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Charles M. Conlon

The Greatest Baseball Photographers of All Time

May 12, 2020

A column contributed by Ryan Tyler When it comes to the greatest baseball photos, our attention is often focused on what’s in the image. We tend to scrutinize every detail, like who’s pitching, who’s batting, who’s running after the ball, the emotions of the players, the audience, and so forth. But when you look at […]

Tagged as: baseball photography, Brad Mangin, Charles M. Conlon, Hy Peskin, Joe DiMaggio

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Here’s looking at you, kid — Update

February 26, 2015

Charles M. Conlon, the famous baseball photographer (he might have shot other subjects, too, but I only know him from baseball), produced some wonderful close-up portraits, a number of which are included in a couple of collections: Baseball’s Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon and The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon’s Golden Age […]

Tagged as: Charles M. Conlon, ESPN, Moneyball, Oakland As

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The Bookshelf Podcast: Neal McCabe

July 26, 2012

Before there was film, before there was even television, photography was the only means by which fans could see the players. The medium was still developing (pardon the pun), so the men (almost exclusively), who snapped their shutters were still learning about such things as angles, speed, placement, composition, etc. One of the early pioneers […]

Tagged as: Charles M. Conlon, Neal McCabe

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Mr. Postman: New arrivals

March 17, 2012

Several new titles arrived over the past week including: Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, 1870-1945, by Randy Roberts and Carson Cunningham A People’s History of Baseball, by Mitchell Nathanson Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick, by Paul Dickson (Of The Dickson Baseball Dictionary fame) The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon’s Golden Age Baseball […]

Tagged as: Charles M. Conlon, Chicago Cubs, Paul Dickson, World Series

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Save the Date: Casey Award banquet set

January 12, 2012 · 1 comment

The winner of the 2011 CASEY Award will be announced Monday, January 23. Finalists for the coveted literary prize include: The Art of Fielding: A Novel, by Chad Harbach Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, by John Thorn The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon’s Golden Age Baseball Photographs, […]

Tagged as: Casey Award, Charles M. Conlon, Joe DiMaggio, John Thorn, Roy Campanella, Spitball

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Spitball Magazine announces Casey Award nominees

November 7, 2011 · 4 comments

The editors of Spitball released their list of finalists for the 2011 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year: The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game by John Thorn The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon’s Golden Age Baseball […]

Tagged as: Charles M. Conlon, Joe DiMaggio, John Thorn, Roy Campanella, Spitball

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