BASEBALL COLLECTION

BASEBALL COLLECTION

Rubber band ball photos

Photos of the rubber band ball

early photo of the rubber band ball, circa 1984

with my best friend, Jimmy

working on the ball in my bedroom

not the most comfortable pillow

examining some thick rubber bands

holding the ball, circa 1989

life is hard when you're 13 years old

using the ball for my Math Fair project

wannabe-artsy shot for photography class

struggling to lift it

rubber band ball versus basketball

my siblings Martha and Henry

almost looks like it laid a bunch of eggs

another funky surface pattern

at the Queens Museum of Art

kids adding to the ball at the museum

194 pounds / friend's baby

on the stoop of a building in New York City

Watching Bandball Smarter

sorting out some new rubber bands

filmed at home by a TV crew

closeup of the surface

outside a hotel in Toronto

rolling the ball through the hotel lobby

filmed by the Discovery Channel

pushing the ball up a ramp

finally getting to see it bounce

with TV host Ziya Tong

the highest that anyone was able to lift it

forklift putting the ball back in the car

cousin Nicho whose own rubber band ball inspired me as a kid

with Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th career hit

adding tan bands one pound at a time

one pound of blue bands

one pound of red bands

one pound of green bands

heading to Central Park to film a YouTube video

people adding bands and watching

kids trying to lift the ball

grown-ups lifting it

Swedish tour group enjoying the spectacle

fixing all the twisted bands

unknown activity

dressed for the beach

changing a lightbulb