Beauty of A Game

1909 Saturday Evening Post, cover illustration by legendary artist J. C. Leyendecker. 1915 Stall & Dean Spring & Summer Catalog, artist unknown.

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Redd Foxx. The Murderer’s Row of celebrity softball teams.

Does anyone else geek out over vintage baseball package designs, or is it just me?

Beauty abounds in this 1972 issue of The Sporting Goods Dealer magazine, featuring the Rawlings World Series Special glove. Check out more vintage gloves at: beautyofagame.substack.com/p/looking-back…

While researching my recent vintage baseball glove article (beautyofagame.substack.com/p/looking-back…), I came across this great 1957 “Inside Baseball” article illustration by Dik Browne, who would go on to be the creator of Hägar the Horrible.

Satchel Paige once said "I ain't ever had a job. I just always played baseball." Now, thanks to Mark Armour, we can see that this is true! Thanks Mark, for such a wonderful project! marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/

A treasure trove of vintage baseball glove ads, featuring stars from baseball's Golden Era, now up on my Substack. beautyofagame.substack.com/p/looking-back…

Born #OTD in 1887, Shoeless Joe Jackson. Here he is as a twenty-year-old on the 1907 Victor Mills (SC) baseball team. Joe is 2nd from left on the back row.

A vendor sells souvenirs outside Ebbets Field. Find out what they were selling inside the beloved stadium in “Inside an Ebbets Field Souvenir Stand” beautyofagame.substack.com/p/inside-an-eb…

🔥⚾️🎨 Cover art by legendary Braves art director Wayland Moore! #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist

The new issue of Clearing The Bases, our email newsletter, was sent out earlier today. We discuss the @sabr convention, going to baseball games on a road trip, and where you can buy the new @GraigKreindler giclée. You can read it here, for free: shoelesspodcast.substack.com/p/clearing-the…

You've still got a couple days to: ✅ Buy awesome Graig Kreindler artwork ✅ Support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ✅ Support the Satchel Paige Estate Or, do all 3 at the same time: store.graigkreindler.com/products/the-m… @GraigKreindler @nlbmprez @NLBMuseumKC

RIP Lee Elia, !&%$ing manager extraordinaire. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Gooden Plenty... The 1980s were punny. They were also awesome.

Happy 86th Birthday to Mavis Staples! If you listen closely to the very end of their version of The Weight from The Band's concert film "The Last Waltz" you can hear Mavis utter beneath her breath, "Beautiful". And I'm not sure there's ever been a statement I agree with more.

69 years ago today, Boston Red Sox pitcher (and Cheraw, SC native) Tom Brewer graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s All-Star Game preview issue. 53 years later, Tom would sign my copy, one of my favorite pieces in my Hometown Hero collection. beautyofagame.substack.com/p/in-honor-of-…

What does it mean to see art up close and in person as compared to online? Here's part of Graig Kreindler's answer. @GraigKreindler Check out the full interview (at least the first part 😉) on my Substack: beautyofagame.substack.com/p/beauty-of-a-…

Remember on Seinfeld, when Kramer found the old Merv Griffin set, put it in his apartment and started interviewing people? This is sorta like that but with sports artists. A HUGE thanks to Graig for being my first guest!

Don't look now, but Episode 1 of Beauty of a Game just dropped, featuring baseball artist Graig Kreindler! We talked He-Man, the 1950s Yankees and how Mickey Mantle is like a Grateful Dead song... @GraigKreindler beautyofagame.substack.com/p/beauty-of-a-…

“He Plays Up in the Lights!” A Childhood Ad Spurs a Lifetime Admiration of Dr. J, now up on my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/beautyofag…