Summer '61 by frogdot
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Back then, we slept with doors unlocked and my hero, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs. They put an asterisk next to his name after that. He didn't deserve it.
Today, it seems like some sports heroes need asterisks too, but they deserve theirs.
***
wall textures from chemicalstudios
Comments (16)
Excellent in simplicity, and message. I could not agree more. Used to be athletes did it for the love of the game. No longer is that true. Just another sign of simple times gone by.
Love the simplicity of this one. Isn't it funny that no one even challenged Maris for so long and then all of a sudden there were two players racing against each other in the same year to break his record! This was soon after Baseball's last strike and fan enthusiasm was down and they wanted to find a way to revive ticket sales. So they looked the other way while players downed steriods and probably used corked bats too. It's also funny that in the last two years things have quieted back down record breaking wise, but that's OK with the baseball officials because the fan money is now pouring in to the ballparks again. Sosa, McQuire and Bonds may have hits more homers than Maris, but they haven't broken his record, as far as I'm concerned.
Nice work ! Amen to the sentiment. Remember a guy named Frank Howard ?
very nice. I like minimalistic looking pictures like this.
Bright, bold. The siding from the house to the stairs seems really disproportionate.
Wow, this image rocks out loud, awesome job!
Excellent surrealism (Baseball: is that something like rounders? :-o
Cool work, the simplicity works well.
hello, fantastic expression !!! surreal element and real look are sublime .. superb
The image speaks volumes...great image.
Wonderful! I so enjoy your style & mind!
beautiful
That grass is fantastic...love the light direction on the windows. So true the tale...sigh (=
Simply excellent.
Ahh... the good old days! Looks cool.
Very cool, and I love the beach feeling you get from it...