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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 1d

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

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

🔥🏀📸 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 · 2d

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

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

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 · 2d

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

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

🔥⚾️🎨 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 · 6d

He love us!

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 6d

“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 · 6d

🔥⚾️🏈🏀⛳️🎨 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 · 7d

🎂🥳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 · 8d

Thanks for the heads up Jimmy!

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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

The Kid / a kid - At Baseball Central LA they put the fun in fundamentals and support baseball artists to create a destination for fans and athletes alike.

beautyofagame.substack.com/p/a-los-ange...

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

Such a beautiful shot! ❤️ the colors.

Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.bsky.social · 11d

Willie Davis, 1974 Montreal #Expos

#Baseball

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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.bsky.social · 11d

Wilford Brimley would've turned 91 today, which means it's time for my annual reminder that he was 49 years old when he filmed #TheNatural.

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

Who is Beauty of a Game For?

🎨 Sports Artists

📸 Sports Photographers

🖥️ Sports Designers

🖌️ Sports Illustrators

⚒️ Sports Makers / DIYers

📝 Sports Writers

🧢 Sports Fans

📜 Sports Historians

🏆 Sports Collectors

😍 Lovers of any or all of the above!

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 12d

Wishing a happy 100th birthday to Bobby Shantz!

Colored-pencil card drawing of Bobby Shantz

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 12d

Somewhere, buried in a monster box (I need to find it!), is a 1981 Fleer Ron Cey, kept for the very same reason. And in similar shape.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 12d

✅ by me.

I try not to repost too frequently but you never know when someone new might see it.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 13d

How am I just now hearing about this magazine?!?!? Looks amazing.

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. Sports Art
2. The Grateful Dead
3. Baseball

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. American presidents
2. Baseball history
3. The MCU

Pat Sobkowski @patsobkowski.com · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. American presidents
2. American sports
3. 60s-70s rock music

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 13d

#ThrowbackThursdays to when I reworked an old grad school idea for an ad campaign for Louisville Slugger Museum.

#LouisvilleSlugger #LouisvilleSluggerMuseum #Slugger #VintageBaseball #Baseball #CarltonFisk #StanMusial #JoeDiMaggio #OzzieSmith

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