Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli ... Baldelli? Devil Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli may not rank among the Italian masters, but he has made a lasting contribution to art, one that won't biodegrade for 2,000 years. While on the bench during a long recovery from assorted injuries, Baldelli, 24, doodled on Styrofoam coffee cups, using a sunflower seed as his stylus. Soon, he was carving portraits of teammates -- each took about five innings to complete -- and refining his technique. "I'd need a sharp seed to do the outlines," he says, "then I'd use the dull end to do the shading."
Baldelli did three portraits. Pitcher Mark Hendrickson was "shocked" by the resemblance; catcher Toby Hall admires Baldelli's rendering of facial hair ("long, fuzzy little chin hair, eyebrows, everything"). But all agree Baldelli's masterpiece is his Julio Lugo. "Impressive," says the shortstop. "The mustache he got right, and the nose, that's the difficult part."
The subsequent trading of all three of Baldelli's subjects has led some in Tampa Bay's clubhouse to joke that his pieces have a dark side. That may be why he never did a self-portrait -- "It'd be one ugly picture," he says -- before his return to the lineup interrupted his art career. Says Baldelli of his Styrofoam series, "It's a real limited edition."
― maura (maura), Friday, 4 August 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
While nowhere as beautiful as Beltran or Wright, Chase Utley is pretty damn cute (needs to lose the chaw tho).
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 August 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
The Littlest Drew has a kinda mousy smo(u?)lder to hizass.
& Jonny Gomes was pure dirty manmeat prior to hitting my weight.
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 4 August 2006 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
http://danharen.mlblogs.com/danheadshot.JPG
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 October 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
http://ladiesdotdotdot.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/grady1.jpg
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 September 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_llio47G8xg1qb0ctno1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1306020737&Signature=EbNvgfGZdNtH2iLcyORyGdKtslc%3D
pleats
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 May 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Kurdt would not approve.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
im gonna go with sam fuld atm
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
dernell stenson award-winner . . . good choice
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
and i dont like him but chase utley looks good too
http://www.followthephils.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chase-utley1.jpg
also jacoby of course, but homeboy needs to never ever smile or open his mouth
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
a girl pointed out to me a few years ago that david wright has 'midget face' and thats all i can see when i look at him now
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
utley's hair, tho -- come on
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
what's wrong with utley's hair
you must be thinking of cole 'pert plus' hamels
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
utley's hair is a helmet of grease -- it is disturbing
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
still a better look than cole's butt cut
http://baseball.contentquake.com/files/2009/03/cole-hamels.jpg
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
wait are you the phillies fan roxy is dating?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
?????
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
j/k utley stan
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway... whenever i see rick ankiel i think he looks like lou diamond phillips, which could be hot to someone
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/01/sports/01ankiel.1.600.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RaOrchOImw8/St4SaWXpYXI/AAAAAAAAaCE/ERb5bLIVTOU/s400/Lou+Diamond+Phillips..jpg
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i knew a girl (crazy yankees fan) who thought jorge posada was ~the absolute hottest~ but i just dk about that
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://bryceharperinsider.com/wp-content/themes/church_10/images/byrceharpernumber1draftpick.JPG
btw
bryce harper has a teammate apply his eyeblack before each game (no word on how this teammate is chosen) and does not appreciate having pictures taken of this process
xp i used to think jorge looked like balki from perfect strangers amiwrong
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ cole hamels hair
tbh hair doesnt really matter to me in this case - they are in hats all the time
i remember being surprised that that pedroia is balding - had never seen him with hat off
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 06:46 (thirteen years ago) link
that said, he is not hot anyway
http://d380otju09u5ho.cloudfront.net/ryan%20braun.jpg
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 May 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
^yes
he also looks like sam fuld imo
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
supersized
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 May 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― tacoby bellsbury (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 May 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Paul Goldschmidt hawt
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Paul+Goldschmidt+mKs5X1hTiELm.jpg
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
the hottest player on the Brewers according to most females in this area is Jonathon Lucroy. WTF
― frogbs, Friday, 5 April 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
matt kemp used to be until he got a tattoo of a photo of his fucking grandparents on his chest
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18bp8c706m082jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 5 April 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
well, with the uni on then, u hater of the elderly.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 April 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/2/24/5433274/face-of-mlb-determining-true-most-attractive
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 February 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
come on. it's still JJ Hardy.
― frogbs, Monday, 24 February 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
he's a top tenner, still find Kemp, Braun, others more swoony
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
Eric Sogard loses Face
http://deadspin.com/did-mlb-rig-its-own-stupid-contest-1533322041
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 February 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Khris+Davis+Milwaukee+Brewers+Photo+Day+o35DWTsrhygl.jpg/Khris Davis of your Milwaukee Brewers
― @ActuallyMattC (Display Name (this cannot be changed):), Sunday, 2 March 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
hahaha I GUESS NOT
― @ActuallyMattC (Display Name (this cannot be changed):), Sunday, 2 March 2014 03:51 (ten years ago) link
https://milbprospective.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/norrisblogboard.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Forgot to mention my brief obsession this summer with ...
http://gamereax.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lawriediaz.gif
― Vulvacura (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
that's a great celebration
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Felt the same way when he was traded away.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
sorry, don't recognize ski-hat surfer (both elements kind of a turnoff)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
More on:
http://www.grindtv.com/lifestyle/culture/post/meet-pro-baseball-player-lives-van/
― Eric H., Friday, 6 February 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
per the BP annual, Mets' Anthony Recker has the old-fashioned tool of "gorgeous."
http://famewatcher.com/anthony-recker-shirtless-hot-baseball-hunk-new-york-mets-catcher.html
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
the daniel norris roadtrip thing is kind of overdone, but he seems like a good guy and is pretty funny
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 February 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
per the BP annual, Mets' Anthony Recker has the old-fashioned tool of "gorgeous."http://famewatcher.com/anthony-recker-shirtless-hot-baseball-hunk-new-york-mets-catcher.html
"tool"
"catcher"
Sorry.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Friday, 6 February 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
Oh hai.
― Eric H., Friday, 6 February 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
he's pretty (and) terrible, so if the Twins have a dece backup catcher let's trade.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link