There are plenty of outlets that will take a photo of you and turn it into a ersatz baseball card like this one I had done on a trip to Cooperstown back in the late 1980s:
None, however, will do it up in as artistic and classy a manner as Gary Cieradkowski, creator of the Infinite Baseball Card Set. For $250 for 500 cards, he will render you in his unique artistic style.
From the blog:
One of the little-known projects I take on are individual custom-made baseball cards done in the same style as The Infinite Baseball Card Set. Many of my clients use them for business or calling cards while others commission me to their whole baseball or softball team which, I’m told, sure as heck beats a dinky plastic trophy at the end of a hard-fought season!
All you need to do is send me a head shot, preferably with a ball cap on, your preferable pose (pitching, standing, batting, etc), the team you want and a write-up for the back (you can even throw some stats on there as well (now you have proof you did hit .376 that year) or choose a tobacco card style back with your business information on it – and leave the rest up to me. I will create your own card in the style of my card set and in a week or two you can have something very few folks can say they have – your own baseball card!
I’m definitely going to do this as the release of my book comes closer.
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