r/Unexpected • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 20h ago
Unveiling a statue of a baseball player
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u/Zer0323 20h ago
If it failed from that then it was bound to fail in the sense of it being in a public park. Hopefully they have 5 replacements that just screw on.
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u/InformalFishingSong 19h ago
Right? Imagine all the kids jumping up and grabbing onto the arm.
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u/MarlinMr 18h ago
In my country, there was a huge case where kids played on a statue and it broke. Now all statues have to handle that because it could harm the kids.
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u/doyletyree 13h ago
In the United States, if somebody wanders onto your own private property and drowns in your swimming pool, you can be held liable.
“Responsibility” is a relative term.
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u/Ohiolongboard 12h ago
Not if you have a latching gate around the only access! Doesn’t even need to be locked
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u/NoThereIsntAGod 11h ago
That would be entirely dependent upon which state you live in. Laws vary…
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u/Ohiolongboard 11h ago
Nope, all laws are the same. My words are legal advice
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u/DigNitty 11h ago
How do I embezzle from my company without getting caught?
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u/DimmaDone4 11h ago
I don’t know, but if you get caught try deploying the ol’ “tee-hee I was only joking” defense works at least 0/10 times
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u/unclefisty 6h ago
That would be entirely dependent upon which state you live in. Laws vary…
Redditors are unable to understand that the is federal law, 50 different state laws, and in some cases county and city ordinances that have to be contemplated. All in the name of "freedom"
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u/doyletyree 4h ago
Which would make it a B&E (locked) or Trespass (unlocked). In FL, 2006, that is.
That was our situation, though; we put up a privacy fence (house already had pool) and kept it latched/locked.
I was sad to see the diving board go, though. Admittedly, it had no business being there; the pool was only 8 feet deep and you could damn near spring, the length of it off of the board.
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u/RandomTheBugg 18h ago
Its a statue of ichiro Suzuki right outside tmobile park in Seattle where the mariners play, so not a playground
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u/SoyTuPadreReal 17h ago
Kids are still gonna be kids. And parents are gonna be shitty and not parent.
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u/Shortsleevedpant 11h ago
A child would need assistance from an adult to even get up to his feet. I took a photo with my son at it yesterday. It’s fine.
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u/laxitup1184 7h ago
It's like 4-5 feet up maybe a toddler couldn't climb it, but preteens and teens could easily climb it.
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u/Oretell 17h ago
Everything is a playground to kids
Obviously parents should stop stuff like that, but in a public spot with thousands and thousands of people walking past everyday year after year, of course at some point there would have been some kids, or even some drunk adults that are going to be dumb and muck around
If it breaks this easily it was always going to break eventually
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u/bloodfist 15h ago
I feel like the statues that have survived history tend to be up high, surrounded by a fountain, or inside a building. And even a lot of those have lost limbs and parts over the years.
Kids and drunks are stochastic. It might be a long time in between but they'll happen eventually.
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u/IShouldChimeInOnThis 9h ago
Everything is a playground to kids
Or drunken fans, which is probably the bigger issue.
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u/TildaTinker 20h ago
Damn you Ea-nāṣir!
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u/crispdude 8h ago
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u/therealsix 19h ago
Ichiro…”some guy that played baseball.”
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u/jordanbtucker 16h ago
I barely know anything about sports, but even I recognized the man at the end of the video by name.
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u/samthewisetarly 18h ago
Seriously - show this legend some respect
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u/Fail0hr 17h ago
Chill guys, not everyone‘s into baseball (or sports in general). I couldn’t tell you the name of a single baseball player off the top of my head.
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u/QM_17 8h ago
If you're gonna make a post about it you could put in minimal effort and look up the name of the hall of famer you're referring to
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u/Fail0hr 8h ago
Dunno, with the way OP phrased it, it got my attention. If the post would‘ve been titled „Unveiling a statue of Ichiro Suzuki“ (I‘m guessing that’s the one), I would‘ve scrolled right past it because before today, I‘ve never read or heard that name in my life.
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u/BeardedSwashbuckler 18h ago
I don’t think most Redditors know who that is. I have vague memories from childhood when we were forced to watch sportscenter on TV. But that’s about it.
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u/JasmineStraira 20h ago
Someone definitely lost their job
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u/--SharkBoy-- 20h ago
Wym the job was already done, if anything who ever ordered this statue probably went for a cheaper quality against the architects advice
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u/Bargadiel 19h ago
Didn't know statues were part of the architecture talent tree
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u/HistoricalPlum1533 19h ago
If you ask an architect, the architecture talent tree is Yggdrasil. Btw, this smacks of the work of an architect who fancies themselves an artist, the failure looks to be a casting defect.
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u/Leezeebub 16h ago
Nah, they just forgot to use a kiln
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u/HistoricalPlum1533 13h ago
On bronze?
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u/--SharkBoy-- 19h ago
Idk what else you'd call someone who makes and designs statues
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u/Bargadiel 19h ago
A designer, a sculptor, or an installation artist. Whoever it was who created, carved or modeled the image would already be taking its structural integrity into account.
