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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 12h

When this game started vs when this game ended

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 23h

That’s great! Mothers are awesome like that.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not exactly sure what it says about me as a person, or a baseball fan, but I’ve reached the point in my life where at the end of last night’s game I felt more sympathy for Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering than I did joy for the Dodgers, who I was actually pulling for.

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Mighty_Lark @mightylark.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder good people. Tomorrow, noon eastern. Be there or be square. Can't wait to talk with Eric and Tim. It's going to be righteous.

SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 4d

ATTN: Members!

Baseball Card Artists Panel on Saturday featuring Michael Lewis @mightylark.bsky.social, Eric Kittelberger, and Tim Carroll, and moderated by @salazar8017.bsky.social.

Check your emails for registration info.

Join us NEXT SATURDAY for an incredible virtual panel discussion that brings together the leading baseball card artists around!

"DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS: In Celebration of Baseball Card Art" looks at the stylings of three terrific card artists whose great work has been seen all around your social media platforms. The panel features: Tim Carroll, Eric Kittelberger and Michael Lewis, and will be hosted by Anthony Salazar.

The session is set for Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 12pm EDT / 9am PDT, and is sponsored by SABR's Baseball Card, and Baseball & the Arts Committees.

And a special shout out to baseball card artist Mike Noren and Gummy Art for designing the funktastic event card!

Members - Check your SABR email for registration information.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait!

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many great perks to being a SABR member. Their amazing Digital Library is only one of them...

Become a member today: sabr.org/community/

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 1d

It’s common to bash Topps for the airbrushing on their cards in the 1970s. But considering the tools of the time & the size of the “canvas”, sometimes they actually did a pretty nice job.

🎨: A’s star Reggie Jackson becomes a Yankee for his 1977 Hostess card (designed by Topps)

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 2d

"It was the summer of 1984 and baseball cards had consumed my childhood."

Read my latest article at beautyofagame.substack.com/p/picking-st...

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 2d

🔥⚾️🎨 “The Pitcher Who Batted 1,000” - In 1958 sports cartoonist Willard Mullin was so popular that his illustrations were used in an AMC Rambler ad in The Saturday Evening Post.

#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist

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Mighty_Lark @mightylark.bsky.social · 2d

Please share:

I am looking to get commissions for the holidays lined up nice and early this year. Contact me with any inquiries. 1/2 up front for deposit 1/2 on completion. #artforsale #watercolor #acrylicpainting #baseball

Acrylic or Watercolor:
8.5 x 11 =$150
5 x 7 =$80
2.5 x 3 =$50

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re a fan of great sports photography (especially historical pics), I encourage you to track down a copy of Sports Illustrated Slide Show. Some wonderful images, and the stories behind them, from the magazine’s great history.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 3d

The covers on the Killebrew and Oliva books are delightful vintage design.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 4d

🔥🏀📸 Arena lighting, circa mid 1960s, made for some downright beautiful action shots from the NBA. Pictured is KC Jones of the Boston Celtics.

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Todd Radom @toddradom.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Jimmy! I'm working on another one as we speak, coming in April 2026 👀

Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 5d

You could stock a pretty nice Baseball library solely with books designed by legendary sports designer Todd Radom.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 5d

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 5d

You could stock a pretty nice Baseball library solely with books designed by legendary sports designer Todd Radom.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 8d

🔥⚾️🎨 1956 Chicago Cubs Home Schedule, illustrated by the legendary Otis Shepard. From the 1930s thru the 1960s, Shepard & his wife Dorothy created many illustrations for the Cubs and then Cubs owner Philip Wrigley’s Wrigley Gum.

#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist #OtisShepard #Cubs #ChicagoCubs

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 8d

He love us!

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 9d

“Being a sculptor, there really is a moment where the pieces feel just right.” - Jon Moro

"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them." - Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel sculpture by artist Jon Moro

beautyofagame.substack.com/p/jon-moro-c...

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 9d

🔥⚾️🏈🏀⛳️🎨 Artist Jon Moro is carving out a name for himself with his sculptures of GOATs and legends. Check out my latest Substack article.

open.substack.com/pub/beautyof...

#SportsArt #SportsArtist

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 10d

🎂🥳Happy 80th Birthday to Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew!

Anyone can be on the cover of Sports Illustrated - do you know how good a hitter you have to be to make the cover of TIME?!?

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for the heads up Jimmy!

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Eric White is a top scholar on the Gutenberg Bible, but in his free time, he's been studying one of baseball’s biggest mysteries – Who are the unnamed artists behind the classic Topps baseball cartoons?

thefanfiles.com/articles/topps-baseball-cards-cartoons-comics-cartoonists

Who drew the comics on the back of Topps baseball cards?

Princeton University’s Dr. Eric White has used a canny eye to solve a decades-long mystery

thefanfiles.com

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 10d

Me, spending 47 minutes in the closet looking for that box of 1987 Donruss I know is in there...

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 11d

🔥⚾️🎨 If you haven't been following Eric White's series on Topps Baseball Card cartoons over on Sports Collectors Daily you've been missing some of the most fun sports art research in recent memory.

www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/author/eric-...

#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist

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