Baseball Fantography a c e L e B R at I O N I N S N a P S h Ot S a N d S tO R I e S F R O M t h e Fa N S ■
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s e lling points ■ Foreword by national sports broadcaster Bob costas
Nine decades of fans’ baseball snapshots combined with personal stories and lore
■ More than 250 sentimental and charming never-before-published baseball photos ■ a veteran MLB marketing executive, andy Strasberg is highly connected in the baseball community ■ dedicated website Fantography.net
s pecifications 250 color and black-and-white photographs 192 pages, 7 × 9"
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Hardcover aseball Fantography is a celebration of baseball
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through the eyes of fans via photos they’ve taken
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of players, ballparks, and related subjects over the past
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nine decades, along with essays, sidebars, and quotes.
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The project originated when the author discovered an old 1960s snapshot of himself as a teenager with his idol, Roger Maris, at Yankee Stadium. Realizing that he couldn’t be the only one with these hidden photographic gems, he began collecting baseball photos taken by
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fans. The book contains more than 250 never-beforepublished images (Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Derek Jeter, Josh Hamilton) in chapters on subjects like ballparks, spring training, broadcasters, dugouts, and baseball cards, and features contributions from baseball aficionados and notables like hall-of-famer Ozzie Smith, a 35-year veteran Topps baseball photographer, and a former president of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Andy Strasberg, a San Diego Padres executive from 1975–96, operates a consulting firm that offers marketing expertise to baseball personalities, teams, leagues, and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is the coauthor of Baseball’s Greatest Hit and was the technical consultant on the HBO film 61*. He lives in San Diego. Bob Costas is an award-winning sportscaster.
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