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If anyone ever decides to make a statue of me I give them full poetic license to give me hair..
That's true. Happens in movies too. In Field of Dreams, I can't get past the fact that Shoeless Joe Jackson is shown batting right-handed and speaking in no way like a country boy from Greenville, SC, would have a century ago.
This often happens with art. I am an avid hunter and when I see sculptures and paintings of deer, elk, etc. I have to wonder if the artist ever spent an hour in the woods.
Best nature artist I know started out doing taxidermy. It shows in his work.
I think the statue is incredibly accurate. IMHO, pictures on the internet do not do it justice. Couple of examples of Hank's moment of contact.
I believe that the Aaron statue is supposed to be his 715th home run. Below is a photo of that, and it's very similar to the statue, although the bat might need to be tilted slightly higher. It appears that the artist chose to stick a ball onto Hank's bat, making it the moment of contact, when in fact the ball had begun to travel into space. That's where the main Hanson violation occurs.
And I want to add that I simply find the statue a little amusing. I wasn't saying I didn't like the statue. As a Braves fan and native Georgian, I'm proud of Hank and very pleased that he was on hand to witness this statue's unveiling. He's a treasure. I'm sure the statue will grow to be that also.
If you haven't already, I think when you see it in person, you may gain more appreciation for the level of detail the artist included in this statue. This thread prompted me to read a few articles on the statue, and one mentioned the artist had previously done a portrait of Hank, which is now in the Smithsonian... So i googled, and... well check this out... that is not a photograph, it's an oil painting.