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Play Ball - The Story Behind the Image

7/17/2018

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I love baseball.  If you know me, you know how passionate I am over this sport.  I played it from T-Ball until my late 20's before switching to softball.  I love the game and the strategic thinking it takes to "throw the cheese"n as much as it takes to waiting for your pitch.  So, I really can just watch baseball at any level and still do.

As tonight's All Star game approaches, I was reminded of one of my earlier images that I created when I began photographing still lifes that I created in my studio.  "Play Ball" is one such image.

To create this image, I used an American Flag, a vintage 1950’s era ball and mitt and Brian Fisher’s Major League baseball bat.  Brian was a MLB pitcher from the mid 80’s to early 90’s and was kind enough to loan me his bat for this photograph.

As a personal side note, Brian is so down to earth.  While he may never be in the Hall of Fame, he continues to coach High School pitchers, and still throws in a competitive league.  I'm sure I could never hit his heater, but I bet it would be fun to just try if only it was just once.
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