Chapter 328: For the Love of the Game
Okay, I'm not sure who sent me this link or whose site I stumbled upon it, but I saved it a couple of days ago and these sketches just speak to the spirit of the game for me. People may hate the Yankees now, but there was a time when they were America's team. Handed down from the stories my Dad told me I got to learn about Berra, DiMaggio, and Mantle. Seeing these right around the time when the MLB season is starting back up really has me jazzed to go and see some baseball. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. Below is a brief on the album...
In February 1962, Sports Illustrated sent the illustrator Robert Weaver to cover spring training in Florida. He then created a series of paintings that appeared in the March 5, 1962, issue of the magazine. The drawings that follow are from his sketchbook. D.B. Dowd, a professor of visual communication and American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote the commentary in the accompanying captions.