He said during that transition, players broke many bats. The MIAA started using wooden bats in 2003 and did for a few years. The art teacher and former coach said he has always been interested in art and sports.įlanagan started as a baseball hitting coach in 1997, the year that Brockton High School won a state championship for baseball.

16, 2021.įlanagan visited City Hall on Monday, where Sullivan recognized him for the artwork and unveiled a biography of Flanagan to display with the statues.įlanagan said he told Sullivan that he was glad the mayor saved the art because it holds history. Mayor Robert Sullivan, left, honored Kevin Flanagan, right, the artist and art teacher who created baseball statues that have found a new home at City Hall on Monday, Aug. 'To be able to save it and be able to display it for all residents to see is incredible,' Sullivan said, saying that there is no better place for the statues than City Hall. Mayor Robert Sullivan honored Kevin Flanagan, left, the artist and art teacher who created baseball statues that have found a new home at City Hall on Monday, Aug. They said the statue wasn't part of that, so Sullivan asked about acquiring it, which he was able to do free of charge. Sullivan said he toured the stadium with the Rox's owner and general owner to learn more about what they wanted to keep with the renovation.

Mayor Robert Sullivan said he remembers seeing Flanagan's statues as a ticket holder for the Rox. They were by the gift shop then went into storage while the Shaw's Center and Campanelli Stadium underwent renovations, he said. 'Each piece tells a story.'įlanagan used 75 broken bats and 54 baseballs collected from the Brockton Rox and the Brockton High team between 20. 'Each bat told a story, it really did,' Flanagan said.

BROCKTON - A pair of statues made out of wooden baseball bats and balls by a city art teacher and former coach previously on display at Campanelli Stadium have found a new home at City Hall.Īshfield Middle School art teacher and former Brockton High School baseball coach Kevin Flanagan created two baseball statues, one depicting Red Sox legend Ted Williams during his last at-bat and a catcher.

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