BASEBALL!
Kenny Smith e-mails with the following:
I've been asked to tell everyone I know -- because they need the meager traffic that I can produce -- that I sold some pics to espn.com so, if you like the baseball, or Rickwood Field, here ya are.
Caple is a fine writer, he's only held back a bit here by the photographer. There's a gallery with links at the top and the bottom of the page. Can't miss it.
Phew. Obligation fulfilled.
Actually the page one editors put it on their front page today. And as we all know, placement is everything.
Good article, but it's probably worth noting that the vintage ads at Rickwood are not actually vintage ads, but recreations of vintage ads (as well as some faux ads intended to be recreations of period-typical ads) painted for the park prior to the filming of the 1994 movie Cobb. Additional info can be found at Wikipedia, including the name of the artist of the outfield ads, Ted Haigh. You might also recognize some of Mr. Haigh's work from the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou.
"I don't carry Dapper Dan, I carry Fop."
Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 14, 2007 02:52 PMHey Terry,
Thanks for the link. I interviewed David Brewer, the executive director of the Friends of Rickwood Field. He actually discussed those movie ads and more. If you're interested you can hear that here:
http://www.al.com/news/audio/index.ssf?rickwood.html
Have a great afternoon!
Posted by: Kenny at May 14, 2007 03:06 PM