“He found the Yankees. Mickey Mantle became his favorite player. And that’s how he really began to learn about America. He learned English and made friends because of baseball.”
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“I loved those cards when I was 9, 10, 11, 12 years old,” says Marq Evans (’03 Busi.), who rediscovered his old Diamond Kings in June 2022 when his son Jude, then 12, “started falling in love with baseball.” #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/co... #TheDiamondKing #DiamondKings
Dick Perez stands in front of some of his baseball paintings.
When he was 6, his mom sent him to America to live with distant relatives in Harlem. That’s where he fell in love with baseball. “He found the Yankees. ... He learned English and made friends because of baseball.”
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Marq Evans
"The Diamond King" is Evans’s third feature-length documentary.
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The first in my series the Donruss Diamond Kings as we await the April 25 release of the Dick Perez biopic #TheDiamondKing. @marqevans.bsky.social www.si.com/collectibles...
I’m thrilled to announce THE DIAMOND KING, my documentary about legendary baseball artist Dick Perez, will be released digitally on VOD platforms Friday, April 25. Check out the brand new official trailer! youtu.be/caA-3ls5y3M
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Don’t miss your chance to own a copy of the poster I designed for the #SABR52 screening of #TheDiamondKing, a film about legendary sports artist #DickPerez! LE 100.
I was honored to be trusted with this project and the highly guarded Perez-Steele font!
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