"The Face of Baseball" Multi-Signed Book (180+ Signatures)

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This hardcover "The Face of Baseball" book with photography by John Weiss is signed by more than 180 former players, with no shortage of Hall of Famers. This list includes: Orel Hershisher, Ozzie Smith, Mike Krukow, Keith Hernandez, Larry Bowa, Dave Winfield, Mike Greenwell, Ron Santo, Lou Whitaker, Paul Molitor, Mike Easler, Lou Piniella, Sparky Anderson, Willie Randolph, Dave Stewart, Don Sutton, Roger Clemens, Tony Gwynn, Bill Buckner, Dave Smith, Bert Blyleven, Kent Tekulve, Juan Samuel, Johnny Podres, Rollie Fingers, Fred Lynn, Dennis Martinez, Julio Franco, Robin Yount, Mike Schmidt, Al Holland, Phil Niekro, Tony Perez, Bob Boone, Will Clark, Lance Parrish, Ron Darling, Eric Davis, Rich Gossage, Ken Singleton, Tom Seaver, Gary Carter, Dave Parker, Nolan Ryan, Doug Decinces, Wally Joyner, Tony Kubek, Ryne Sandberg, Wade Boggs, Rafael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez, Cecil Fielder, Ray Lankford, Del Crandall, Darryl Hamilton, Ramon Martinez, Rick Dempsey, Willie McGee, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Sandy Alomar Jr., Jim Fregosi, Jim Leyland and more. Many are signed on the players' individual photo pages within the book, while others are team-signed pages in the front and back. There are a handful of pages that are applied to identical pages, meaning the page was signed in another book, removed from that book and lightly adhered to the identical page from this book. Signatures are in uniform blue Sharpie, with most being high-grade and vintage examples.