DAVID LA SPINA Fantasy Baseball at Primetime, Brooklyn NY April

DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
at Primetime, Brooklyn NY
April 6-20th, 2014
Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos
DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
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Joe, 1952
2014
Inkjet print on Sintra
29.875 × 22.375"
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Photographer Unknown/
The Boston Globe ca. 1967
Tony Conigliaro After Being Hit by
a Pitch in Sancta Maria Hospital
Silver gelatin print with typewriter
8 × 4.75"
Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos
Roy, 1952
2014
Inkjet print on Sintra
29.875 × 22.375"
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Brave
2014
Silver gelatin print on museum
board and Sintra
30 × 36"
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George Burke
Portrait of Elmer Riddle, Contact Print for 1942
Play Ball Set
ca. 1942
7 × 5" Silver gelatin print in lucite top-loader
case
DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
April 12, 2014, 4 PM
Arranged by PHILIP FACONTI
Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos
JOEY VOTTO, 2011 Cincinnati Reds
April 18, 2014, 4–8 PM
JEFF NELSON, 1977 Billings Mustangs
April 12, 2014, 4–8 PM
DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos
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Joey Votto Game Worn Glove
2014
Rawlings 12" Pro Preferred First-Basemans Mitt
#PROTMKB in BallQube Acrylic Cereal Box
Holder
13 × 9 × 4"
Yahoo! Keeper League SOOFL Live Fantasy
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Photographer Unknown/
Associated Press WIREPHOTO
Lonnie Frey and Johnny Vander Meer Collision at
1st Base During March 17, 1948 Spring Training
Game in St. Petersburg, Florida
1948
Silver gelatin print with grease and graphite
pencil markings, Chicago Tribune clipping on
verso
6 × 9.75"
Draft at Ramona Bar, Greenpoint, Brooklyn,
March, 19th
2014
Single Channel HD Monitor
Duration 2:38
Fantasy Baseballs
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She’s Out Of Our (Auction) Fantasy League
Championship Trophy for Yahoo! Keeper League
SOOFL
2011–2014
Wooden base and engraved plaques, manf. by
Halex Awards & Gifts.
7.5 × 5.5 × 7.5"
Spuds (Rookie of the Year)
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1989-2014
291 Donruss 1989 Baseball Cards #317
(Christopher "Chris" Sabo) produced by Leaf,
Inc. with red Sharpie in PVC top-loader rookie
card cases
80 × 80" diamond
2014
Twelve Reds at Cubs 8–07–2010 game used
Rawlings baseballs with Sharpie markings, Major
League Baseball authentication and Steiner
Sports Marketing inventory holograms in five
PVC Clear Ultra-PRO Baseball Cubes
Dimensions variable, cases 3 × 3 × 3"
DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos
Works listed from left of gallery entrance,
counter-clockwise:
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George Burke
Portrait of Elmer Riddle, Contact Print for 1942
Play Ball Set
ca. 1942
7 × 5" Silver gelatin print in lucite top-loader
case
Yahoo! Keeper League SOOFL Live Fantasy
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Draft at Ramona Bar, Greenpoint, Brooklyn,
March, 19th
2014
Single Channel HD Monitor
Duration 2:38
Fantasy Baseball Infield
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2014
Two 50 lbs. 4-ply bags of Resco Products, Inc.
Cedar Heights Redart Airfoloated Clay; 200 .lbs
of additional red clay, 50/50 mix with 100 .lbs
silica sand.
Dimensions variable, bags 35 × 18 × 10"
Spuds (Rookie of the Year)
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1989-2014
291 Donruss 1989 Baseball Cards #317
(Christopher "Chris" Sabo) produced by Leaf,
Inc. with red Sharpie in PVC top-loader rookie
card cases
80 × 80" diamond
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Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.
1953 Eddie Matthews #37
ca. 1952-3
Card in Ultra Pro 1" Lucite Screwdown.
5.75 × 3.5 × 1"
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Joey Votto Game Worn Cleats, Batting Helmet
and Glove
2014
Two Nike Air Zoom Grit Metal Baseball Cleats,
red/black, size 11.5 in two Grandstand football
PVC cases; Rawlings CoolFlo Pro Batting
Helmet for Left Handed Batter, red, size 7 3/4
MLB Batting Helmet #CFMPBHSL with Decal
Kit for Cincinnati Reds in BallQube Grandstand
Basketball Cube; Rawlings 12" Pro Preferred
First-Basemans Mitt #PROTMKB in BallQube
Acrylic Cereal Box Holder
15 × 12 × 7.5"; 10 × 10 × 10"; 13 × 9 × 4"
¡Fleer, Inc.
