I was doing an on-line search for baseball book art to incorporate into a screen-saver slide show and came across an image that looked a bit odd and familiar.
Sure enough, it was not an baseball cover but a faux cover included in one of a very entertaining series of entries by Jim Baker, a former writer for SB Nation when it was under the direction of Rob Neyer.
Baker, who told me he now devotes most of his writing to screenplays, compiled these pieces as “The X Collection,” in which “one of the greatest paper collectibles in baseball history are examined.” Ersatz, of course, but I think someone should take up the challenge and actually put words to pictures..
Since these ran a few years ago, they qualify as a “throwback,” although not as old as most.
- Part 1: Baseball’s Pulp Fiction
- Part 2: Baseball Comic Books
- Part 3: The Blue Note Albums
- Part 4: Baseball Books for Boys
- Part 5: The Honus Wagner Cards
- Part 6: More Baseball Pulp Fiction
- Part 7: Sex, Drugs and Freaks
Here are a few representative pieces:
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The guy on the cover of Undercover in the Ladies League looks disturbingly like Cole Hamels
As a jazz fan specializing in the great Blue Note Hard Bop releases of the 50s & 60s, the Blue Note collection was such a treat. Both the style of the artwork, the lettering, and the "album" titles totally captured the Blue Note magic. Gotta get down to The Jazz Record Mart in Chicago & pick up the Ernie Banks trio on vinyl! Thanks!
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