Jesse Marinoff Reyes:baseball covers (heavily laden with Yankees) to whet the appetite for the smell of green grass, the crack of the bat, and the ever eternal boys of summer. See if you can spot a few of “my” ringers… PLAY BALL!
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Sports Illustrated, July 6, 1998 issue
Illustration: Philip Burke
Art Director: Craig Gartner
Creative Director: Steven Hoffman
Rodriguez: Still a shortstop, still a Mariner.
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Baseball Official Guide 1962
The Sporting News Publishing, 1962
Illustration: Willard Mullin
Roger the Rajah, the true single season home run champ.
As Robert Newman informs us, the cover illustrator is Willard Mullin, long-time New York World-Telegram sports cartoonist (creator of the “Brooklyn Bum” mascot/character associated with the old Brooklyn Dodgers). For More on Willard Mullin: http://www.bobstaake.com/willardmullin/home.html
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Hammerin’ Hank of the Braves
Scholastic Book Services, 1971
Photograph: Wide World
The one true career home run king.
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Sports Illustrated, March 26, 2001 issue
Photograph: Nitan Vadukul
Art Director: Edward P. Truscio
Creative Director: Steven Hoffman
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The Fall Classic 2000 World Series Program
(The New York Mets vs. The New York Yankees)
Major League Baseball Productions, 2000
Illustration: Laura Smith
Art Director: Faith G. Matorin
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