The Art of Baseball: The Watercolors of James Fiorentino is a compilation of Fiorentino's most significant works on baseball along with his personal favorites. This superb collection, hand-selected by the artist himself, presents a chronology of baseball from gritty black-and- white images of vintage ballplayers to vibrant full-color images of modern-day stars. What sets his work apart are the personal friendships Fiorentino has developed with the ballplayers, giving him the insight to portray the spirit and substanceof these great athletes. This book includes stories of Fiorentino's experiences with many subjects he painted, including Yogi Berra, Ted Williams, Cal Ripken Jr., Don Mattingly, Tony La Russa, and World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League star catcher, Pepper Davis. James Fiorentino's story has been told on international and national media, including ABC World News Tonight with Dick Schaap, CBS This Morning, ESPN's Baseball Magazine, ESPN Magazine, the New York Times, Fox After Breakfast, NBC Good Day New York, and more. Considered one of the most renowned sports artists in the country, his work embodies a compelling sense of realism and evokes a great deal of emotion. The Art of Baseball: The Watercolors of James Fiorentino offers readers the story of Fiorentino's unique connection to baseball and a spectacular, hand-picked selection of his baseball paintings for the first time in book form.