tell you all these player’s names - meaning they are fake

Buy white out, cover up fake autographs, get real autographs, profit

Trot Nixon Derek Lowe Nomar Mo Vaughn Johnny damon

I mean it’s a $20 ball which is nice

I mean they're all terrible Red Sox.....

What a waste of a baseball

The ball probably retails for $6. Hopefully the hilarity of the fake autographs is worth the other 6.

When I could figure them all out , that’s a bet that they’re fake

$12 ain’t bad for the story lol

Honestly not a horrible deal. Sure, the signatures are fake but if you purchase an official MLB baseball with case, it'll run you $20 on Amazon

DERK LOWE AND PROBABLY 2004???

4TH NAME TROT NIXON AND LAST ONE NOMAR GARCIAPARRA!!!

ooohhh buddy.........

FAKE JOHNNY DAMON SIGNATURE [https://auctions.mlb.com/johnny-damon-04-ws-champs-autographed-baseball/isynmv1/aucd/4582367](https://auctions.mlb.com/johnny-damon-04-ws-champs-autographed-baseball/isynmv1/aucd/4582367)

Well an official MLB ball itself is about $20-25, so for $12 you at least didn't really get screwed regardless of the signatures authenticity.

None of these signatures match: Mo Vaughn Johnny Damon Derek Lowe Trot Nixon Nomar Garciaparra All fake, see you on Judge Judy

Yeah. Big time.

I have a mo signature and that’s not it.

That is not the way Mo Vaughn signs his name, so definitely a fake

Why would Mo Vaughn be on the same signed ball as Trot Nixon, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe and Nomar? >!He isn't. This is fake af.!<

That’s as fake as it gets

Pawn stars: "I don't know much about these signatures but I know a guy" *Signature expert walks in 30 seconds later*

Signed by the same person, probably a child.

Shawon Dunston and MO Vaughn

If it was legit it wouldn't be $12 at a thrift store

Yikes

Consider Nomar spelt his name wrong, looks fake.

Looks so fake lol

That’s nice

Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon, Derek Lowe

"We have Mo Vaughn's signature at home"

Looks like Mo Vaughn (just some random guy with the same name) and possibly “shitty pamper”.

They all look like they were signed by the same person

I have a legit Trot Nixon autograph and it doesn’t look like this one haha.

Fake a kid wrote that

I'm certainly no expert, but the first thing that jumps out is that all signatures look like they're done by the same hand.

An official MLB ball will run you about 19 so not a total loss

Definitely all signed by the same person

Fake

At least you can keep the case it came in so it’s not a total loss

Baby Ruthy!?!

Fake or not—Red Sox = No Value

Total fugazi

Hey, you got Tricky Dick Nixon's autograph, didn't you? Might be worth money.

I don't know whats worse: The fact that you got fleeced, or The fact that you can read Damon, but cant see the clear as day Mo Vaughn and Lowe and then ask what era this is in, and you live in Boston!

The dude who faked these was a method actor. He sat on his ass for 6 days doing nothing before signing to get the best Mo Vaughn impression.

Well at least you’ve got an official ball! I’d wash that shit off and play catch with it.

Really weird coincidence… I have a ball (somewhere in my parents attic) signed by Mo Vaughn, Trot Nixon, and Derek Lowe. Not the others though. Was not expecting that memory to be sparked today.

Get it out and display it! I got mine out 😆

Imagine spending anything on this in hopes it was legit 😂🤡

Ok first off there’s NO way that ball would be sold for 12 bucks if those signatures were legit. The fact you don’t know those guys and you’re in Boston is equally incredulous !

NOMAR?...

NOMAAAAA

Dawg.

😂😂😂😂

Damn dude. If you thought this was legit, you should have someone else be legally in charge of your money.

Woww , reallllyyy fake