This has always been one of my favorite baseball paintings. This image captures the great Cool Papa Bell sliding into third in a close play. I really like the elongated figures and the drama they display. You can see Cool Papa's long leg reaching third before the throw makes it to the glove of the third baseman. It reminds me of the loose uniforms and lanky looking players in the Negro Leagues back in the early part of the 1900's.
The artist is Kadir Nelson. Kadir doesn't exclusively paint baseball art, but this work is simply fantastic.
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