Ballpark Statues:

[clydepepper]

With my attention to the new Hall-of-Famers, I was surprised to see that Harold Baines had a statue.

I, then, decided to search for images of other Ballpark Statues. In doing so, I finally saw the unusual statues outside National's Park.



I recall the Astros erecting statues of both Biggio and Bagwell at the same time, and then, IMO, sweating out Bagwell's delayed election.



Now, I realize that you don't have to be a Hall-of-Famer to have a statue made of you and displayed outside a stadium, but I do wonder:

1.) What do you think of the statues that are currently displayed around the Majors either at the ballpark or located in close proximity?

2.) What's your opinion of the type 'motion' art-style used in the Walter Johnson, Josh Gibson and Frank Howard statues in Washington?

3.) Which statue currently displayed is your favorite?

4.) Whose statue would you like to see added to the current group.

HAROLD BAINES with Statue.jpg

WALTER JOHNSON STATUE at Nationals Park.jpg

[frankbmd]

1. Statuesque.

2. Never knew Wajo had four arms.

3. Lambeau Field (a curve ball) features Lambeau and Lombardi

4. Mike Trout and Tim Salmon in an aquarium.

[dgo71]

Having seen the statues at Nationals Park up close and in person, I found them to be quite offputting. The Clemente and Stargell statues at the Pirates stadium are iconic.

[clydepepper]

Can anyone identify these players?


@ StL
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@ Philly?
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@StL?
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must be @ Tex
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[BearBailey]

The statues at Camden yards are all great, palmers leg kick, Brooks stretched out as the human vacuum cleaner. Most stadiums have impressive statues, I am not a fan of those at the Nationals.

[clydepepper]

I believe the first two are located in St. Louis, the third one in Philadelphia, and the last one in Texas.

Anyone recognize them? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Majestic]

The first photo (closeup of face) is Rogers Hornsby

[The-Cardfather]

[QUOTE=clydepepper;1835578
1.) What do you think of the statues that are currently displayed around the Majors either at the ballpark or located in close proximity?

3.) Which statue currently displayed is your favorite?
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I don't know if I have a favorite, but I do have a least favorite (AKA: The Worst). It's the Ralph Kiner statue on display at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (I guess they only had enough money for the artist to sculpt just his hands.

[steve B]

My favorite is only sort of at a ballpark.

Cy Young at the location of the pitchers mound Huntington Avenue Grounds.
On the campus of Northeastern University.

[gonzo]

1.) What do you think of the statues that are currently displayed around the Majors either at the ballpark or located in close proximity?

Fewer is better - I’d rather see 3 or 4 historically-important figures than 9 or 10 fan favorites.


2.) What's your opinion of the type 'motion' art-style used in the Walter Johnson, Josh Gibson and Frank Howard statues in Washington?

Not fond of them, though I can kind of see why someone thought it would be cool.


3.) Which statue currently displayed is your favorite?

As a Cubs fan myself, it has to be the Harry Caray statue outside Wrigley, for a couple of reasons:

- people keep putting cans of Budweiser in Harry’s outstretched hand, which seems natural to me.

- if you look near his feet, you’ll see what I can only imagine is a statement on the “middle century” of Cubs history - the souls of generations of Cubs fans, trapped in cheerful despair.


4.) Whose statue would you like to see added to the current group.

It’s not practical, but a statue of Connie Mack sitting in the Athletics dugout for all time would make me smile.

[Big Six]

A couple of my favorites...






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[CobbSpikedMe]

My best friend sculpted this Ted Williams statue that is outside of Fenway.


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[barrysloate]

MCU Park, home of the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones (NY Mets), has a wonderful bronze statue of Pee Wee Reese with his arm around Jackie Robinson's shoulder. I don't have a picture of it but maybe someone else does. I make sure to pass it every time I go to a Cyclone's game.

[The-Cardfather]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

MCU Park, home of the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones (NY Mets), has a wonderful bronze statue of Pee Wee Reese with his arm around Jackie Robinson's shoulder. I don't have a picture of it but maybe someone else does. I make sure to pass it every time I go to a Cyclone's game.

I got these off the internet. A great statue.

As a side note; When MCU Park first opened it was called Keyspan Park and had a mini museum dedicated to Brooklyn baseball (mostly the Brooklyn Dodgers).
I can't seem to find any more information on it, so I'm guessing that it closed.
Does anyone know anything about it?

[JollyElm]

McCovey Cove in SF...

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[Jim65]

Not baseball but my fave is the statue outside the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ of Marty Brodeur

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Not baseball but my fave is the statue outside the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ of Marty Brodeur

That is a thing of beauty Jim.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

That is a thing of beauty Jim.

It sure is.

[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

My best friend sculpted this Ted Williams statue that is outside of Fenway.


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Seriously?! Thats my favourite statue and was going to post it when I saw this thread. Very cool!

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

Seriously?! Thats my favourite statue and was going to post it when I saw this thread. Very cool!

That's awesome that you really like that sculpture. His name is Kevin Malko and we grew up across the street from each other in Jersey. I'm jealous of him for making a living with his art. He's very talented though so he deserves all his success.

[tachyonbb]

This is the Road to Omaha statue outside T D Ameritrade Park in Omaha. It was done by John Labja, a local artist. It was originally in front of Rosenblatt. A smaller version is given the the most valuable player in the CWS.
I have known John for a lot of years. He also does the Harley Earl replica for the Daytona 500 champion and did the Dale Earnhardt statue outside the race track.