This week in Clearwater, Florida, the Fightin Phils had their team photos taken by Nick Laham, and they are pretty great. Since spring training is in full swing (did you see that? swing?), I thought that I would take the time to find a few pieces revolving around the national pastime. But first, the photos that sparked this brain wave:

Jayson Werth
Portrait by Nick Laham
If you are into this beard, I would also suggest this! Oh, internet meme’s.

Charlie Manuel
Portrait by Nick Laham

You can see the rest of the team shots here.

[Title Unknown]
Painting by Jonas Woods
I found this here.

Mourning a Yank
Alan Prazniak
Oil on Canvas, 2005.

Ruckzuck
by Via Lewandowsky

Metropolis
by Rob Carter
on view at the ICA in Replay, Part 2: Everday Imaginary

And last but not least, I’ll take this out on a classic note:

The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Norman Rockwell
Come on, you knew one of these would be here!

Cheers,
Shaun M. Baer