Ty Cobb, July 23, 1910
prodigious repeated attendance. The roar of the crowd
comprised a great baseball ���Amen.��� Whether during personal or national distress, baseball was and still is a great
diversion and allegory for success. In Kreindler���s paintings that incorporate images of the stands, this palpable
relationship between the players and fans is sensed.
Each of Kreindler���s paintings of a critical baseball figure
or event is accompanied by a gazette-like text explaining
the background and significance of what is depicted. Every picture tells a story and Kreindler takes pains to amplify, in words, the true stories his images recount. This
clarity of both painting and text is refreshing in a latterHYLAND
