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. There are two established guidelines for Fantography submissions: first, player images must not be in an action-shot format, and second, all images must have been taken by amateur photographers rather than professionals. So far, Strasberg has collected (or "harvested" in Fantography parlance) more than 6,000 photos that span the 1930s up through today, including a cigar-smoking Babe Ruth in street clothes with his daughter, an on-field Howard Cosell interviewing pitcher Vida Blue, and a mid-autograph Roberto Clemente peering up to meet the camera's lens. One contributing "Fantographer" is well-known sportscaster and political pundit

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. A touring exhibit of the Fantography collection has shown in San Diego, CA, and Tucson, AZ, as well as at Kentucky's Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and the

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. Ultimately, Strasberg intends to publish the best Fantography submissions in a coffee table book.

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