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Baseball lends itself to still photography. Photos freeze baseball's rhythm, allowing the viewer to examine details: Derek Jeter's agility as he leaps in the air to turn a double play, Ted Williams's beautiful follow-through after connecting with another hit, the bone-jarring crunch of a collision at home plate between Ray Durham and Scott Servais.
Major League Baseball's Best Shots celebrates these great moments. Some of these images offer glimpses of lost practices, such as Burleigh Grimes, last of the legal spitballers, greasing up a ball, or Joe DiMaggio "boning" his bat to compress the wood. Others allow for a comparison of styles--such as El Duque's knee-to-ear wind-up vs. Warren Spahn's straight-legged sprawl, or Hideo Nomo's twisting delivery vs. Dennis Eckersley's sidearm. Best of all, however, are the photos of superstars at supreme moments--Rickey Henderson evading an attempted tag, Ken Griffey Jr. robbing Detroit of an obvious home run by leaping well above the fence, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire chatting in the final week of that magical 1998 season. With a foreword by Johnny Bench (himself captured in full swing),
Major League Baseball's Best Shots is a wonderful look at the history of the national pastime.
--M. Stein
Book Description
Includes more than 100 breathtaking photographs.
Major League Baseball offers the official word on the most compelling photographs of America's game. Over 100 images that reflect the power, the beauty, the action, and the 130-year history of a game that has long captured the imagination of millions of Americans and fans around the world. Players from Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth to Mark McGuire and Pedro Martinez, photos of legendary stadiums, and the images of loving fans are brought together in a classic celebration of our national pastime. A must for every fan.
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