1986 Kurt Bevacqua #382;
1986 Kurt Bevacqua #382 (Error)
ca. 1986
Two cards in Ultra Pro Screwdown Lucite Ticket
Holder
3.5 × 8.25 × .25"
Adam Eaton Debut Ball (5/30/00)
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Fantasy Baseball Bat
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Photographer Unknown/
Associated Press WIREPHOTO
Lonnie Frey and Johnny Vander Meer Collision at
1st Base During March 17, 1948 Spring Training
Game in St. Petersburg, Florida
1948
Silver gelatin print with grease and graphite
pencil markings, Chicago Tribune clipping on
verso
6 × 9.75"
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Joe, 1952
2014
Inkjet print on Sintra
29.875 × 22.375"
Fantasy Base and Foul Line
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2014
2.5" wide white Dura-Stripe line, Jack Corbett
MLB Hollywood Base from Reds at Cubs 5-062011 game at Wrigley Field with Major League
Baseball authentication and Steiner Sports
Marketing inventory holograms
Line length variable, up to 330 feet,
base 15 x 3 x 15"
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2014
Rawlings baseball with pen markings, in a PVC
Clear Ultra-PRO Baseball Cube
3 × 3 × 3"
2014
Twelve Reds at Cubs 8–07–2010 game used
Rawlings baseballs with Sharpie markings, Major
League Baseball authentication and Steiner
Sports Marketing inventory holograms in five
PVC Clear Ultra-PRO Baseball Cubes
Dimensions variable, cases 3 × 3 × 3"
American Tobacco Company
1910 T206 Sweet Caporal Back White Border
Dode Paksert
ca. 1909–11
Card in Ultra Pro 1" Lucite Screwdown
5.75 × 3.5 × 1"
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Fantasy Baseballs
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2012–4
Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger 33" Pro
Stock Wood Ash Model C271
2.625 × 33 × 2.625"
Jim Maloney Pitching Sequence
ca. 1973
Silver gelatin print with grease pencil markings in
PVC bag
9.25 × 8"
Fantasy Signatures
1987-2014
Uncut press sheet #3 of 1987 Topps Baseball
Cards with with blue Sharpie markings
42 × 29"
Brave
2014
Silver gelatin print on museum board and Sintra
30 × 36"
Opening Day Speech I/II
2014
Uncut press sheet of 1981 Topps Baseball
Cards with gold ink silkscreen of March 2014
Joey Votto article set in font based on Pete
Rose Confession Balls; version II halftone of
slide for Pete Rose Topps 1963, 1964 and 1968
(Bazooka) cards in PMS 199 both produced by J.
Pereira/Clawhammer
42 × 29"; 44 × 30"
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1:2 Scale Fantasy Pitching Mound
2014
750 .lbs Beam Clay Pitchers Mound Clay Extra
Firm Red, six Beam Clay Mound & Batters Box
Bricks and 2010 Wrigley Field visitor bullpen
used Schutt pitching rubber, with Major League
Baseball authentication and Steiner Sports
Marketing inventory holograms, constructed with
J. Stortz & Son 6 × 6" Pro Tamper and Yankee 30"
Aluminum Infield Rake with Sifting Teeth #0530
108 × 6 × 108", rubber 24 × 6 × 6"
Cincinnati Spring Training Bat
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1990–2014
Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger 31"
Louisville Slugger Ash Model C271 with Sharpie
markings in BallQube PVC case
37 × 4 × 4", bat 2.625 × 31 × 2.625"
Photographer Unknown/
The Boston Globe
ca. 1967
Tony Conigliaro After Being Hit by a Pitch in
Sancta Maria Hospital in 1967
Silver gelatin print with typewriter impressions
8 × 4.75"
Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.
1964 Hitting Area, Dick Sisler and Vada Pinson
#162
ca. 1963–4
Card in Ultra Pro 1" Lucite Screwdown.
5.75 × 3.5 × 1"
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Roy, 1952
2014
Inkjet print on Sintra
29.875 × 22.375"
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She’s Out Of Our (Auction) Fantasy League
Championship Trophy for Yahoo! Keeper League
SOOFL
2011–2014
Wooden base and engraved plaques,
manufactured by Halex Awards & Gifts.
