Baseball Artist James Fiorentino Qhia Txog Kev Ua Haujlwm Tshiab ntawm Philly Show

Cov hauj lwm tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm James Fiorentino, tus kws ntaus pob ntaus pob ntaus pob, yuav nthuav tawm lub Peb Hlis 10 thaum lub teb chaws cov khoom lag luam qub tshaj plaws qhib hauv nroog Philadelphia.

Lub npe hu ua The Philly Show, peb hnub nthuav tawm yuav muaj nyob rau ntawm Greater Philadelphia Expo Center hauv Oaks, PA.

Ntawm qhov yeeb yam, Fiorentino yuav nthuav tawm nws cov ELITE sau, ib qho ntawm 22 x 30-nti thawj cov xim dej kos npe los ntawm ob tus kws kos duab thiab cov neeg ncaws pob uas nws tau ntes ntawm daim ntaub. Kev ua haujlwm muaj cov ntsiab lus sib txawv, suav nrog Great Duos, vintage baseball, thiab txawm tias ob peb daim ntawv kos npe rau tus neeg ua si.

Tsis tas li ntawd, tus kws kos duab yuav nthuav tawm thiab muag ob peb ntawm nws "Muaj Ib Leeg" qub - kev vam meej loj hauv ntiaj teb sau.

Fiorentino ntawm nws lub tsev studio hauv Flemington, NJ hais tias "Ntau yam ntawm kuv cov duab tam sim no muag hauv tsib daim duab." "Kuv tau pleev xim rau 30 xyoo yog li ntau tus neeg xav muaj Fiorentino.

“Txawm tias cov neeg ua si muaj kuv daim duab. Kuv pleev xim rau cov neeg ua si thiab tau nyob hauv ntau qhov chaw, tsev cia puav pheej, thiab kev ua kis las Halls of Fame. Kuv tau muaj hmoo thiab tau koob hmoov uas muaj ntau tus neeg txib kuv los ua kev kos duab thiab nws tseem tuaj. Pom cov neeg sau khoom loj heev nrhiav kuv txoj haujlwm yog qhov zoo heev. "

Tus menyuam yaus tiag tiag, Fiorentino yog tus kws kos duab yau tshaj plaws uas muaj cov duab kos dai hauv Baseball Hall of Fame.

"Thaum kuv muaj 14 xyoos," nws piav qhia, "Kuv ntsib Joe DiMaggio ntawm daim npav qhia thiab kom nws kos npe rau kuv tus kheej. Ib tug neeg muab nyiaj ntau heev rau kuv thaum ntawd, nyob ib ncig ntawm 1992, yog li kuv paub tias kuv tau ua ib yam dab tsi uas kuv muaj siab rau tab sis kuj tuaj yeem ua tau nyiaj. "

Ntau ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ntaus pob tau tshwm sim ntawm Topps trading phaib.

"Ib qho ntawm kuv txoj kev npau suav yog kom muaj kuv daim duab rau ntawm daim npav," nws hais. “Qhov ntawd yog lub hom phiaj loj. Tom qab ntawd xyoo 1999, [tus kws sau keeb kwm ntaus pob ntaus pob] Marty Appel tau kho qhov Topps Gallery Heritage teeb tsa kuv tau ua nrog tus kws kos duab Bill Purdom. Nws tsuas yog 10 daim duab tab sis ua tau zoo heev. Kuv tsuas yog junior hauv tsev kawm ntawv thaum lub sijhawm. "

Ib tug kawm tiav ntawm Drew University, nws tau siv plaub xyoos raws li varsity shortstop rau lub tsev kawm ntawv, ua rau tag nrho cov rooj sib tham pab neeg ua ib tug tshiab thiab nws thiaj li mus rau hauv Middlesex County Sports Hall of Fame. Nws txawm ntaus lub tsev khiav ntawm Doubleday Field hauv Cooperstown thaum nws pab neeg Asmeskas Legion ua si ntawd.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv nyiam qhov kev ua si ntau dua li lwm tus kws ua yeeb yam vim tias kuv ua si," tab sis kuv paub tias kuv lub neej yuav koom nrog ntau dua ntawm kev kos duab.

Tam sim no 45, nws cob qhia cov tub Tyler, 13, thiab Dylan, 9. "Lawv tau pom ntau yam uas menyuam yaus tsis nyiam," Fiorentino hais, sau tseg tias lawv tau ntsib Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Rickey Henderson, Vladimir Guerrero , Jr. thiab lwm lub hnub qub thaum lawv nrog lawv txiv mus rau cov pob zeb loj loj rau kev nthuav qhia ntawm Fiorentino's baseball art.

Lawv niam, Jessica, tus kws qhia ntawv tshwj xeeb hauv Hunterdon County, ua siab ntev rau nws tus txiv lub sijhawm ua haujlwm.

