great portraits of baseball players

^emo

williams looked so great back then.

http://photos.mycapture.com/STLT/731526/23161147E.jpg

https://phila8.securesites.com/ppp/images/autoph/2009Dom2.jpg

the ultimate other guy

ian johnson reminds me of joe dimaggio sometimes

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2008/02/09/wJQhul5t.jpg

that is neither a portrait, nor great

http://i.imgur.com/DzQ89.jpg

Potato, potato, roxy.

http://www.sealclubbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/sammy_sosa_hitbypitch.jpg

not a proper portrait, still:

http://product.images.prosportsmemorabilia.com/44-01/44-01180-F.jpg

aaaw robin ventura got his blood on nolan ryan's face!

this thread es fantastique

http://grab.by/7BBJ

aaaw robin ventura got his blood on nolan ryan's face!

lol

http://images.chron.com/blogs/sportsupdate/archives/ryan_ventura.jpg

bloody ryan pic linked above is from a bo jackson-hit ball.

I was going to find a Donny baseball mustache pic...kudos on the double wammy with Boggs

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yCdkXPm18SQ/RezR1OztT9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/QXyxnHt6cnw/s320/tekulve.jpg

http://mdd2403.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/ted_williams_pilot.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HYtTa.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wFtDGrTjvGs/TNLOTxHLhpI/AAAAAAAABIg/ynAWdLy3oCM/s1600/27marichal_186115314.jpg

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b84f69e2011570361948970b-400wi

There are leg kicks and there are leg kicks.

http://shootthemoose.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/babe_ruth_02.jpg

Love all the leg kicks. A couple more: Dontrelle Willis, who turns up all over the place on a "high leg kick" search, and Palmer, whose stride was probably longer than it was high.

http://detectovision.com/pics/dontrelle%20willis24.jpg

http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/image.php?productid=180885

http://www.millerparkdrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gorman-thomas.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xoqYhFMIB-0/SJMiI_yXQaI/AAAAAAAAASc/4mgkPCfw_VE/s320/rod-beck.jpg

I call your Thomas, and raise you one Mad Hungarian.

http://www.hotstoveleague.org/images/AL%20HRABOSKY.jpg

ok Ross Grimsley

http://www.survivinggrady.com/ross_grimsley.jpg

http://7is.neswblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/pete-Vukovitch-mustache-brewers-topps.jpg

http://cjciaramella.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/gamble1.jpg

Potato, potato:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T8xffaEz-OA/Sv89_bUsGoI/AAAAAAAAGfQ/syes1giYiaY/s400/doc+ellis1.jpg

Damn, someone beat me to Oscar Gamble...I know about Doc, but where do you get some of whatever Grimsley was flying on?

We've gone from eloquent portraiture of Mathewson, Paige, and DiMaggio to Bad '70s Hairapalooza...

I HATE Brandon Arroyo's leg kick.

I really get a kick looking at 70s baseball players. I love a diverse thread

Let's hit the '80s/'90s then:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-2gf151WQ-A/THUOLQW0j-I/AAAAAAAACDo/wfDrt0TPJfI/s320/jose_lind.JPG

I was just kidding--I worship '70s baseball. I still count it as baseball's greatest decade, from start to finish.

i imagine a bizarro universe where Donald Sutherland plays Kent Tekulve in a We Are Family dramatization

Speaking of which, another SI cover I always loved:

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/81801763.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548466ADC25164C7432DB420DDC0B0BEB293115CB9955BE58A5

They should revisit it at some point--have, say, Halladay and Hernandez recreate the exact same shot.

doesn't work

How so? One's not tall enough?

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/07/19/sp-rickey19_port_421968361.jpg

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1003/hot.tub.time.machine.sports/images/rickey-henderson-hot-tub-05718717.jpg

hrabosky shot is incredible

How so? One's not tall enough?

― clemenza, Sunday, November 28, 2010 4:42 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

No, I meant the link doesn't work.

ricky bein ricky

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Leerichmond.jpg

http://squareamerica.com/playball/

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/50455170.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A147AD33C0359540723464D150AFC29DB9248EBBB238667E8E4B01E70F2B3269972

Lee Richmond pic is hilarious. That guy looks like he should be working at some vegan co-op, riding a fixie.

haha otm!

USC's Rod Dedeaux and a couple of fresh-faced punks (one of whom was cut from the team).

https://phildellio.tripod.com/dedeaux.jpg

Trivia lost to time: RJ*'s battery-mate on that team was Jack Del Rio**, both two-sporters.

