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DAVID LA SPINAFantasy Baseball

at Primetime, Brooklyn NYApril 6-20th, 2014

Checklist, Performance & Installation Photos



¡ Joe, 1952 2014 Inkjet print on Sintra

29.875 × 22.375"

¡ Roy, 1952 2014 Inkjet print on Sintra

29.875 × 22.375"

¡ 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"

¡ Brave 2014

Silver gelatin print on museum board and Sintra

30 × 36"

¡ 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



Take Me Out to the BallgameApril 12, 2014, 4 PMArranged by PHILIP FACONTI

JOEY VOTTO, 2011 Cincinnati RedsApril 18, 2014, 4–8 PM

JEFF NELSON, 1977 Billings MustangsApril 12, 2014, 4–8 PM



¡ Yahoo! Keeper League SOOFL Live Fantasy Draft at Ramona Bar, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, March, 19th

2014 Single Channel HD Monitor

Duration 2:38

¡ 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"

¡ 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"

¡ Joey Votto Game Worn Glove 2014 Rawlings 12" Pro Preferred First-Basemans Mitt

#PROTMKB in BallQube Acrylic Cereal Box Holder 13 × 9 × 4"

¡ Spuds (Rookie of the Year) 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

¡ Fantasy Baseballs 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"

Works listed from left of gallery entrance, counter-clockwise:

¡ 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 Draft at Ramona Bar, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, March, 19th

2014 Single Channel HD Monitor

Duration 2:38

¡ Fantasy Baseball Infield 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) 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

¡ Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. 1953 Eddie Matthews #37 ca. 1952-3 Card in Ultra Pro 1" Lucite Screwdown.

5.75 × 3.5 × 1"

¡ 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) 2014

Rawlings baseball with pen markings, in a PVC Clear Ultra-PRO Baseball Cube

3 × 3 × 3"

¡ Fantasy Baseballs 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"

¡ Fantasy Baseball Bat 2012–4

Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger 33" Pro Stock Wood Ash Model C271

2.625 × 33 × 2.625"

¡ 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"

¡ 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"

¡ Joe, 1952 2014 Inkjet print on Sintra

29.875 × 22.375"

¡ Fantasy Base and Foul Line 2014

2.5" wide white Dura-Stripe line, Jack Corbett MLB Hollywood Base from Reds at Cubs 5-06-2011 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"

¡ Photographer Unknown 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"

¡ 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 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"

¡ Roy, 1952 2014 Inkjet print on Sintra

29.875 × 22.375"

¡ 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"

¡ 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"

PerformancesJOSH HAMILTON, 1999 Princeton Devil RaysApril 6, 2014, 12–8 PM

Take Me Out to the BallgameApril 12, 2014, 4 PMArranged by PHILIP FACONTI

BOB TUFTS, 1983 San Francisco GiantsApril 12, 2014, 4:10 PM

JEFF NELSON, 1977 Billings MustangsApril 12, 2014, 4–8 PM

JOEY VOTTO, 2011 Cincinnati RedsApril 18, 2014, 4–8 PM



F-I-R-S-TBatting

Practice

Sunday, April 6th12–8 PM

Take batting practice with JOSH HAMILTON of the Princeton

Devil Rays in 1999

S-E-C-O-N-DOpening Day Parade

First Pitch at 4 PM

Saturday, April 12th4–8 PM

Opening Day marching band & live pitching to Billings Mustangs’

prospect, JEFFREY NELSON in 1977

T-H-I-R-DSlides and

Pickoffs

Friday, April 18th4–8 PM

Practice your slides and pickoffs with the Cincinnati Reds’ MVP first-

baseman, 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

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.

BandArrangement: PHILIP FACONTITrumpet: DANIEL FILSTRUPAlto Sax: KEVIN JACOBITrombone: KARUBA NIGEL HILLIARDPerformers:

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

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