{"id":5999,"date":"2024-10-10T13:51:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/?page_id=5999"},"modified":"2024-10-10T17:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:28:40","slug":"pete-rose-statue-proof","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Rose Statue Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5999\" class=\"elementor elementor-5999\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f99f59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f99f59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2dd523 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2dd523\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b68aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2b68aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:right;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:left;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h1 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Pete Rose Statue Proof<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435d9c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"435d9c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>After the Philadelphia (PA, USA) Phillies baseball team won the 1980 World Series, I made a series of three sculptures: Pete Rose, Julius \u201cDr. J\u201d Erving, and Bobby Clark\u2026 of the Phillies, 76&#8217;ers basketball team, and Flyers hockey team respectively. The only one that survives is Pete.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56ab30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a56ab30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/copper.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6001\" alt=\"Pete Rose Sculpture in stone, with bronze\/copper metal coating\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/copper.jpg 542w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/copper-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e9ea4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02e9ea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dramatic, Daring, Athletic<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8772e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8772e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">It was created somewhere around 1980\u201385 and finalized in stone duplicates in 2003. I always hoped \u2014 and still hope to this day in 2024 \u2014 to have it made into an \u2018heroic-sized\u2019 statue, whether in Philadelphia or Cincinnati. In 2018 a somewhat similar statue was in fact made and placed outside the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. So it&#8217;s now only logical to hope that my version of Pete&#8217;s iconic slide goes in Philly.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">You might notice the hands (with gloves on) are a bit bulky and crude. I think this casting might even have sustained a break in a finger or two, but in either case the fingers are intentionally thick to try to minimize such breakage in the stone castings. In bronze, which would not be as vulnerable, the artwork could be more accurate, with thinner fingers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae51af2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae51af2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7fe92a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7fe92a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Details<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b9553 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34b9553\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd5cbd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fd5cbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80a212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e80a212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Original Clay Model<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6312c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6312c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Along the way I showed the original clay model to Pete at an autograph signing in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania some time in the \u201890\u2019s I suppose, and he seemed to like it but nothing came of the brief crossing of paths. My folks subsequently move to Vegas, where Pete routinely signed signatures. I stopped by to revisit the topic with him, showing it to him this time only on an iPad. He was very appreciative and in fact said he thought the pose was more representative of his body of work than the iconic scene of him catching Bob (\u2018Bobble\u2019?) Boone\u2019s bobble in those same \u201980 playoffs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1164893 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1164893\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3666148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3666148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/peteClay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6035\" alt=\"Pete Rose Sculpture in clay\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6e239 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b6e239\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198ec84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"198ec84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652600a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"652600a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Back Detail and Casting List<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f8a15 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7f8a15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"8bac\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph la lb fq lc b ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx fj bk\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">I subsequently sent a casting to Pete, so his family has one. There are only a few others:<\/p><ul class=\"\"><li id=\"c684\" class=\"la lb fq lc b ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx mp mq mr bk\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame has one. At the first ever annual induction meeting of that hall in 2002, I displayed two castings. Both were sold, one by the the Hall of Fame itself.<\/li><li id=\"a20c\" class=\"la lb fq lc b ld ms lf lg lh mt lj lk ll mu ln lo lp mv lr ls lt mw lv lw lx mp mq mr bk\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The other at the HOF meeting was bought by another attendee.<\/li><li id=\"2b07\" class=\"la lb fq lc b ld ms lf lg lh mt lj lk ll mu ln lo lp mv lr ls lt mw lv lw lx mp mq mr bk\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Another was purchased online a few years later by a resident\u00a0 of Mason, Ohio.<\/li><li id=\"c14d\" class=\"la lb fq lc b ld ms lf lg lh mt lj lk ll mu ln lo lp mv lr ls lt mw lv lw lx mp mq mr bk\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The fifth was given in September of 2024 to a great fan of Pete, the owner of The Wellsboro House Restaurant in Wellsboro, PA. This is the last of all the current castings.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef4a19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ef4a19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c51b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12c51b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/number-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6033\" alt=\"Pete Rose Sculpture showing number &quot;14&quot; on back\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/number-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/number.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ac444 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1ac444\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3004509 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3004509\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa9e421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa9e421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Pose from the Philadelphia Journal<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2ef60 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2ef60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pose was imagined from Pete\u2019s inimitable head-first, all-out slide into home, but there was a newspaper image that captured it so perfectly that it became the model, the cover of the short-lived Philadelphia Journal, shown here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d420c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94d420c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d6566f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d6566f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/petePhillyJournal.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6038\" alt=\"Photo from cover of Philadelphia Journal, showing Pete sliding head first\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b1226 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18b1226\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38611bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38611bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0258fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0258fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eating Dirt<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b56f7c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b56f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You try it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27740d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b27740d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de62b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3de62b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_8408-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6031\" alt=\"Photo of Pete scrunching face as he slides head-first into a base\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_8408-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_8408-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_8408-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_8408.