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“He was the best. The best pitcher I ever saw, maybe the best pitcher anyone ever saw or will see.” –wi

“There's a famous picture taken in the 1950s of Willie Mays playing stickball in Harlem. I played a lot of stickball growing up and always loved it. I wanted to replicate the Mays photo in Cuba because baseball is the national sport there. It's…

This iconic image shows Willie Mays, eyes locked on the ball, returning east to Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia as a San Francisco rather than a New York Giant. The Giants went on to capture the National League pennant in 1962, finally falling to…

Brock’s Cardinals defeated the Red Sox in game seven of the 1967 World Series. Brock had the highest batting average of the series and was awarded the Babe Ruth award, presented to the player with the most impressive post season achievements. Among…

The stadium had recently been painted its now characteristic "Dodger Blue." Iooss had a shot in mind, but he needed the visiting team’s uniforms to cooperate. After a couple of near misses, the Cardinals’ away uniforms finally hit the mark.

“Just the way he sat at his locker there, he had the mystique.
You knew he was a star." –wi

“This was a story in Sports Illustrated about Hall of Fame baseball players who were getting up in age. We did Warren Spahn, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Bob Feller among others. I shot 8x10 sepia Polaroids. I got Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra to pose…