A painter with baseball as the canvas

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 A painter with baseball as the canvas
Dick Perez grew up in New York's Harlem with dreams of baseball fame. Those dreams didn't materialize but that didn't stop Perez from entering the Baseball Hall of Fame -- as a painter. Over the last three decades, he has become one of the most well-known baseball artists whose work has been featured in Cooperstown, on baseball cards and in stadiums. [link]

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Dick Perez article from MLB.com
Published 5/13/2008 by Mario A. at Wax Heaven
In the second week of Wax Heaven’s existence I wrote a very “Sportscards Uncensored” article about Dick Perez’ work for ‘07 Allen & Ginter. Truth be told, I just needed something to write about and maybe help put my name out there since I was a rookie Blogger still and that was the best I could come up with. Unfortunately, I was made to look like an ass when ...

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