I know some people are into autographs, but I just don’t get the appeal. What are you going to do with it? Stick it in a drawer somewhere? I won a signed Bryan Brothers racquet that one of them used at Wimbledon. I wanted to hit with it (heavy as all hell, btw), but the autographs were on the grip and my friends were yelling at me for ruining the autographs. I figured what the hell, and hit for a while anyway smudging things a bit.
One day I had an electrical problem at the house and one of my tennis buddies is an electrician. He came over and spent half of a day getting me fixed, but wouldn’t let me pay him. He was enamored with the racquet, so the next day I took it to him as a thank you. You’d have thought I gave him a million dollars. Now it’s taking up space in one of his closets instead of mine.
To each their own.
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