Classic Baseball: The Photographs of Walter Iooss Jr.

by Dave Anderson, Walter Iooss Jr. (Photographs)

Joe Dimaggio, Sandy Koufax, Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa: more than mere athletes, these men, with their superlative physical skills, grace under pressure, and all-too-human foibles, rank as classic American heroes. Here, world-famous photographer Walter Iooss Jr. presents equally classic images of baseball greats of the past 40 years. Combining nostalgic postwar-era portraits with action shots of today's most popular players, and enhanced by the commentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Anderson, Classic Baseball offers the definitive illustrated account of the sport since the 1960s.

Special features like a six-page gatefold, collages created by Iooss exclusively for the book, and several never-before-published images make this the natural follow-up to Abrams' top-selling Baseball's Golden Age.

Genres: Sports, Photography, Baseball

207 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is kind of cheating as Classic Baseball is by-in-large a book of photography. But if you're a baseball fan you'll just drool over these photos. Great action shots, great moments.