The Aesthetics of Athletics. Exploring the Beauty of Sports through the Art, Design, Photography & Maker communities. SABR member. Uni Watch contributor. https://beautyofagame.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3muz7fuzsmc2pWhat I dream about finding at flea markets vs. what I typically find at flea markets. Doesn’t stop me from going, the thrill is in the hunt. Although I may have to wait for it to cool off some here in SC before I venture back out again. This past weekend was brutal.08 Sep 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz7fuzsmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mupbjqaxck2w🔥⚾️🎨 Hank Aaron of the Indianapolis Clowns, on a repurposed 1952 postcard, by artist Gypsy Oak. This pic was taken at a baseball art exhibit so you can see some glare & my faint outline. Now that it’s in my collection, I should probably take a cleaner one. #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist04 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupbjqaxck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mumxhjopmc2xhttps://substack.com/profile/14581029-beauty-of-a-game/note/c-328973952?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=8oisl03 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumxhjopmc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mumsdbi26s2jHappy Heavenly Birthday to Hometown Hero Tom Brewer, of Cheraw, SC. To learn more about Tom check out my article "In Honor of a Hometown Hero" on the Beauty of a Game Substack: https://beautyofagame.substack.com/p/in-honor-of-a-hometown-hero And thanks to @bsox72.bsky.social for the reminder!03 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumsdbi26s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mumnyqtfuk2pBoys’ Life magazine, April 1952. Cover illustration by Carol Johnson. #8 Catching - is that supposed to be Yogi?03 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumnyqtfuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mukn6fyahk2bHappy Birthday to comic book artist and writer Walt Simonson. In 1983 his epic cover of Thor #337 stopped me dead in my tracks. 🤯02 Sep 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukn6fyahk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mukeqfzi5k2fIf loving miscut cards is wrong, I don’t want to be right.02 Sep 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukeqfzi5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mujzdvod6k2j#OTD in 1985 college football fans could pay a couple of bucks for a Georgia vs. Alabama program, featuring this awesome cover illustration by UGA alum Jack Davis.02 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujzdvod6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3muhivadvb22g“I looked over to ‘Scoop’, and I said, ‘Man, we got all brothers out here,’” - Dave Cash #OTD in 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded the first all-Black and Afro-Latino starting lineup in Major League Baseball history.01 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhivadvb22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mu3d2vgzx22sWhat is a World Series program from 1911 doing in the bedroom of a part-time Junior College teacher in Durham, NC? https://substack.com/@beautyofagame/note/c-323901681?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=8oisl27 Aug 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3d2vgzx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mu2z5va75c2u🔥⚾️🎨 🎨: Hank Aaron, by artist Brent Naughton. I love the way Brent builds up those colored pencils over layers of washes to really get those colors to pop. Trust me, online viewing doesn’t do it justice! #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist27 Aug 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2z5va75c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtymmgudc22a❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtymmgudc22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtylx7nbsk2fEven a dozen years later, the graphics for 2014’s “No No: A Dockumentary” still leave me floored. And the film itself is just as awesome.26 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtylx7nbsk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtwhbwtxxc2zIf there's a child in your life, read them a book tonight. I think Dolly would love that.25 Aug 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhbwtxxc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtwdqvqb7223A 1974 ad for the 2nd printing of perhaps the best book about baseball cards ever published, The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book. If you’re not familiar with it, look it up or better yet, track down a copy.25 Aug 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwdqvqb7223https://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtvwhnbetk2qTo paraphrase Willie Shakespeare, “A Rose by any other name would hit .300”25 Aug 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvwhnbetk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mttjedxs4s2yMay 15, 1909 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, with the original cover art painting by legendary illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. One of over 300 covers Leyendecker created for the magazine.24 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjedxs4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtlxx27qxs2e🔥⚾️🎨: The Fightin’ Phils by artist Louis Wes. Being a Braves fan, I have no love for the Phillies, but I do love this piece. Those iconic powder blue & maroon uniforms and the illustration style really work well together to give it a cool, retro ‘70s vibe. #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist21 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxx27qxs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtjmeixtgc2tFor Throwback Thursday, how’d you like to go back to 1954 and take a peek inside an Ebbets Field souvenir stand? https://beautyofagame.substack.com/p/inside-an-ebbets-field-souvenir-stand20 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmeixtgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtgzvxzsd224Stall & Dean athletic equipment tags. Beautiful little exercises in design.19 Aug 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgzvxzsd224https://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtegqjqzoc2qPittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was born on this date in 1934. 🎨: 1956 Topps Roberto Clemente Card, made from cut baseball cards by artist Tim Carroll https://beautyofagame.substack.com/p/how-gregg-jefferies-became-babe-ruth18 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtegqjqzoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtebjuijys2c“I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” - Bill Veeck18 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebjuijys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mtby2gps4s2l🔥⚾️🎨 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Tour of Japan Advertising Poster with Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. Artist Unknown. Recently sold in an REA Auction. bid.collectrea.com/lots/191028 #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist17 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtby2gps4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mt2o6fpxns2kI miss the days when you could buy two wax boxes for $25 to complete 96% of a Topps set and finish it off by trading your dupes with your buddies.14 Aug 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2o6fpxns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mt2m73qp322wThis card is beautiful. And a great reminder that Beauty of a Game rules dictate that ALL cards of Mantle, Mays, Aaron and Williams are to be considered Mint. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2m73qp322whttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3mt2hr4jt4k23Happy National Wiffle Ball Day to all those who celebrate!14 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2hr4jt4k23https://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3msy62tlvek2r🔥⚾️🎨 Painting by artist J.F. Kernan, used as the cover illustration for Capper’s Farmer magazine’s June, 1933 issue. #BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist13 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy62tlvek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/beautyofagame.bsky.social/post/3msvtemm6ns2y#OTD in 1984, the Atlanta Braves & San Diego Padres had one of the most memorable brawls in baseball history. @gummyarts.bsky.social depicted the day's action on this great t-shirt. Braves legend Dale Murphy got a kick out of it when I met him last year at the grand opening of Anchor Bat Co.12 Aug 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:5u2cbnt6bw7fw2fvdcl4gq7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvtemm6ns2y