Baseball umpire sports art
Bad Umpire Painting
Now, I know that this is a really bad drawing in ink of an
umpire - but what do you expect - me to draw or paint the perfect painting each
time. Do you r really expect a baseball
player to hit one thousand? Do you
expect an umpire to make the correct call every time he has to make one? Well, I
can't paint or draw the great art piece each time I go to the studio - and this is proof of that position. Think of the great baseball player who hits 300. That means he fails seven out of ten times. How is that great? He fails three out of ten times.
can't paint or draw the great art piece each time I go to the studio - and this is proof of that position. Think of the great baseball player who hits 300. That means he fails seven out of ten times. How is that great? He fails three out of ten times.
Umpire Heckles

Artist heckles
What if you're an artist and the client starts heckling
you. " That's not green. Lenscrafter called...your glasses will be
ready in 30 minutes. Flip the canvas
over and start again on the other side.
Are you painting in Braille? Is
this going to get any better or is this it?"
All sports need an umpire or
referee. And what is important is that they have integrity , and just as import
is good eyesight. And even if they do have good judgment it seems that another
part of baseball is for the fans and players booing and abusing the umpires –
It is part of the game. So don't think
that a machine can replace them. Because
the same thing would happen if you used a machine. When a call is ruled against the player,
instead of using words he is going to take his bat to the machine and blast it
down third.
Artist John Robertson Baseball painting of an Umpire
5 feet by 2 ½ feet acrylic on unstretched canvas
(painting is a detail from larger painting 5 feet by 8 feet)