N.L. Wildcard Edition
PNC park in Pittsburgh is home to 4 statues of great Pirates players (5 if you count the sculpture of Ralph Kiner's hands), Roberto Clemente, Honus Wagner, Bill Mazeroski, and Willie Stargell. There is a bust of former Pirates president, Carl Barger and 5 statues of Negro League players who were members of the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays; Cool Papa Bell, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston. With so many greats to choose from, I had to go with the first guy I associate with the Pirates, Roberto Clemente.
In San Francisco's AT&T Park there are statues of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda. They also have a statue of a seal. This is a nod to San Francisco's minor league team from 1903-1957. The statue of Willie McCovey sits, of course, on McCovey Cove.
I stand by my statement yesterday, this concept absolutely MUST be in a Topps set.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Great concept.
ReplyDeleteThese statue cards are awesome. As a huge fan of the Cleveland Indians, I hope you may be able to do the statues of the Indians in the same format some day. The Indians currently have 3 statues at/in the park now, Bob Feller, Frank Robinson And Jim Thome.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work. I love this site.