If he has some free time this weekend, Dodgers pitcher Joe Blanton could walk out of the team hotel in San Francisco, hop onto the subway and take a 30-minute ride to Walnut Creek to see an exhibition of photography.
He’s in it.
Blanton, 35, is one of the star subjects of “Fantasy Life,” which tells the story of the Oakland Athletics’ 2002 draft class in images rather than statistics. The photos reveal the vulnerability of players trying to navigate a career path in which fame and fortune turn out to be the exception.
“It’s pretty neat,” Blanton said.