<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775</id><updated>2011-08-01T14:06:40.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALLS</title><subtitle type='html'>THESE PAINTINGS ARE BY AMERICAN ARTIST, HALL GROAT II.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-2679817317983292132</id><published>2009-06-06T09:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T03:32:47.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baseball #24 - Tribute to Babe Ruth  6"x6" Oil on Panel (AVAILABLE)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Sizoyn2jIbI/AAAAAAAACe4/ASFNWqYEej8/s1600-h/24b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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6x6'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SFhO2XOnD8I/AAAAAAAAA44/xVVN8ExiiSA/s72-c/baseball12a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-9105760367955471311</id><published>2008-08-09T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T14:52:15.047-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baseball #16 "Tribute to Joe Dimaggio" 6"x6" Oil on canvas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SBJ3VloIRBI/AAAAAAAAAzI/o2Slm3F_-qk/s1600-h/baseball10a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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6&quot;x6&quot; Oil on canvas'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SBJ3VloIRBI/AAAAAAAAAzI/o2Slm3F_-qk/s72-c/baseball10a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-8641825552004480881</id><published>2008-08-09T07:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T14:52:03.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #15  "TRIBUTE TO REGGIE JACKSON" 6"x6" Oil on panel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SAsZ6uJI0kI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/1FCstgczkJU/s1600-h/reggie+Jackson.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Oil on canvas (Commissioned)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SiqNRPGDdhI/AAAAAAAACc8/0wW3vCU8NMk/s72-c/11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-5904765604502707173</id><published>2008-02-01T03:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T08:37:20.171-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #10 6x6" Oil on canvas (Commissioned)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SiqNJmpbQJI/AAAAAAAACc0/zZdN4zneD8I/s1600-h/10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SiqNJmpbQJI/AAAAAAAACc0/zZdN4zneD8I/s400/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344239103961153682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COMMISSIONED BY CORPORATE COLLECTOR FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-5904765604502707173?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/5904765604502707173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=5904765604502707173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5904765604502707173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5904765604502707173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2008/02/baseball-10-6x6-oil-on-canvas.html' title='BASEBALL #10 6x6&quot; Oil on canvas (Commissioned)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/SiqNJmpbQJI/AAAAAAAACc0/zZdN4zneD8I/s72-c/10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-6166277184145973685</id><published>2007-08-24T04:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T03:14:00.067-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #9--HANK AARON TRIBUTE  6x6" oil on canvas (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rs7BZ4ADFMI/AAAAAAAAAco/sF4-3ZiTxSQ/s1600-h/hankaaronball1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102228078130828482" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rs7BZ4ADFMI/AAAAAAAAAco/sF4-3ZiTxSQ/s320/hankaaronball1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer", "Hammerin' Hank”, or "Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. Throughout his career, Aaron had many accomplishments and records. His most notable achievement was setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755, which he held for 33 years until being surpassed by San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds on August 7, 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-6166277184145973685?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/6166277184145973685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=6166277184145973685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6166277184145973685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6166277184145973685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-9-hank-aaron-tribute-6x6-oil.html' title='BASEBALL #9--HANK AARON TRIBUTE  6x6&quot; oil on canvas (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rs7BZ4ADFMI/AAAAAAAAAco/sF4-3ZiTxSQ/s72-c/hankaaronball1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-6694493807571597960</id><published>2007-08-14T17:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-07T02:49:46.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BARRY BONDS TRIBUTE:  BASEBALL #8  Oil (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RsJFRBYEhxI/AAAAAAAAAbo/xsyHwe89m4w/s1600-h/baseball8a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098713886866310930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RsJFRBYEhxI/AAAAAAAAAbo/xsyHwe89m4w/s320/baseball8a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220140348002" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Bonds holds the all-time Major League home run record, after hitting his 756th home run in a game against the Washington Nationals on August 7, 2007, surpassing Hank Aaron. He also is the all-time career leader in both walks (2540) and intentional walks (679). He holds numerous single-season records, among them the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001. He has won a record seven Most Valuable Player awards. He hit his 757th home run on August 8, 2007, and #758 on August 10, 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-6694493807571597960?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/6694493807571597960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=6694493807571597960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6694493807571597960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6694493807571597960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/barry-bonds-tribute-baseball-8-oil-bid.html' title='BARRY BONDS TRIBUTE:  BASEBALL #8  Oil (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RsJFRBYEhxI/AAAAAAAAAbo/xsyHwe89m4w/s72-c/baseball8a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-5693401116946975465</id><published>2007-08-14T12:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T17:21:36.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BABE RUTH'S BASEBALL (#7)  "RED &amp; BLUE" 6"x6" Oil  (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rr2dvBYEhlI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mgVVpJR8dtQ/s1600-h/baseball7a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097403784402077266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rr2dvBYEhlI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mgVVpJR8dtQ/s320/baseball7a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM NY,NY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220137066366" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;AUCTION HISTORY!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;George Herman Ruth, Jr. (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="February 6" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_6"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;February 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1895" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1895&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="August 16" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;August 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1948" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1948&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), also known as "Babe", "The Great Bambino", "The Sultan of Swat", "The King of Crash" and "The Colossus of Clout", was an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;American&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Major League&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;baseball&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; player from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1914 in baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914_in_baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1914&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1935 in baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_in_baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1935&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in history. Many polls place him as the number one player of all time.