• Rewards
  • JackThreads
  • Thrillist
Invite Friends

Thrillist Sifts Through the Crap...

to find the best new spots to eat, drink and shop in your 'hood each day. Plus, get exclusive weekly hookups from Thrillist Rewards.

New to Thrillist? Sign Up
Already a member? Log In

thrillist

This article is from

Thrillist Portland
PDX may've lost baseball, but The Rest of America's Pastime starts today, so hit Thrillist's Opening Day HQ and dig some pitches that have nothing to do with soccer.

Every Hall of Famer

Entertaining takes on baseball legends from a lady who loves diamonds

Finding a woman who's into sports is awesome, because aside from looking hot in your throwback jersey, she's less likely to ask distracting game-time questions, or make endless comments about A-Rod's backside, which admittedly was sculpted by angels whose chisels're made of unicorn horns. From a chick who's about as sports-awesome as they come: Every Hall of Famer.

A moon-shot of a baseball blog seeking to eventually illustrate every Hall of Fame inductee using elegantly simple info-packed pen 'n ink drawings, Famer is the loving labor of an Austin, TX chick who used softball as a gateway into baseball fandom, resulting in membership in a couple fantasy leagues, where she presumably drafted Priest Holmes first overall, even though they're not for football. Illustrations include each ball legend and his notable stats plus wry additions, like Ty Cobb with a pie graph denoting baseball as 100% of his life, a Babe Ruth jam that calls him out as "The Babe Ruth of Baseball", and Cy Young beside a kids-these-days, circa-1948 quote regarding players making thousands simply because they "spit straight", proving pig roasting is far more lucrative than you thought. Not leaving anyone out, Famer also includes obscure (and arguably more interesting) old timers like 1800s' "Big" Ed Delahanty who either jumped or fell into Niagara Falls after threatening train passengers with a razor; catcher Wilbert Robinson, who once attempted to catch a baseball dropped out of a plane from 525ft; or the alleged inventor of the curveball, "Candy" Cummings, who also killed it in adult film talkies produced by Necco Wafers.

Famer's updated with a new player every day, and the artist is currently researching ways to sell her work online, which you should totally buy for your sports-loving girlfriend, or risk looking like A (Nim) Rod.

ExhortAdd this to My Thrillist

ExhortCheck out the awesomeness of Comisky at EveryHallofFamer.com

Every Hall of Famer (Emailed on March 31, 2011)

Website

Problem with this listing?

More Entertainment from Thrillist
Pancakes and Booze Art Show
Every once in a while, LA does...

A long-running underground LA party conceived by a dude who had artist buddies, way too much room in his warehouse, and a constant hankering for... more

More Entertainment
from Thrillist Nation

  • Tasteful Nudes

    more

  • SkillBet

    People love exploiting loopholes, which makes sense considering anyone with even a fundamental understanding of 13th-century castles... more