{"product_id":"261-the-story-of-greg-luzinski-7-x-10-5-art-print","title":"261. “The Story of Greg Luzinski.\" 7\" x 10.5\" Art Print","description":"\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\" data-editor=\"er9vv\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"er9vv\" data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d9j1f-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"122\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStory \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreg \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuzinski.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"187\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"157\"\u003ePOP FLY X GREG LUZINSKI COLLAB\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"160\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"169\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 x 10.5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"458\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"206\"\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e One week only — pre-order ends Sunday October 25th  at 3 PM PT \/ 6 PM ET\u003cbr data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"268\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Expected to ship approximately 40 to 60 days after the purchase window closes \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eestimated timeframe, not guaranteed) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"400\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"458\"\u003eAutograph \u0026amp; Inscription Options Available (see below!)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"463\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreg Luzinski was a very big man who hit baseballs a very long way. They called him The Bull, which seems pretty appropriate. And when you've got a nickname like that, there are about a hundred different ways you could approach a piece of artwork. Most of them probably involve a rather intimidating guy swinging a bat, and ya know, that's kinda what I thought I'd be doing too for this. BUT I kept thinking about something else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1978, Greg received the Roberto Clemente Award for his charitable work, and he's also had a reputation for being incredibly generous \u0026amp; approachable with fans. I really  liked that about him. Here's this enormous, powerful ballplayer with one of the more intimidating nicknames in baseball, and yet there's this whole other side to the guy that the nickname doesn't really account for w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehich got me thinking about another bull. Ferdinand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you remember the old children's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of Ferdinand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it's about a bull who, unlike all the other bulls, isn't particularly interested in fighting. He's perfectly happy sitting under a cork tree smelling the flowers. It's a wonderful  book, originally published the year my mom was born in 1936, and I started wondering what it might look like if somebody had made a similar book about Greg Luzinski.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo that's what I decided to do. I went back to the original cover, only this time, Instead of Ferdinand, there is a baseball player nicknamed \u003cem\u003e\"The Bull\"\u003c\/em\u003e and scattered throughout the cover are little pieces of Greg's baseball life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI  do realize there's something a little ridiculous about making a children's book cover featuring a 6-foot-1, 225-pound slugger who hit 307 home runs, but I think that's part of what I love about it.  The more I learned about Greg, the more appropriate it seemed. It's cliche' to say it but he's a \"gentle giant\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is my first athlete collaboration in quite a while, and I'm really happy that Greg was willing to let me take his story in this direction. 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