My latest painting of Jackie Robinson.
Work in progress. A young Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves. Lots of work left to do. Gotta put some fannies in the seats. Should post the final next week.
In Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, Gil Hodges led off the top of the fifth inning for the Dodgers. On a 2-2 count, Hodges hit a scorching line drive to deep left center field. Mickey took off at top speed running back and to is right toward left center field. In the middle of his gait, just as the ball was about to sail past him, he reached up across his body and speared the ball backhanded for a tremendous running catch, which robbed Hodges of an extra-base hit and preserved Larsen’s perfect game.
On April 18, 1946 Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey in a Montreal Royals’ uniform, breaking the color barrier in professional baseball. In his first game, he displayed the kind of play that would make him a legend: he drove in four runs with four hits, including a home run and stole two bases. Here is my painting of one of his first moments on that field.
On 19 June 1846, one of the first officially recorded, organized baseball matches was played under Alexander Joy Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired. Here is my painting based on a wood cut from that famous game.
Earle Combs painting. The Kentucky Colonel was an American professional baseball player, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924‑1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees’ fabled 1927 team (often referred to as Murderers’ Row).
