Jim Rice 1979 Baseball Illustrated Magazine Cover
Description
A color slide of the cover of the 1979 Baseball Illustrated magazine featuring a full-length photograph of Jim Rice posing in his batting stance. Rice is wearing a Boston Red Sox home uniform. He is looking to his left over his front shoulder toward where a pitcher would be. The cover includes several article headlines that read, "In-depth analysis of every major league club plus predicted outcome of all divisional races", Special feature Pete Rose challenges Phillies to follow him to World Series", Color pinups Ron Guidry Tom Seaver Jim Palmer Vida Blue", "N.Y. Yankees Star-studded staff powers drive to third straight title", "Close-up MVP's Dave Parker Jim Rice", Bullpen brigade baseball's top relief aces", "Jim Rice Record smashing Red Sox strongman", and "Special 1978 season recap Final standings Individual leaders All-star teams All-rookie picks."
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Picture Date
1979–1979