Baseball: Batter connects

No idea on the artist either, but that's a wild and explosive background. It has the feel of a war cover more than a sport one. Interesting contrast of the looseness of the figures in a muted palette, against the explosion of colour behind.

That background emphasizes the intensity of the moment. Perhaps the explosive coloring could be taken as a play on the phrases "he has a bazooka for an arm" or "he really blasted that one".

I may end up giving this one to my son. He's moving to Baltimore soon, is getting into the idea of following baseball, and attended his first MLB game a few days ago (though not in Baltimore.) He said he was going to buy some things to put on his new walls. This can get him started.

Very cool showing a passion for the game by painting this in the abstract style on purpose.  It keeps the players and team a mystery so it can appeal to every fan.  

Initially the abstract loosely lined figures threw me off the painting. But the more I looked at it, the more the undefined linework drew me into the pictures. And the colors too.