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SO, LAST BUT OF COURSE NOT LEAST WE'VE GOT OUR FINAL A+ TO HAND OUT FOR THIS SEASON. IT GOES TO TWO YOUNG ARTISTS WHOSE TALENTS ARE TAKING THEM PLACES. NICHOLAS AND JACOB MARIANI ARE 13-YEAR-OLD TWINS FROM CLEVELAND, WHO TOOK SATURDAY MORNING ART CLASSES AT THE BASEBALL HERITAGE MUSEUM AT LEAGUE PARK. REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT LARRY DOBY AND THE MUSEUM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO?
THE BOYS SPENT MONTHS WORKING ON CHARCOAL PORTRAITS. JACOB DREW ACTOR BILL MURRAY, AND NICHOLAS DREW INDIAN'S PLAYER FRANCISCO LINDOR. YOU CAN SEE THEY DID A PRETTY GREAT JOB TOO. NICHOLAS'S PORTRAIT EVEN GOT NOTICED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A NATIONAL MUSEUM, WHO WANTED TO INCLUDE IT IN AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LATINOS AND BASEBALL.
FRANCISCO LINDOR AND THE MARIANI BOYS SHARE A PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE, SO THE MARIANI FAMILY DECIDED TO HAVE 12 PRINTS OF NICHOLAS'S PORTRAIT MADE; 12 BECAUSE THAT'S LINDOR'S UNIFORM NUMBER. AND THEY GOT LINDOR HIMSELF TO SIGN THEM. NOW, THEY PLAN TO AUCTION THE PRINTS OFF TO RAISE MONEY FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS IN PUERTO RICO, AS WELL AS FOR A LOCAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
JOE GAZZO, THE ART INSTRUCTOR AND EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE BASEBALL HERITAGE MUSEUM, SAYS NICHOLAS AND JACOB ARE NOT ONLY TALENTED ARTISTS, BUT ALSO GOOD AND POLITE YOUNG GENTLEMEN. WELL WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THESE TALENTED BOYS DO NEXT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR TALENT, GENEROSITY, AND HARD WORK WITH THIS WEEK'S NEWSDEPTH A+.