Tom Seaver's Erection

[kcmets]

Edgy MD wrote: The sculptor speaks to that in the interview. He seems to think it's doable but might be counterproductive.

Right:

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UW:

So here's the million dollar question: Is it possible to fix it, to make the “4” more historically accurate?

WB:

It could be done. It's not easy, though — once something's installed on-site, then it becomes much harder to do than if it were in a foundry setting. It's not unprecedented, but it would be quite a production. The hardest part would be matching the patina.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

I say send it back and order a marble one with the right font!

[Edgy MD]

I'm not a sculptor (and I don't play one on TV), but if you replace both digits, an imperfectly matching patina may be a way to make a virtue of necessity, allowing his number to pop a little, and toss a few chips in the direction of celebrating players through their digits. It's a practice I mostly think has gone way overboard (I mean, Citi's Jackie Robinson sculpture is just a big pair of digits), but if it's likely to be a subtle difference anyhow, and it'll give the back view of the statue a little more to look at. A little color contrast isn't a sin if there's an internal logic to it.



http://offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/images/baseball/Robinson_Brooks_2A.jpg>



(Calbert?)

[seawolf17]

Boston has giant digit statues outside Fenway for all the retired number guys too.

[Fman99]

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Boston has giant digit statues outside Fenway for all the retired number guys too.