Rube Waddell photo...

[JeremyW]

I looked through my "Smithsonian Baseball" book & didn't see it. I do think that I've seen it before, just can't remember where. Spooky, indeed.

[smokelessjoe]

I'm tellin ya' somebody on the board has it or did have it... It seems like maybe it was posted in the pick-up thread or who knows? A couple of years ago maybe??? I am certain it was posted on the board and if I remember right, got several responses...

For what that is worth????

[GKreindler]

Thanks for chiming in, everybody.

I don't think the image was in the Smithsonian book, as I can't remember actually seeing it anywhere but on the Internet. I would imagine that it's sitting somewhere in an advanced Waddell collection, if such a thing exists.

I first saw it a few years back and was immediately drawn to it. Absolutely haunting in every way. I don't even think it could be a large painting or anything like that, but I have this vision in my head of all of these muddled greens and grays throughout, especially in his skin. Damn, I really wanna bring that to life. Or death.

And for the record, what an odd character Rube was.

Graig