great portraits of baseball players

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

There are leg kicks and there are leg kicks.

earlnash, Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:08 (thirteen years ago) link

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

van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

ok Ross Grimsley

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

van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link

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

leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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

clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link

I HATE Brandon Arroyo's leg kick.

leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link

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

van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

doesn't work

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

How so? One's not tall enough?

clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link

hrabosky shot is incredible

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

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 (thirteen years ago) link

ricky bein ricky

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

http://squareamerica.com/playball/

mookieproof, Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:18 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

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 (thirteen years ago) link

haha otm!

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

http://90feetofperfection.com/

http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/

mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link

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

mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

look at that smug bastard

mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link

that picture is breathtaking

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

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 (thirteen years ago) link

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 (thirteen years ago) link

Orange and teal...

Mark C, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

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

mookieproof, Thursday, 24 March 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link

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

omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link

Bill Lee looks almost as much like a fixie vegan co-op dude as Lee Richmond.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link

http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/joe-adcock-pimp.jpg

ladies love joe adcock

mookieproof, Sunday, 3 April 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link

A shocking omission from the underwear pics upthread

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

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 23:57 (one year ago) link

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.

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

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) link

McLain was the dark side to the beloved Mickey Lolich.

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

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 (six months ago) link

finally, pete rose made the hall!

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:00 (six months ago) link

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 (six months ago) link

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 (four months ago) link


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