This baseball has been personally hand signed by the New York Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry. Darryl is an 8x All-Star, 4x World Series champion, 2x Silver Slugger Award winner and the 1983 NL Rookie of the Year. This product is officially licensed and authenticated by Major League Baseball and comes with an individually numbered; tamper evident hologram from Mounted Memories. To ensure authenticity, the hologram can be reviewed online. This process helps to ensure that the product purchased is authentic and eliminates any possibility of duplication or fraud.