The Player
The Player, bronze statue by George Lundeen at the entrance to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies baseball team, Denver, Colorado.
The Rotary Club of Denver donated the 9-foot, 6-inch tall statue, atop a four-foot granite base, entitled "The Player." It's the same figure that it awarded, in a much smaller size, to the recipient of the Branch Rickey Award, which honors the Major League player who best exemplifies the Rotary's motto of "service over self."
Branch Rickey invented baseball's modern farm system and helped lay the groundwork for modern scouting and statistical analysis. But he is known best for signing Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers, an action that helped bring down the color barrier in the Major Leagues. (Source: Colorado Rockies)
The Player
The Player, bronze statue by George Lundeen at the entrance to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies baseball team, Denver, Colorado.
The Rotary Club of Denver donated the 9-foot, 6-inch tall statue, atop a four-foot granite base, entitled "The Player." It's the same figure that it awarded, in a much smaller size, to the recipient of the Branch Rickey Award, which honors the Major League player who best exemplifies the Rotary's motto of "service over self."
Branch Rickey invented baseball's modern farm system and helped lay the groundwork for modern scouting and statistical analysis. But he is known best for signing Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers, an action that helped bring down the color barrier in the Major Leagues. (Source: Colorado Rockies)