7.5 × 5.5 × 7.5"
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Fantasy Sports Photographer
2014
Ronald Modra 35mm slide of Reds Chris Sabo
upset a call a 1990 NLDS game vs Pirates
mounted on the Type A focusing screen in a
Nikon F3 with MD-4 Motor, DA-2 Sports Finder,
Nikkor 800mm f/8 lens, 1" Domke strap (navy)
on a heavy-duty Gitzo tripod
36 × 60 × 20"
Performances
JOSH HAMILTON, 1999 Princeton Devil Rays
April 6, 2014, 12–8 PM
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
April 12, 2014, 4 PM
Arranged by PHILIP FACONTI
BOB TUFTS, 1983 San Francisco Giants
April 12, 2014, 4:10 PM
JEFF NELSON, 1977 Billings Mustangs
April 12, 2014, 4–8 PM
JOEY VOTTO, 2011 Cincinnati Reds
April 18, 2014, 4–8 PM
DAVID LA SPINA
Fantasy Baseball
Open April 6–20, 2014
by appointment
F-I-R-S-T
Batting
Practice
S-E-C-O-N-D
Opening Day Parade
First Pitch at 4 PM
T-H-I-R-D
Slides and
Pickoffs
Sunday, April 6th
12–8 PM
Saturday, April 12th
4–8 PM
Friday, April 18th
4–8 PM
Take batting practice with
JOSH HAMILTON of the Princeton
Devil Rays in 1999
Opening Day marching band &
live pitching to Billings Mustangs’
prospect, JEFFREY NELSON in 1977
Practice your slides and pickoffs
with the Cincinnati Reds’ MVP firstbaseman, JOEY VOTTO in 2011
Sitting on the bench, and waiting... that’s what comes to mind on Opening
Day. There is nothing like it. The stadium surrounds you and all you can see
and hear is how you feel: sweaty, panicked, nauseous and light-headed.
Personally, I try to stay centered and focused, usually to no avail. I focus
on keeping both cleats on the ground. It helps remind me that I am here in this
moment, in this dugout, and I am here for a reason.
All you hear are the names and cheers. Finally, they call your name, and
you exit the dugout and see red. The red in the stands envelops you. The color
is perfect for that moment because of the color’s natural passion.
Giving high fives to the team and shaking hands along the line is
something else that is synonymous with Opening Day to me. Making contact
and touching everyone represents the unity we have while we play together.
We play for the uniform and city we represent, but first and foremost we play
for each other. Being accountable to your teammate trumps every selfish
inclination we all have as players.
The anthem plays, the first pitch is thrown out, and we get ready for the
game. But this is not any game, this is the first game of the year. Much of
the energy that surrounds Opening Day for us ballplayers centers on the
unknown. The unknown of this game or even this season begins with Opening
Day. We as ballplayers fall into the wonderful world of action. No longer do
we sit and wait, hope, and fear. We have action as our ally against the demons
we fight inside, and Opening Day is the day where we get to finally be what we
prepared for.
However, there is one day that is remembered and special throughout
the regular season and that is Opening Day in Cincinnati. We as a group look
forward to Opening Day because of the experience, but more so for what it
represents: that Cincinnati Reds baseball is back.
—JOEY VOTTO, Goodyear, AZ, 2014
135 Huntington St., Brooklyn
p-r-i-m-e-t-i-m-e.com
HAMILTON: towering 6'4" frame,
200 lbs; 2-way, 5-tool prep from
Raleigh, NC. With size 19 feet, 94
MPH FB, + arm in OF, great poise in
the outfield & good bat speed, went
7-1, 2.50 ERA, 13 HR in 25 games.
High 1st round, 1999.
NELSON: 1976 undrafted FA, lanky
6'1" 210 lbs Rk at Billings, 6 H, 16
BB, 14 SO in 63 PA in 19 GMS at 1B.
Lacks plate discipline, 5 E in 88 PO.
No speed. Wears #14 but no Rose
here. Release.
VOTTO: Etobicoke Club, Toronto.
Ken, Johnny & Bob looked before
visit to Columbus/Yanks, slot 900K,
aiming 600K. Quiet, good-looking,
used maple since HS, strong LH
swing, runs avg., plate discipline, +
power, avg. arm at C, RF and 3B. 2nd
round, 2002.
Band
Arrangement: PHILIP FACONTI
Trumpet: DANIEL FILSTRUP
Alto Sax: KEVIN JACOBI
Trombone: KARUBA NIGEL
HILLIARD
Performers:
SHLOMO LIPETZ, RHP, Israeli
National Team, Haverford College,
Downtown Bulls
OSMER COLLADO, Util./RHP,
George Washington High School
Trojans, Roswell Invaders
JOSHUA CALCANO, P, George
Washington High School Trojans,
New York Gothams