Sculptor Tom Tsuchiya makes emotional connection with his audiences

If you take a walk around the plaza at Great American Ball Park, you’ll quickly become familiar with the work of sculptor Tom Tsuchiya. He’s the artist behind the bronzed statues of Big Red Machine greats Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Pete Rose, and those of Crosley Field legends Joe Nuxhall, Ted Kluszewski, Ernie Lombardi and Frank Robinson, as well as the 12 busts in the 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion.   The Reds have kept him busy, but baseball is not the only subject of Tsuchiya’s…