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Picture Poifect

My five-year-old nephew made it through half the game on Sunday, ate a hot dog, ice cream and cotton candy before he over-heated and crashed. When he got home he got to drawing. My brother sent me these two pictures last night with the following note:

“These were rendered after a great deal of crying. I told him that comics are always drawn in pencil first, so they can erase their mistakes. That seems to have made an impression.”

From my nephew: “The first is just Ny yankees. A fan cheering.” 

Here is a picture of Derek Jeter: “I tride to dro yankees. I could not dro it but then aftr a litul while. I could draw it if you ceep pprac tising you will get beter.”

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17 comments

1 The Hawk   ~  May 3, 2010 9:11 am

How the hell did he pull off that second one?

2 Alex Belth   ~  May 3, 2010 9:14 am

Kid's got skills.

3 RIYank   ~  May 3, 2010 9:24 am

Oh, ya did good, Belth. Your nephew will always remember that game. And he's picked up the Jeter ethos: "if you ceep pprac tising you will get beter.” What beter testimony to Jeter could there be?

4 Alex Belth   ~  May 3, 2010 9:29 am

True, true, true to dat.

5 NYYfan22   ~  May 3, 2010 9:30 am

Holy shite... that 2nd pic is on the money, man. Yeah, you guys know my boy (just turned 6) is obsessed with baseball and with the Yankees. He draws several baseball pictures every day, as well as writing out lineups and rosters. Funny kid.

6 The Hawk   ~  May 3, 2010 9:36 am

It's just that the figure in the second one is on a completely different level than the figure in the first.

7 Alex Belth   ~  May 3, 2010 9:41 am

He's got Jeter's skinny legs DOWN.

8 Jon DeRosa   ~  May 3, 2010 9:42 am

Alex, tell your nephew he did a great job, those pics are sweet.

9 ms october   ~  May 3, 2010 9:43 am

[7] that's definitely what jumped out at me. and the way he holds the bat.

very cute.

10 Ben   ~  May 3, 2010 10:05 am

[6] that first one came from his imagination. The second, he was looking at a picture and copying it. My favorite is the in the neck. He read some of the neck creases and wrinkles as N and Y. Makes perfect sense right. Kids see the darnedest things.

11 NYYfan22   ~  May 3, 2010 10:18 am

[9] to me that batter looks like one of the Gas-house Gorillas. remember them?

12 williamnyy23   ~  May 3, 2010 11:11 am

That's great advice from your nephew...maybe we can pass it long to Javy Vazquez?

13 YankeeAbby   ~  May 3, 2010 1:35 pm

Great drawing - those look like Jeter's legs circa 1996! (he sure was lanky back then!And he got the stance on point!

Nice work, kid!

14 thelarmis   ~  May 3, 2010 1:45 pm

priceless!

15 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 3, 2010 1:48 pm

Awww!
Thanks, Alex!

16 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 3, 2010 1:50 pm

I especially love the fan with his/her hands way up in the air!

17 Bama Yankee   ~  May 3, 2010 4:11 pm

Good stuff.

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