I was about to begin railing on Jordan Spieth when I saw a headline on ESPN about him railing against autograph seekers. I am very glad I clicked and read the accompanying article.
What he's railing against is one of the pariahs of fanhood: Professional autograph seekers who take and sell them on eBay.
From back in the day when I used to have a (personally-collected) autograph collection, I had two things to say about them:
One, they would never be sold for any price.
Two, every one of them has a story behind them.
As such, I find the professional autograph seeker an insult -- effectively at least the same level, if not worse, than the "ballhawk" like that guy from either last year or two years ago.
So thank you Jordan Spieth. Those professional autograph seekers ruin the process for the rest of us.
Spieth is playing in the Pebble Beach tournament this weekend and had just completed a practice round.
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