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Paul Jackson's avatar

I save every drawing like this I run across in my work. They don't all get used in pieces but I think I'm doing posterity a service by digging them out and keeping them from being buried again.

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Daniel Evensen's avatar

There are a lot of really good ones out there.

I think the most famous are the ones by Gene Mack of the Boston Globe. He also did the old Sporting News book on ballparks.

There are also a lot of great illustrations if you go to pre-WWI newspapers. Reading The Chicago Tribune from 1908 is a joy.

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Paul Jackson's avatar

A very different kind of illustration in a different era but Ed Burns' crude renderings of the ballparks in the late 1930s are a lot of fun, too.

https://behindthebag.net/category/burns-eye-views-of-big-time-parks/

We really just need more illustration in our sports today, clearly.

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Daniel Evensen's avatar

Wow - these are awesome! I might spend some time digging through those 1937 Chicago Tribune scans...

I wonder if there are other gems like this hiding around in 1930s newspapers.

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Ed Sawyer's avatar

Truly enjoy reading these posts showcasing the writings/drawings of the past.

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Wyrd Smythe's avatar

Oh, that was a delightful bit of history, thank you! I miss the old-fashioned cartoon style, too.

That box score is one of the funniest things I've seen lately (a much-needed chuckle in a dismal Twins season). My eye first scanned down the AB column, and my eyebrows went up. Then I scanned the runs column and started laughing. I saved a copy to share with a friend.

No, we'll never see the likes of that again, and more's the pity.

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