Assuming this is true, then I believe that my $75 membership fee was enough of a donation.
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I think it makes sense that Joe Morgan would be portrayed stealing a base. All the BRM guys were hitters, but only Morgan made second base nearly automatic if he reached first. If my memory serves correctly, whenever he was on first the television screen was nearly always split between the center field camera pointing in at the pitcher/batter and Morgan taking his lead.
Third base. He would have to be diving into 3rd.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7PQktzqNeu.../pete-rose.jpg
http://media.nj.com/dorfman/photo/pe...2c83_large.jpg
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/p...0101002jga.jpg
I guess home works too.
http://www.sportsblink.com/product_i...ph-3325388.jpg
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/files...-headfirst.jpg
Anything less than a statue of Rose bowling over Ray Fosse, would be unjust.
I agree with the head first slide...but seriously...how do you make that a statue? Something has to connect to the base of it.
The proposed statue doesn't exactly scream "Joe Morgan" to me.
I still think having him in the act of stealing is fine, but at the same time the prototype shown is pretty mundane. Having him in the act of making his jump...or in his lead-off, with both feet on the turf would be more uniquely Morgan-esque. Him in a batting stance is not very unique, but the picture cited above conjures Joe Morgan, possibly because it was a poster (which I had on my bedroom wall!).
Part of the problem with Morgan is there is not really an iconic image of him that easily translates his moment or skill set that can be put into a sculpture. The strongest image is the arm movement. In terms of photos these are the three that come to mind.
The first is him after swinging and there are a number of similar ones to this:
http://bonanzasports.net/published/p...x10-02_enl.jpg
Then there is the 75 series.
http://sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-co...975-Series.jpg
And lastly:
http://bapple2286.files.wordpress.co...rgan-photo.jpg
One thought is that they could just do either the 75 or 76 team either in lineup or celebrating.
http://www.posters.ws/images/410497/...elebration.jpg
http://www.grandstandsports.com/images/50782.jpg Add Sparky to that one of course.
http://madeira.hccanet.org/project2_...ed-machine.jpg
You mean like this?
http://mlbmemories.com/wp-content/up...022-165013.jpg