Corner Ball Park

My Ball Park is an earthworks paying tribute to the Venice Tigers, a minor league baseball team that once hailed from Venice, CA. As is common with Venice history, the story is elaborate:

The Tigers came to Venice having been caught up in an illegal gambling scheme in their original home of Venon, L.A.. Why Venice? Because this was during prohibition and Venice had less restrictive laws than other areas concerning the consumption of alcohol. The Tigers made Venice their home for two years, from 1913-14. Their ballpark was a block to the east of my Ball Park.

Interpreting ballparks in my own way, I created grassy mounds and hard balls. The mosaic images on the hard balls are of wonderful features of Venice: The historic Italian architecture of our Windward Avenue Colonnade; A seated camel, because we had live camel rides; Kelp like that sustaining resource growing in our bay; and a Sea Anemonoe like the ones living on the rocks at waters edge.

If you haven't visited those places, do! There's a lot to enjoy in Venice, CA.