Shipping to US/Canada addresses only.  Orders are processed securely through PayPal, the international standard for online transactions.  PayPal membership is not required.  No financial information is seen by this seller.
 

Prints of Rounding First are available for purchase.  Print size is 6" x 40.5".  The extra-long panoramas are displayed on high-quality Fujicolor Crystal Archive photo paper and are sent directly from the processing company to the address you indicate.  Prints are rolled and enclosed in strong mailing tubes that are sent through USPS Priority Mail.  Please allow 2 - 4 weeks for processing and delivery. 

The prints you receive can be framed, mounted on foam board, or attached to the wall as a poster.  This panoramic motion study can make a good gift for those who love baseball. 

Center of the print enlarged

The Making of "Rounding First"
The original film (play the YouTube Clip below) was shot at Connie Mack Stadium during the opening game of the 1954 season, the final year for the Athletics in Philadelphia.  The camera's placement, low along the first base line, provided a unique view of Red Sox batter Jimmy Piersall's line drive double and his run to second base. 
 
In 2002, digital frames from this film were restored and assembled to form a panoramic print that shows nearly half of the venerable Connie Mack Stadium (formerly Shibe Park) along with 12 stop action views of Piersall's run to and beyond first base.

Jimmy Piersall was an outstanding center fielder, up there with Joe DiMaggio.  He made the All-Star team the year he hit this double.  Off the field, he's noted for his book "Fear Strikes Out." It tells of his struggle with mental illness.  Pretty dark stuff for such a wild guy.  He didn't think much of the movie version with Anthony Perkins. 

Enlargement of the first base portion.

Links

View detailed images from the film

Read a discussion about the players

Shibe Park, known for the last one-third of its existence as Connie Mack Stadium, was a Major League Baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When it opened April 12, 1909, it became Major League Baseball's first steel-and-concrete stadium. ^[1]

It was on the block bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 20th Street, Somerset Street and 21st Street. It was thus just five blocks west, corner-to-corner, from Baker Bowl, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies that had opened in 1887. The stadium hosted two Major League Baseball All-Star Games; in 1943, marking the first time the game had been played at night, and in 1952, with that game holding the distinction of being the only All-Star contest shortened by rain (in this case, to five innings).

More at Wikipedia - Shibe Park

Return to Top