Still Photography Winners: Team Sports Action

1st Place: An off- speed pitch drops towards home plate as Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Wells follows through against a Baltimore Orioles batter (out of frame) during game play Sept. 25, 2005 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Single frames were shot from a position behind the backstop, anticipating the track of each pitch photographed as it dropped through the strike zone.

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