New Work: ‘100 Baseball Icons’

Just in time for opening day, Kit Hinrichs has designed 100 Baseball Icons, published by Ten Speed Press. The book, a collaborative effort between Hinrichs, photographer Terry Heffernan and writer Delphine Hirasuna, tells the story of America’s favorite pastime through memorabilia from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Heffernan, a lifelong baseball aficionado and award-winning still life photographer, chose the 100 icons from the Hall of Fame’s immense archive and then meticulously photographed them. Included in the book are images of Shoeless Joe Jackson’s shoes, Cy Young’s mitt and a coveted Honus Wagner baseball card. This is the third book collaboration by Hinrichs, Heffernan and Hirasuna, after Long May She Wave and The Art of Gaman.

Several spreads after the jump.