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Rangers to honor fallen fan and son with statue..thoughts?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by printdust, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    A plaque? Sure. A statue? Seems a bit much.
     
  2. printdust

    printdust New Member

    Atheists think those crosses on the side soil taxpayer's property.
    Poignant reminders of driving carelessly is more to the point, though.
     
  3. TwoGloves

    TwoGloves Well-Known Member

    Well, the Unknown Soldier is in a cemetery dedicated to fallen military members, not at a baseball stadium.
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Well, obviously I understand that distinction.

    How is it relevant in this case?

    The point is that we often use individuals as a symbol of much more.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Really?

    On this thread?

    Really?
     
  6. Brian

    Brian Well-Known Member

    I don't know about this one. There should be a stature of Nolan Ryan holding Robin Ventura in a headlock at Arlington, though. I'm 100 percent behind that one.
     
  7. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    I swear I've read stories about that, but I couldn't find any with a quick Google search.
     
  8. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Overkill.

    Teams are so PR conscious that every event now has to be turned into some image-polishing event.
     
  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Take a look at the monstrosity of patches the Royals are wearing this year...

    Sports teams have gone crazy with commemorating. Lute and Bobbi Olsen Court at McKale Center? Arizona's baseball stadium is called, get this: Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium.

    It all becomes white noise after a while.
     
  10. doubledown68

    doubledown68 Active Member

    A better tribute would be dropping 200K into a trust fund for the boy.
     
  11. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    A statue of a man with his son, attending a game, would be sort of iconic for the sport and I'd understand its place outside any of the shrine-like stadiums in professional baseball.
    If that's the theme, I'm for it.
     
  12. This.

    Let's leave statues to SEC football programs. Now that's ridiculous.
     
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