"The eight women who did most of the work felt it appropriate to leave their marks. Ron said that they were added before shipping to the park. The interior is coated with years of dust and pigeon crap, but sure enough, far up in the darkness of the fingers, we spotted dainty pink and purple fabric attached to the walls. The sculpture sits atop a support a few feet away from the railing along elevated public walkways. Pena says that a Colombian associate of Meneses' told Pena in 'general' terms that portions of the proceeds from the sale of the cocaine Pena brought to San Francisco were going to the Contras. The glove interior isn't open to the public, and is strictly off-limits. Each time, he says he carried anywhere from 600,000 to 1,000,000 to Los Angeles and returned to San Francisco with six to eight kilograms of cocaine. Ron confirmed the covert eight-panty payload, and offered to point them out to us, inside the glove. We'd heard a rumor years ago that the gals had surreptitiously embedded their underpants within the fingers. Ten artisans worked on the sculpture, eight of them women. Marine grade rope and brass grommets complete the veteran glove effect. Supported by an inner steel framework, the sculpture is made of fiberglass, a soft leather look achieved with fireproof polyester resin and epoxy. It's modeled after an old time mitt (rendered 36x larger). We recently chatted with Ron Holthuysen, creative director at Scientific Art Studio, the company that designed and fabricated the glove. homer landing in its mighty palm behind the left field stands. Just double the price of a gram of cocaine and subtract 10 (since you usually get a discount if you buy more) to get the price for two grams of cocaine, or divide the prices in two and add 10 to get the price for half a gram of cocaine. On any given game day, 40,000+ Major League baseball fans await a 500 ft. That may be less of a problem for the " Giant 1927 Old-Time Four-Fingered Baseball Glove," mercifully spared of logos (though Coke was the original sponsor). While the Coca Cola Superslide is impressive and a kid favorite, brand sponsorships can suddenly evaporate, leaving a visual gap in the kitsch-scape. The stadium has been home to the venerable San Francisco Giants since 2000, when they moved from Candlestick Park to this sparkly venue, with its views of city and bay. long slide in the shape of a Coke bottle). It's one of three notable giants in AT&T Park (the others are the baseball team, and an 80-ft. This old timer's four-fingered baseball glove is not only huge, but it holds an amusing secret.
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