Signed by Kansas City to a minor league contract on 7/28 and added to the 60-man player pool. Had his contract selected by the Royals on 8/19, his fourth different MLB team in his career. Each of his seven appearances was 3.0 innings-or-less. Made four starts (seven appearances) for Kansas City, posting a 0-3 record with an 11.57 ERA (15 ER/11.2 IP) and 10 strikeouts. 7 overall) of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft.Attended the University of North Carolina.Signed by Marlin McPhail.Participated in a Kids Holiday Shopping Spree, 12/14/16 in College Point, Queens, helping children pick out holiday gifts for themselves and their families.Received the 2013 Ben Mondor New England Player of the Year Award at Boston Baseball Writers Dinner. ISBN:3-8228-8188-0.Originally selected by the New York Mets in the first round (No. Taschen has published several books featuring the work of Elmer Batters. Navy's experimental Skyrocket supersonic plane program of the 1950s. Today, original photographic prints by Batters fetch up to $1,500 among fetish-art collectors.īatters' military career is mentioned briefly in the out-of-print nonfiction book The Lonely Sky by test pilot William Bridgeman. ![]() Taschen became acquainted with Batters' work in Leg Show magazine, where editor Dian Hanson introduced a new generation of fetishists to his photos during the 1980s and 1990s. Near the end of his life, Batters was rediscovered by German publisher Benedikt Taschen, who produced three books of his work, including From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose and Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune. ![]() Yeah, she was a tease but isn't every woman worth a damn?"Īs a foot-fetish pioneer starting in the 1950s, Batters helped make this formerly closeted field of sexual interest more acceptable. ![]() Even back in the unliberated (years) when these photos where taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men * over her. Her face seduces me even now-these 25 years later as it has seduced thousands of you. I think love or even sexual attraction comes from the sparkle in a girl's eyes, the lift of her eyebrow, and the way her lips curl into that provocative smirk that hooks a man's soul like a hapless mackerel. But are these things what make us love a woman? I think not. She also has a beautiful set of full shapely legs, firm and thrusting t., and delicate, high-arch feet. Caruschka has charisma, though she still shines through. Kinda hard to believe these days I know she is a little heavier than the fashion. No girl in the history of my leg-art business has attracted so many admirers as she. "When I say Caruschka was my favorite model," Batters once wrote, "I don't just mean me. Several photo shoots featured the chubby, attractive Caruschka on a garden swing displaying her pe*e feet in cl*ic foot-fetish "Andalusian-fan" poses, as well as exhibiting a set of fine high arches and well-formed calves. Little is known about the model's life, but Batters was smitten with her, as were his fans. One of Batters' favorite fetish models was a Rubenesque woman named Caruschka. He paved the way for such critically acclaimed modern foot-fetish photographers as Ed Fox and Johnny Jaan. Since the early 1960s, his work was featured in magazines such as Sheer Delight, Black Silk Stockings, Leg-O-Rama, Nylon Doubletake, and Tip Top, to name but a few. In 1956, he founded and published Man's Favorite Pastime, which was the first leg-art magazine. Careerīatters started out publishing his photographs himself. He also served on the USS Sunfish (SS-281) from April 1943 until April 1944, and became a Yeoman 1st Cl*. ![]() He served on the USS Sperry (AS-12) from May 1942 until September 1942 and the USS Silversides (SS-236) from September 1942 to April 1943. He enlisted in the United States Navy on Decemfrom Los Angeles, California. Early lifeīatters was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elmer Albert Batters (Novem– June 25, 1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet, placing him ahead of his time in popularizing foot fetishism imagery as erotic entertainment.
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