Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene Lieferinxe in about 1497, part of a cycle from an altarpiece in Marseilles (now Philadelphia Museum of Art), but the subject was rare until the 17th century. It was painted by Georges de La Tour at least twice, Trophime Bigot (four times), Jusepe de Ribera twice, Hendrick ter Brugghen (in perhaps his masterpiece) and many others. The subject appears to have been a deliberate attempt by the Church to get away from the traditional depiction of the standing almost-nude Sebastian being shot with arrows. This is already recorded in Vasari (in relation to a painting by Fra Bartolommeo) as sometimes
Flint Arrows the "Sporting News" as being one of five ball teams that had games with single digit attendance. When the Arrows started playing in Flint in as a Detroit Tigers minor league affiliate in the Central League, their manager was Jack Tighe. The league scheduled a 140-game season in 1948. The August 26, 1949 home game with Grand Rapids had a fight break out with catcher Frank House being suspended indefinitely. The Arrows lost their Tiger affiliation in 1950 after the end of the season despite winning the league championship with an 80 to 53 record. The team's home run leader