While on vacation, I saw Rocco Furio post on Facebook that he had gotten a couple baseballs signed by umpire Joe West and they were available. While at a rest stop somewhere in Montana I sent him a message that I was interested in one. Joe is notorious for signing in black ink and these were in blue and looked great. I made an offer and we worked out a deal. It arrived today and I could not be more pleased. Whether you like Joe or hate Joe, he is going to end up in the Hall of Fame someday and his autographs are tough to acquire. I am excited to have this one in my collection.