Nws hais tias, "Kuv nyiam ua qhov no 9-rau-5 txoj haujlwm," thiab tau ua li ntawd rau 25 xyoo dhau los. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj hais tias nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev npaum li cas kuv ua ib daim duab. Nws nyob ntawm seb kuv xav tau pes tsawg teev. Yog tias kuv pleev xim rau ib hnub, nws tuaj yeem coj kuv mus rau ib lub lim tiam, txawm tias nws yuav yog me ntsis ntau dua lossis tsawg dua. Nws nyob ntawm qhov loj me, nthuav dav, thiab ntau npaum li cas koom nrog. "

Vim tias nws ib txwm ua haujlwm, Fiorentino tau txo nws lub sijhawm mus ncig. Nws tsuas yog mus rau ib qho kev ua si loj-paub ncaws pob, feem ntau ntawm Yankee Stadium, tab sis kuj nyiam lub zos Somerset Patriots, ib tug Double-A affiliate ntawm Yankees.

"Nws zoo heev uas pom cov txiv neej tuaj," nws hais. "Nws zoo nyob hauv thaj chaw uas peb muaj lub chaw ntau pob thiab pab pawg zoo."

Nws lub sijhawm qhia daim npav tam sim no mus rau Philly Show thiab Lub Tebchaws, ib qho kev nthuav qhia loj heev hauv Atlantic City. Ob leeg nyob ze rau tsev rau Fiorentino.

Thaum twg nws tuaj yeem ua tau, nws taug kev mus rau Cooperstown, ntau tshaj tsib teev los ntawm tsheb. "Kuv nyiam Hall of Fame thiab siv mus rau qhov ntawd txhua xyoo," hais tias tus kws kos duab, uas nws cov haujlwm tau nthuav tawm muaj xws li Induction Day program npog nrog Mike Schmidt, Roberto Clemente painting nyob rau hauv cov ntawv sau mus tas li, ntxiv rau ib daim duab txog Greatest Negro Leagues. Cov neeg ua si, uas tseem dai rau hauv Negro Leagues tsev cia puav pheej hauv Kansas City.

Nws txoj haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws tau pleev xim rau Tampa-based Ted Williams Hitters Tsev khaws puav pheej. Fiorentino tau hais tias "Ib hnub, qhov ntawd yuav yog ib daim duab loj tshaj plaws hauv kev nyiam ua," Fiorentino hais. "Ted tau xaiv nws 20 tus neeg ntaus pob loj tshaj plaws thiab ua ib phau ntawv rau lawv. Daim duab ntawd tau dai rau hauv Ted lub tsev ua ntej nws tau tsiv mus rau lub tsev cia puav pheej. Nws tau kos npe los ntawm Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Mike Schmidt, Hank Aaron, Ralph Kiner, Willie Mays, Williams - txhua tus neeg uas nyob ntawd thaum nws tau nthuav tawm rau Ted. Kuv tau ntsib nrog nws ua ntej mus rau qhov kev tshwm sim. "

Lwm qhov kev nyiam Fiorentino yog Cal 2131, ua kev nco txog kev ua si sib law liag ua si ntawm Cal Ripken, Jr.

"Kuv xav tias kuv pleev xim tam sim no zoo dua li kuv tau ua thaum kuv tseem yau," tus kws kos duab hais. "Thaum kuv mus rau Lub Tebchaws lub caij ntuj sov dhau los, kuv rov qab saib Ted Williams duab thiab xav tias, 'Tus txiv neej, qhov ntawd zoo li kuv tuaj yeem pleev xim."

Tus neeg sau nws tus kheej, Fiorentino nyiam cov khoom qub, feem ntau-oddball khoom.

Nws hais tias "Kuv muaj ib qho khoom loj heev," nws hais. “Kuv sau txhua yam. Kuv nyiam cov khoom vintage. Kuv tab tom muab tso ua ke rau xyoo 1953 Topps teeb tam sim no thiab nyiam yuav vintage Mantle phaib. Kuv yeej nyiam cov khoom qub. "

Raws li tus kiv cua Yankees, nws nyiam cov players ib zaug hnav pinstripes.

"Kev muaj peev xwm ntsib DiMaggio thiab Mantle thiab nyob ib puag ncig cov txiv neej zoo li Derek Jeter thiab Aaron Tus Kws Txiav Txim yog qhov zoo," nws hais tias, "tab sis Hall of Famers tseem yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Kuv nco qab tham nrog Stan Musial, Ralph Kiner, thiab Ernie Banks. Nov yog qee yam uas kuv tsis tuaj yeem rov qab los. "

Nws txawm pleev xim rau lub npog ntawm Av nyob hauv daim tiab, autobiography ntawm yav dhau los poj niam pab koomtes standout Pepper Paire-Davis.

"Kuv tau ntsib nws ntawm Lub Tebchaws, tau ua ob peb daim duab ntawm nws, thiab coj nws mus rau hauv lub tshav pob ntawm Yankee Stadium, qhov chaw uas cov players yuav vwm.