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf1d973 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf1d973\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be7f610 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be7f610\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2229e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2229e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stone Casting, Uncoated<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8fd2ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8fd2ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The model sculpture is about 20&#8243; head-to-toe, and 12&#8243; tall. It weighs perhaps 15 pounds in a tough plaster called Drystone, which was used for all of the 5 extant castings.<\/p><p>The base is shaped like home plate, a design I\u2019m very proud of, I must say. It\u2019s named \u201cDetermination,\u201d and the name imagined for the triumvirate with \u2018The Doctor\u201d and Bobby Clarke was to have been &#8220;Courage, Skill, and Determination.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e82a060 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e82a060\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c5590 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7c5590\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PeteFirstProofWhite-300x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6043\" alt=\"Sculpture in uncoated stone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PeteFirstProofWhite-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PeteFirstProofWhite.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a969c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a969c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9089f7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9089f7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a3749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6a3749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Signature Detail<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a7038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4a7038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I think I mistakenly labeled two of the castings &#8220;#1&#8243;&#8230; one of the two sold at the Philly HOF and the one given to Wellsboro. Oops, thus are good stories woven.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583c861 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"583c861\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e7c724 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e7c724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NUM1-300x228.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6032\" alt=\"Engraving on side of base, showing &quot;Determination 2003&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NUM1-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NUM1-1024x779.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NUM1-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NUM1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f916202 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f916202\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e99c2fa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e99c2fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91898d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91898d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Making a \"Heroic\" Sized Statue<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b354a59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b354a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It takes the better part of $100,000 to make one of those stadium sculptures, but I believe it\u2019s a very straightforward process for a foundry to do it from any of the 5 castings. Laran Bronze offered a very rough estimate in 2016, for just the body, not the base: mould \u2014 $ 28,000.00; finished casting in bronze \u2014 $ 36,000.00. I think &#8220;mould&#8221; also implies someone totally creating the full-size &#8220;model,&#8221; which means possibly using a huge pantograph and finishing out the surface details. If that happens after I&#8217;m gone, I&#8217;ll bet the starting place would be an art school, where it might make a great student project.<\/p><p>I imagine funding such a project by donations from the public, with the idea that the actual signatures of the donors would be engraved in the base, in proportion to the amount donated. The base (the home plate shape) would be heightened straight up (visually extruded) approximately 5 feet off the ground, so that photos could be taken beside the statue without obscuring the visitor or the sculpture.\u00a0<\/p><p>Cantilevering? Sure it would be artistically dramatic to fully cantilever the legs, and I&#8217;d explore it but an equally appealing design would be to place supports right below the knees, using likenesses of V-arranged baseball bats, possibly atop a glove on the ground. The drama of full cantilevering is nice, but bats and a glove might be pretty neat looking too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ec937 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5ec937\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cadc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1cadc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd982f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fd982f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flight 1<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5671c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c5671c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Head-on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96a6bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f96a6bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75c080 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a75c080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PETEHORIZ-300x220.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PETEHORIZ-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PETEHORIZ-1024x749.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PETEHORIZ-768x562.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PETEHORIZ.jpeg 1189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d87e58e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d87e58e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d859c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49d859c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f699e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67f699e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flight 2, Bobby Orr<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e390a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e390a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-size: 1rem;\">Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1970.\u00a0<\/span>Check out the look of the St. Louis player. This photo should be in the dictionary for the word &#8220;juxtaposition.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a85973 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a85973\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cbef9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37cbef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ORR-300x222.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ORR-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ORR-1024x757.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ORR-768x568.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ORR.jpeg 1297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222232f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"222232f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbc309 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2dbc309\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4452ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4452ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tom Tsuchiya's Cincinnati Sculpture <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256fcc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256fcc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2017, a large sculpture by of Pete by Tom Tsuchiya was installed at Cincinnati&#8217;s&nbsp;<span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-size: 1rem;\">Great American Ballpark. Tom also<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">&nbsp;created several other works installed at the park and elsewhere in the Cincinnati. It depicts Pete sliding straight into a square base and is 100% cantilevered.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e11801 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e11801\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfd9652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfd9652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenersstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cincy-300x136.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6045\" alt=\"Sculpture by Tom Tsuchiya at Cincinnati&#039;s Great American Ballpark\" 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