[photo courtesy ESPN.com and the AP]
“A LIFE IS NOT IMPORTANT EXCEPT IN THE IMPACT IT HAS ON OTHER LIVES.” – Jackie Robinson
Today seems to be baseball day as today is 60 years of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier and today’s A Photo A Day is baseball themed. There is so much to say about Jackie Robinson as a person and a baseball player, and many people who have much better credentials than me, has, so I will leave it to them to speak on my behalf. Let me just say, he AND his wife are/were amazing people and hopefully, that in light of everything that has happened with the Don Imus situation, we can continue to make progress in this great country of ours.
Regarding my photo for today, my mother and I headed to Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland to see the play, Hay Fever. After realizing that the scenery around the playhouse was riddled with too much construction, we headed to Jacobs Field for today’s photo opportunity. Outside the E 9th Gate, there is a statue of the one and only Bob Feller. I do not remember exactly what the base of the statue says, but I am pretty sure it is similar to what is on his Hall of Fame plaque:
ROBERT WILLIAM ANDREW FELLER
CLEVELAND A.L. 1936 TO 1941
1945 TO 1956
PITCHED 3 NO-HIT GAMES IN A.L.,
12 ONE HIT GAMES.
SET MODERN STRIKEOUT RECORD WITH 18 IN GAME, 348 FOR SEASON.
LED A.L. IN VICTORIES 6 (ONE TIE) SEASONS.
LIFETIME RECORD: WON 266, LOST 162,
P.C. 621,
E.R. AVERAGE 3.25,
STRUCKOUT 2581.
I attempted to take the statue at such an angle that the bright blue sky would appear in the background and give the affect that Feller was floating. I believe I somewhat accomplished that task. If I were one to crop photos, or even retouch photos, I would delete the flag pole from the image. However, I like to leave my photographs untouched, so therefore, the flag pole has remained in the image.
Hopefully this image is a little bit different than the other one’s I have taken for A Photo A Day. Enjoy it, and until tomorrow…