"Peb tau tham txog kev ntaus pob hauv '40s thiab '50s. Nws tau mus kawm high school nrog Marilyn Monroe thaum nws yog Norma Jean Baker thiab tom qab ntawd ua haujlwm nrog nws hauv Howard Hughes aircraft Hoobkas. Nws lub neej yog qhov tsis ntseeg.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv muaj hmoo tau muaj cov kws cob qhia sawv cev rau xyoo uas ploj lawm," nws hais.

Ib tug ntawm cov neeg cob qhia, Hall of Fame tus thawj coj Tony La Russa, tau los ua phooj ywg los ntawm kev ntaus pob, tab sis tsim kev sib raug zoo los ntawm kev txaus siab rau cov tsiaj qus. Fiorentino, tus neeg saib xyuas ntawm Raptor Trust of New Jersey, muaj kev mob siab rau saib hawk-saib thiab hawk-banding uas txuas mus rau nws lub easel.

Raws li tus kws kos duab, "Tony tau tsav nws tus kheej tawm mus rau Raptor Trust thiab peb cia nws tso tus Tsov tus tw liab rov qab rau hauv cov tsiaj qus tom qab nws tau noj qab haus huv. Qee lub sijhawm kuv nrog Tony hauv thaj teb tau khi ua ke nrog xwm, kos duab, thiab ncaws pob. "

Fiorentino kuj tau pleev xim rau cov thawj tswj hwm. Qhov tseeb, nws daim duab ntawm George HW Bush tau dai rau hauv nws lub tsev qiv ntawv thawj tswj hwm. Nws tau ntsib cuaj tus thawj tswj hwm thiab cov thawj coj hauv ntiaj teb, suav nrog Mikhail Gorbachev.

"Cov no yog cov neeg keeb kwm," nws hais tias, "yog li nws tseem ceeb dua li ntsib cov kis las."

Feem ntau ntawm nws cov haujlwm tam sim no yog cov duab kos duab uas tau ua haujlwm.

Nws hais tias, "Koj xav ua haujlwm txhua lub sijhawm," tab sis kuv muab cov khoom pov tseg rau kuv tus kheej yog tias kuv xav tias lawv tuaj yeem muag tau zoo heev. Piv txwv li, Aaron Judge painting. Tib neeg muaj tej yam uas lawv xav tau. "

Nug txog nws tus kheej sau, Forentino tau lees tias nws tau thinned pab tsiaj.

"Kuv tau tshem ntawm kuv daim npav tshiab tab sis muaj ntau pua tus ntaus pob ntaus pob," hais tias tus kws kos duab, uas tau txais feem ntau ntawm cov kos npe ntawm kev ua yeeb yam, ntaus golf, lossis lwm yam xwm txheej tshwj xeeb. "Nws yog qhov nyuaj dua niaj hnub no kom tau txais daim ntawv kos npe ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam qub thiab cov neeg laus dua feem ntau nyuaj nrhiav txawm tias lawv tseem muaj sia nyob."

Ntau tshaj li ib nrab-teev cov lus dab neeg kis las yuav koom nrog Fiorentino ntawm nws lub rooj muag khoom Philly Show tom ntej no. Nws kuj yuav muaj lwm cov qhua tshwj xeeb.

"Kuv pib ntsib cov neeg ua si ntawm daim npav," nws hais. “Piv txwv li, qhov ntawd yog qhov uas kuv xub ntsib Yogi Berra. Nws pom kuv txoj haujlwm, coj kuv mus rau nws lub tsev, thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau nws qhov kev sib tw golf, qhov chaw uas kuv tau ntsib lwm tus players. Kev sib raug zoo uas kuv muaj nrog ntau tus players no rov qab mus rau thaum kuv tseem yog menyuam yaus.

"Nws ua rau kuv muaj kev nkag siab zoo rau kuv pleev xim rau ib yam dab tsi uas kuv nyiam, ib yam dab tsi uas kuv tuaj yeem tau txais kev kos npe uas yog qhov tshwj xeeb thiab txawv ntawm txhua yam uas tib neeg tau sau thaum lub sijhawm. Yog li kuv tau los nrog lub tswv yim ntawm kom cov neeg ua si kos npe rau kuv daim duab. "

Nws cov qauv feem ntau yog cov duab qub lossis daim npav ntaus pob - qee qhov los ntawm nws cov khoom sau tab sis lwm tus los ntawm ntau cov khoom ntiag tug. Dab tsi ua rau nws cov duab sib txawv yog nws cov xim rau kev nthuav dav, ua ke nrog lub neej zoo li Fiorentino style.

"Kuv pleev xim rau hauv kuv tus kheej style," nws hais. "Qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog tias kev ua kis las ncaws pob tau lees paub tam sim no thawj zaug. Paintings ntawm daim npav yog saib raws li cov khoom tseeb ntawm kos duab. Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo los ua haujlwm hauv kev ua kis las. "