Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

IF ...haunt

Banned for life from baseball along with 7 other White Sox players for involvement in the 1919 'Black Sox' scandal (where several players conspired to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds), Shoeless Joe Jackson was by some accounts not entwined --other camps have him squarely involved... With the 3rd highest career batting average in baseball history he haunts the halls of The Baseball Hall of Fame.
Say it ain't so...
 © Richard Ewing.  All rights reserved.
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10 comments:

  1. k.h.whitakerOctober 30, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    love it :D

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  2. Elizabeth Rose StantonOctober 30, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    True stories can sometimes be the most haunting. Love the sketches!

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  3. Rod MacGregorOctober 30, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Interesting story that you encouraged me look up as I know of nothing about baseball..thanks...nice touch with the ball on a string.

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    1. Richard EwingOctober 30, 2012 at 11:39 AM

      Thanks Rod.
      It was a fascinating, if dark, time for baseball...
      Since this week the World Series was played (happily won by my team: the San Francisco Giants!) I thought this might be a more interesting haunting than the expected Hallowe'en fodder.
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  4. Linda HensleyOctober 30, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    Poor Joe. I especially like the cut out of the ball in contrast to the painting. Nice!

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  5. Cindy D.October 30, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    Moody, darker style. Very fitting! The shadow on the ball and string is perfect. Very cool.

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  6. Bill JaynesNovember 1, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    Nice twist on "haunt", I like the interplay between Shoeless Joe in the shadows and the hung baseball in the foreground. The sepia palette fits the story.

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  7. Koosje KoeneNovember 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    oooh, very Dark. Great for the topic 'haunt' Beautiful.

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  8. AHAviewsNovember 1, 2012 at 7:13 PM

    wonderfully conceptualized. Great image in the final.

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  9. Alice AndreiniNovember 12, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    Wow, this is a very moving illustration of the staining of a reputation. There is a wonderful feeling of suspension with the ball...it reminds me of a Cornell box

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