*RJ: baseball & basketball
**JdR: baseball & football

Checked to see if there was a book on Rod Dedeaux, and there is, from 2013--very short, but may order a copy. He coached a lot of great players, starting with those two and Seaver.

https://i.postimg.cc/3r9q5cZq/IMG-4436.jpg

I kept forgetting to post this, truly iconic photo of Lincecum imo. This is his first postseason game in 2010 vs Halladay’s Phillies. Other photos from this game are (maybe?) more well known because of the Phillies fans whistling/jeering at him but this one is incredible for the composition: the windup, the incongruity, the lights. Everyone remembers this game for the two Cody Ross “ssory doc” homers but Ross himself was talking about this game on a podcast and said Lincecum was the forgotten man of this game - held a loaded Phillies lineup to 3 runs in 7 innings.

Anyway.

Not quite what this thread is, but if I could have seen any three pitchers ever, these'd be the three.

https://phildellio.tripod.com/pitchers.jpg

again not a portrait but what a great picture. manny in left.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/resizer/2DTF0wzLfkbxg3lL4KNsmxmxIJ0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe/ATSRF6HK3PH3C5KPX34DDHFEOE.jpg

from this article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/24/sports/fenway-park/

Speaking of Boston and left field:

https://i.postimg.cc/65kv740X/yazted.jpg

Awww.

Yaz? Yaz.
https://www-bostonherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/0918-NWS-BHR-L-carlmikeyaz002.jpg?w=978

I guess this is a famous photo? I'd never seen it till this morning, when it turned up on my FB wall.

https://www.welovedc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2010-08-10-carter-wipes-away-tear-500x333.jpg

Carter's wiping away a tear as Dawson is honoured by the (then still relatively new) Nationals franchise.

Brendon Barynov (bbflicks on Instagram) is an MLB photographer who mainly photographs the Giants and visiting teams. Some of his usual work:

https://i.postimg.cc/Sx2pF42F/IMG-7051.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/FHMXh63f/IMG-7054.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/L4Dqhty4/IMG-7055.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/c4Jv3vjR/IMG-7056.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/YqyhzpKJ/IMG-7057.jpg

JP one particularly cool cos his dad is this guy (who I don’t know but clemenza might).

Anyway recently he’s been using a disposable camera for shots and the aesthetic really works: something about combining the goofiness of players when they see a disposable camera, which many people associate with fun/informality, with the older/grainer look to the pictures making them look timeless. Padres Polaroid effect?!

https://i.postimg.cc/DZyScm03/IMG-7047.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NMJ5CY29/IMG-7048.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/1zKg6D9K/IMG-7049.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/y8c31wtt/IMG-7052.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/KYbkR0yz/IMG-7050.jpg

Sorry, missed that--don't know much about the CFL (my friend's brother knows so much, he's been hired by the league for a panel charged with naming the 150 greatest players ever).

Ichiro shaking hands with George Sisler's daughter:

https://i.postimg.cc/ydmLbsds/ichiro.jpg

Not sure if I see Fernando in there!

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/USATSI_21190152.jpg

A little haircut goes a long way

https://i.postimg.cc/s2NxMSY3/eckson.jpg

We lived down the road from Denny McLain when I was a young child, there were always references to the Tigers around my house, so I was kind of aware of baseball, but this is the first picture (and play) I can remember:

https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1-rudi-4.jpg

I guess not really a portrait, but it's what immediately came to mind when I read the thread title. It's etched in my mind.

Here's a portrait to make up for it.

https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTI4MjI3NTU1Mjg4MzM3/1969-0622-reggie-jackson-001161220jpg.jpg

A shocking omission from the underwear pics upthread

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kOsAAOSwekpiF-O6/s-l1600.jpg

McLain is fascinating. I tried to get a filmmaker friend interested in exploring a possible documentary on him 10 years ago, but we never pursued it. Still alive, 79.

Rudi--along with Fingers--is in the Reggie documentary on Prime, the three of them sitting around reminiscing.

McLain was the dark side to the beloved Mickey Lolich.

https://i.imgur.com/lNK2VAZ.png

this is a bad baseball portrait, sorry, but notably bad!

finally, pete rose made the hall!

I collect those postcards--I'm right up to date as of the 2023 group. I look forward to purchasing my Notably Bad Whitey card sometime soon. (You know who else was a pretend architect? George Costanza.)

Saw this on the official mlb account and it’s a great shot IMO; the bubble; the swing of the necklace; and the right arm readying the throw.
https://i.postimg.cc/1zzKRgjn/IMG-2993.jpg