&lt;br /&gt;Although he spent most of his career as an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Outfielder" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfielder"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;outfielder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, Ruth began his career as a successful &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Starting pitcher" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pitcher"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;starting pitcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;. He compiled a 89-46 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Win (baseball)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_%28baseball%29"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;win&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Loss (baseball)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_%28baseball%29"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;loss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; record during his time with the Red Sox and set several &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="World Series" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;World Series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; pitching records. In 1918, Ruth started to play in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Outfield" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfield"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;outfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; and at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="First base" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_base"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;first base&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; so he could help the team on a day-to-day basis as a hitter. In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1919 in baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_in_baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1919&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, he appeared in 111 games as an outfielder. He also hit 29 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Home run" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;home runs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; to break &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Ned Williamson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Williamson"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ned Williamson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;'s record for most home runs in a single season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-5693401116946975465?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/5693401116946975465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=5693401116946975465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5693401116946975465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5693401116946975465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/babe-ruths-baseball-7-red-blue-6x6-oil.html' title='BABE RUTH&apos;S BASEBALL (#7)  &quot;RED &amp; BLUE&quot; 6&quot;x6&quot; Oil  (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rr2dvBYEhlI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mgVVpJR8dtQ/s72-c/baseball7a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-6640748835354708161</id><published>2007-08-14T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T12:31:29.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #6  Oil on panel 6"x6"  (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpYJmfU652I/AAAAAAAAAWM/lyxqafv9Mak/s1600-h/baseball6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086263386010478434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpYJmfU652I/AAAAAAAAAWM/lyxqafv9Mak/s320/baseball6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220130156340" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEE SALES RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-6640748835354708161?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/6640748835354708161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=6640748835354708161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6640748835354708161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6640748835354708161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-6-oil-on-panel-6x6-sold.html' title='BASEBALL #6  Oil on panel 6&quot;x6&quot;  (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpYJmfU652I/AAAAAAAAAWM/lyxqafv9Mak/s72-c/baseball6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-480411744911529038</id><published>2007-08-14T12:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T12:30:32.364-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #5  "HOMEAGE TO DICK GROAT" Oil on panel 6"x6"  (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpZlgPU653I/AAAAAAAAAWU/VVKXJTu3oG4/s1600-h/baseball5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086364433706051442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpZlgPU653I/AAAAAAAAAWU/VVKXJTu3oG4/s320/baseball5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;I decided to place the ball higher up, right at my eye level, which gives it that "larger than life sense." I also wanted to give it that classic: "lets play ball feeling" through placing it under the nighttime sky and lights in the middle of a baseball diamond, on the ground. The ball is situated between 1st and 2nd base on the sand, and behind it is the nocturnal baseball field. The stadium lights are very bright, and emblematic of the "big game."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-480411744911529038?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/480411744911529038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=480411744911529038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/480411744911529038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/480411744911529038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-5-homeage-to-dick-groat-oil-on.html' title='BASEBALL #5  &quot;HOMEAGE TO DICK GROAT&quot; Oil on panel 6&quot;x6&quot;  (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RpZlgPU653I/AAAAAAAAAWU/VVKXJTu3oG4/s72-c/baseball5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-2704908987261332540</id><published>2007-08-14T12:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T12:29:17.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #4 --"Homage to Dick Groat"  Oil on panel 6"x6"  (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rou0cPmOd3I/AAAAAAAAATk/xIrFXfo1D1Q/s1600-h/baseballd1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083355001733937010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rou0cPmOd3I/AAAAAAAAATk/xIrFXfo1D1Q/s320/baseballd1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220127625682" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEE SALES RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-2704908987261332540?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/2704908987261332540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=2704908987261332540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/2704908987261332540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/2704908987261332540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-4-homage-to-dick-groat-oil-on.html' title='BASEBALL #4 --&quot;Homage to Dick Groat&quot;  Oil on panel 6&quot;x6&quot;  (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rou0cPmOd3I/AAAAAAAAATk/xIrFXfo1D1Q/s72-c/baseballd1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-5420353383003443167</id><published>2007-08-14T12:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T17:23:52.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #3 "HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LEGEND, DICK GROAT" 6x6" Oil (SOLD!))