"It's goofy. It's risky. It's a multi-colored, multi-layered, 73-foot-high surprise that tickles your eyes, teases your mind and makes your stomach break into a smile.

Or not.

Purists will hate it in a baseball chapel.

Opponents will denounce it in their workplace.

"What do you think?" Marlins president David Samson said as I stood, arms folded, head tilted, translating the home run sculpture that sits over the outfield wall at the team's new stadium.

I love it.

I absolutely love it."