David Ortiz got to meet his LEGO likeness today when the 6' 7" statue was unveiled for LEGO Day at Fenway Park.
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An original exhibition, <italics>Big Leagues, Little Bricks</italics>, featuring amazing sculptures, portraits and stadium replicas created with LEGO bricks is now open at Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and runs through Sept. 2. The exhibition showcases renowned artist Sean Kenney, one of only 13 LEGO Certified Professionals in the world. Here are a few of Kenney's pieces, along with other instances of LEGO in Sports.
Photo: Courtesy of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Wrigley Field
Photo: Courtesy of Sean Kenney.com and Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso Ferrari Formula One Car
Photo: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images
Franz Beckenbauer, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, Johan Crujff, Gerd Mueller, and Pele
Photo: Diether Endlicher/AP
LEGO in Sports
After a costly base-running blunder earlier in the game, Rougned Odor more than made up for it with this walk-off blast. And the folks in the Rangers' dugout were pumped:
.@RougnedOdor eats 97 mph fastballs for breakfast: https://t.co/V3hzpr5lp0 #Walkoff pic.twitter.com/5fTVp2dTbZ
— MLB (@MLB) August 31, 2016
The dinger also validated the tough-love teachings of Adrian Beltre, who jokingly slapped Odor earlier in the game for his bad baserunning.
Or best pitcher catch ever?
Spin for serve pic.twitter.com/xMMWmYGwPF
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) August 30, 2016
(Photo credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