</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RouyVfmOd2I/AAAAAAAAATc/0BXmWU_9zNM/s1600-h/baseballc1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083352686746564450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RouyVfmOd2I/AAAAAAAAATc/0BXmWU_9zNM/s320/baseballc1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=220127459527" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEE AUCTION RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Richard Morrow Groat (born &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="November 4" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_4"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;November 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1930" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1930&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinsburg%2C_Pennsylvania"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;) is a former two-sport athlete best known as a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Shortstop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortstop"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;shortstop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Professional baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;professional baseball&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;. He played for four &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="National League" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;National League&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; teams, mainly the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="St. Louis Cardinals" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;St. Louis Cardinals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, and was named the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="1960 in baseball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_in_baseball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1960&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Most Valuable Player&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; after winning the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Batting average" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;batting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; title with a .325 average for the champion Pirates. From 1956 to 1962 he teamed with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Second baseman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_baseman"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;second baseman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Bill Mazeroski" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Bill Mazeroski&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; to give Pittsburgh one of the game's strongest middle infields; he led the NL in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Double play" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_play"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;double plays&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; a record five times, in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Putout" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putout"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;putouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; four times and in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Assist (baseball)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assist_%28baseball%29"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;assists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; twice. At the end of his career he ranked ninth in major league history in games at shortstop (1877) and fourth in double plays (1237), and was among the NL career leaders in putouts (10th, 3505), assists (8th, 5811) and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Total chances" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_chances"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;total chances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; (9th, 9690). Also an excellent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Basketball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;basketball&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; player, he was twice an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="All-America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-America"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;All-American&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Duke University" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Duke University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; and played one season as a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Basketball" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Positions_and_structures"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;guard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;National Basketball Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-5420353383003443167?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/5420353383003443167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=5420353383003443167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5420353383003443167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5420353383003443167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-3-homage-to-baseball-legend.html' title='BASEBALL #3 &quot;HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LEGEND, DICK GROAT&quot; 6x6&quot; Oil (SOLD!))'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/RouyVfmOd2I/AAAAAAAAATc/0BXmWU_9zNM/s72-c/baseballc1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-5516182744157236082</id><published>2007-08-14T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T12:21:34.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #2  "see video of painting" 6x6 Oil (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rnu5QmLc8XI/AAAAAAAAAQo/A3jMUISFyvA/s1600-h/baseballb1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078856699567993202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rnu5QmLc8XI/AAAAAAAAAQo/A3jMUISFyvA/s320/baseballb1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM NEW YORK, NY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220124229815" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEE AUCTION RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please visit the link below to hear about the creative process behind this painting. Please feel free to contact me relating to other aspects of my paintings that you would like to learn about!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrNMt_g-bqU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LINK TO ARTIST TALK RELATING TO THIS PAINTING!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-5516182744157236082?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/5516182744157236082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=5516182744157236082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5516182744157236082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/5516182744157236082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-2-see-video-of-painting-6x6.html' title='BASEBALL #2  &quot;see video of painting&quot; 6x6 Oil (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rnu5QmLc8XI/AAAAAAAAAQo/A3jMUISFyvA/s72-c/baseballb1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112537293322787775.post-6743988114290420842</id><published>2007-08-14T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T12:20:32.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BASEBALL #1   "HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LEGEND, DICK GROAT" 6x6" Oil (SOLD!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rm307WLc8LI/AAAAAAAAAPM/w4Bs7gg9Ap8/s1600-h/baseball1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074981655519490226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rm307WLc8LI/AAAAAAAAAPM/w4Bs7gg9Ap8/s320/baseball1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=220121192587" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;AUCTION RESULTS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM HAYS, KANSAS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112537293322787775-6743988114290420842?l=baseballs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/feeds/6743988114290420842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7112537293322787775&amp;postID=6743988114290420842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6743988114290420842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112537293322787775/posts/default/6743988114290420842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballs.blogspot.com/2007/08/baseball-1-homage-to-baseball-legend.html' title='BASEBALL #1   &quot;HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LEGEND, DICK GROAT&quot; 6x6&quot; Oil (SOLD!)'/><author><name>HALL GROAT II</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17639894026216137320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eTiOr-a3hzY/Rm307WLc8LI/AAAAAAAAAPM/w4Bs7gg9Ap8/s72-c/baseball1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