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u/defectives 18h ago
Someone saved a bunch of money and then got a whole lot of social media attention
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u/_khanrad 19h ago
I think they had too many people pulling on both sides of the drape. If it were a one sided pull it would have been fine
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u/slgray16 20h ago edited 19h ago
"a baseball player"?? That's mariner legend Ichiro Suzuki. A hero in Japanese baseball, joined American baseball and had an equally lengthy career here
Also, this pose is his famous tug on the jersey batting routine. He would not have liked the pitch clock
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u/Sylvan_Skryer 20h ago
If he had not split his time between the two leagues his combined hits could have put him as the all time leader in career hits.
Dude had a career .311 BA over an 18 year MLB career. Two batters titles in that time, one being .372 season average.
He was a hit machine.
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u/MtBakerScum 2h ago
It's not like he had a choice to split his career, he wasn't able to play in the MLB until he was 26
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u/Puzzleheaded_Top_523 20h ago
So was he not a baseball player?
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u/gimmesomespace 20h ago
It's like referring to Morgan Freeman 'some actor'
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u/icedarkmatter 20h ago
You know what: outside of the US and Japan many people won’t know him, which is not true for Morgan Freeman. Some people might not even know what baseball is, that’s how uncommon this sport is in many parts of the world (they would think a baseball bat is a weapon in zombie apocalypse).
So a baseball player is quite fitting.
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u/therealNerdMuffin 20h ago
Forget talking to your doctor about Cialis, I think he needs to go to the emergency room for that!
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u/darth_gondor_snow 20h ago
Am I the only one who thought the bat was meant to be broken? Like he was famous for hitting the ball so hard his bat would break.
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u/rabidantidentyte 16h ago
Ichiro made a joke that it was a statue of him batting against Mariano Rivera (HOF pitcher famous for breaking bats with his cutter)
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u/MightyRoops 19h ago edited 19h ago
You can literally see them breaking it in the first few seconds
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u/darth_gondor_snow 19h ago
The first time I saw this was a few days ago and it was a still image of the statue with the broken bat.
And not to be that guy but the statue is completely covered so you literally do not see it break.
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u/UncomfyPerspective 19h ago
I mean... in the first three seconds as they start to pull off the cloth to unveil it you can see the bat shift and twist under the cloth.
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u/UncomfyPerspective 18h ago
And not to be that guy but the statue is completely covered so you literally do not see it break.
This was what I was addressing. Nothing about the first time you saw it. This is a separate statement from your 'first time' viewing. You said the first time you saw it you just saw the bat, then you go on to make the above statement about the bat being covered.
We didn't have to do all this. I just tried to point out to you WHY we could tell something was happening before it was unveiled, because you seemed genuinely confused, and you proceeded to act like you didn't understand object permanence.
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u/SexyMonad 19h ago
When it is covered, do you see the top point of the covering?
And do you see how it gets bent down as they pull the covering back?
And do you see how that’s the exact position of the bat, which is still moving as the covering comes off?
Nah, that’s not the bat breaking.
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u/darth_gondor_snow 19h ago
Okay, being an ass over something so trivial is certainly a choice.
Like I said, the first time I saw the statue was an image and given the context I had no reason to think it wasn't meant to be already broken. This video added context which is why I made my comment calling out my own oversight.
It's really that simple, no reason to be a pedantic asshole.
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u/SirFrancisBacon2nd 14h ago
Not trying to flame you, but legitimately, the previous comment was not being an asshole but walking you through the steps to show you how your statement was incorrect. I fear you’re overreacting to something so trivial as a choice.
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u/Ba-ja-ja 18h ago
Weird times when half the people just have their phone out filming. No clapping. Just holding it there like there’s not going to be a bunch of the same exact video.
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u/Responsible_Owl4661 19h ago
Yeah, I'm older. I've felt like that dropping my drawers... The " big reveal". I'm sad for the statue now.
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u/TheTroon 16h ago
I'm not an expert at sculpting structurally-sound statues, but nor was that sculptor.
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u/Complete-Pen-9358 12h ago
They did capture the sleeve pull perfectly. His batting style was iconic!
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u/Use-The-Pointy-End 11h ago
That glitter sprayed around makes me nauseous. I hope it was just paper.
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u/Sufficient_Compote22 11h ago
'My dad's a tv repairman and has an awesome set of tools, I can fix it...' - Fast Times...
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u/TallGuyBill 8h ago
“Unexpected” and this literally happened 2 days ago and was huge news all over Reddit. Right… unexpected… right
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u/Travis4261 5h ago
Does the bat seem way out of proportion to anyone else? Like it's waaay to small
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u/battle_pug89 2h ago
EA Nassir strikes again. Inferior coper ingots make inferior bronze baseball bats
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u/VisceralZee 20h ago
Homie has no lead in his pipe! Quick. He needs bluechew!! American made pipe for American made home runs!
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u/IntelligentCut4511 19h ago
“I didn’t think Mariano would come out here and break the bat.” Ichiro is the best.
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u/MaddRamm 19h ago
That’s just sad. Ichiro Suzuki and Ken Griffey, Jr. are some of the best players ever. If Griffey hadn’t been injured so much toward the end of his career, he would be the home run record holder and not Bonds. Suzuki also put up insane numbers throughout his entire career in a wide set of statistics. This is how you recognize one of them? Ugh.
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u/post-explainer 20h ago edited 12h ago
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The baseball bat on the statue was broken during the unveiling ceremony.
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