great portraits of baseball players

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

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago)

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

― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago)

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

― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago)

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

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

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:42 (fourteen years ago)

ok Ross Grimsley

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

― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago)

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

― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago)

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

― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

Potato, potato:

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

― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago)

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

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago)

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

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

I HATE Brandon Arroyo's leg kick.

― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

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

― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago)

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

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

― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago)

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

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago)

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

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

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.

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago)

doesn't work

― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0 (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

How so? One's not tall enough?

― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago)

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

― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago)

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

― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

hrabosky shot is incredible

― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:22 (fourteen years ago)

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.

― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0 (Princess TamTam), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:43 (fourteen years ago)

ricky bein ricky

― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 November 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago)

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

― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Sunday, 12 December 2010 06:39 (fourteen years ago)

http://squareamerica.com/playball/

― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:18 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

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

― dark link (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 04:42 (fourteen years ago)

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

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)

haha otm!

― dark link (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:08 (fourteen years ago)

http://90feetofperfection.com/

http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lguolq6BUV1qzniimo1_500.jpg

― mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)

http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ted-williams-minneapolis-millers-1938.jpg%3Fw%3D466%26h%3D584

"Ted Williams as a member of the Minneapolis Millers in 1938. The Millers were the Red Sox AA affiliate that Williams played for after he was bought from the San Diego Padres of the PCL after the 1937 season."

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― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)

look at that smug bastard

― mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)

that picture is breathtaking

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:47 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.celebritysmackblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ted-williams-cryonics.jpg

"I'd only seen him years later when he was worn down by life..."

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)

the two different color tones on that young ted williams picture are weird... keep it all the same d00dz

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 10:48 (fourteen years ago)

Orange and teal...

― Mark C, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 11:36 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li6sel99Sb1qzniimo1_500.jpg

― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 March 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)

http://community.post-gazette.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.01.11.72/parker_2C00_-dave.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)

http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dick-allen.jpg?w=333&h=400

― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0422/pg2_g_rallen_400.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/bill%20lee_36.jpg

― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah, TWO! (chrisv2010), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)

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

― clemenza, Saturday, 19 August 2023 00:56 (one year ago)

McLain was the dark side to the beloved Mickey Lolich.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 19 August 2023 20:39 (one year ago)

eight months pass...

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

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

― z_tbd, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:45 (one year ago)

finally, pete rose made the hall!

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:00 (one year ago)

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.)

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 17:32 (one year ago)

two months pass...

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

― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 10 July 2024 12:49 (one year ago)

four months pass...

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

― z_tbd, Sunday, 24 November 2024 23:37 (seven months ago)

three months pass...

I don’t know where else to share this great photo of Sparky Anderson. He looks like he’s conjuring up a spell or something

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/452540735/photo/detroit-mi-manager-sparky-anderson-of-the-detroit-tigers-smokes-on-his-pipe-prior-to-the-start.jpg

― brimstead, Monday, 24 February 2025 20:08 (four months ago)

well shit, nevermind https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/manager-sparky-anderson

― brimstead, Monday, 24 February 2025 20:08 (four months ago)

23 pages of sparky Anderson pics… not how I imagined i would spend my night, but here I am

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 February 2025 05:32 (four months ago)

59yo at the time

https://i.imgur.com/zcHzFiP.jpeg

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 06:05 (four months ago)

that’s the one, thanks mookie

― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 14:44 (four months ago)

i think as a young baseball fan i was always amazed at how old Sparky looked, though maybe not as amazed as i was about Phil Niekro still pitching for the Braves when he was by all appearances in his late '70s.

― omar little, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 19:58 (four months ago)

70s!

― omar little, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 19:59 (four months ago)

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