All one needs to add to this gruesomely realistic Mark Ulriksen cover is that the depicted stadium action is probably in the first inning, and that there will be another slovenly Sox run or two, and that the Yankees’ response will be trifling and insufficient. The Yanks’ pitching has been O.K., but the pinstripes habitually fall behind in the early going and can barely score at all. Yet, this drawing is prettier than anything seen in the Bronx so far this spring, so why not enjoy it? Ars Longa, the dazzling rookie Dominican Yankee lefty, is worth waiting for.
Cover Story: Mark Ulriksen’s “Baseball Ballet”
