Pittsburgh Artist Creates Backyard Baseball Painting Featuring Pirates Players For Shortstop Cole Tucker
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Cole Tucker is now the proud owner of a piece of art that's going viral on Twitter.
Tucker shared a photo of his new painting, which features the characters from the video game Backyard Baseball with a little twist.
I wanted a painting for my house of the characters from Backyard Baseball. I thought to sprinkle in some friends and guys around the league that I really admire. Thanks to @Cody_Sabol for making this happen! Couldn't be happier with how it turned out! pic.twitter.com/7LAXCwlyLX
— Cole Tucker (@cotuck) December 31, 2019
"I wanted a painting for my house of the characters from Backyard Baseball. I thought to sprinkle in some friends and guys around the league that I really admire," Tucker said in a tweet that has more than 4,000 likes.
The painting features the characters from the game and other players around the league, including a few Pittsburgh Pirates in the mix.
Pittsburgh-native and artist Cody Sabol created the piece.
So glad this finally made it to Arizona. Merry Christmas @cotuck ???? pic.twitter.com/7uA2QbLBvE
— Cody Sabol (@Cody_Sabol) December 31, 2019
"So glad this finally made it to Arizona. Merry Christmas (Cole Tucker)," Sabol's tweet read.
Backyard Baseball was a series of cult classic video games released in the late 90s.