Posts by Joe Price
Stealin’ Home: A Musical Tribute to Jackie Robinson
FREE ADMISSION Date & Time: Sunday, November 10, 2019, 4:00 p.m. Location: Whittier College Memorial Chapel Address: 12901 Philadelphia Street, Whittier, California Information: (562) 907-4803 or (626) 791-7647 The Institute for Baseball Studies and the Baseball Reliquary present a very special event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial, Stealin’ Home: A Musical Tribute to…
Read MoreVideo from “A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100”
PART 1 On September 29, 2019, at the Westerbeck Recital Hall on the campus of Pasadena City College, the Baseball Reliquary presented a musical event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial. Singer/songwriter Byron Motley opened the program with a collection of songs reflecting Jackie Robinson’s historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947…
Read MorePhotos from “A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100”
On Sunday, September 29, 2019, at the Westerbeck Recital Hall on the campus of Pasadena City College, 175 people were in attendance for a very special musical event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial. Included was the world premiere of Stealin’ Home, Bobby Bradford’s tribute to Jackie Robinson, commissioned by the Baseball Reliquary. A…
Read MoreBaseball Reliquary Commissions Artwork in Celebration of Negro Leagues Centennial
In conjunction with the nationwide celebration of the Negro Leagues Centennial, the Baseball Reliquary has commissioned artist Greg Jezewski to produce a special artwork for the occasion. The Baseball Reliquary is a Pasadena, California-based nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of baseball history and to…
Read MoreVideo from “A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100” at Boston Court Pasadena
On Sunday, November 17, 2019, at Boston Court Pasadena, a full house enjoyed a very special event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial, presented by the Baseball Reliquary. Included was a performance of Stealin’ Home, Bobby Bradford’s tribute to Jackie Robinson, commissioned by the Baseball Reliquary. The Donavan/Muradian Quintet opened the program with a…
Read MorePhotos from “A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100” at Robinson Park Recreation Center
Photographs by Michael Fernandez On Sunday, December 15, 2019, at Robinson Park Recreation Center in Pasadena, just blocks from Jackie Robinson’s childhood home, a packed house enjoyed a very special musical event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial. Included was Stealin’ Home, Bobby Bradford’s jazz suite in tribute to Jackie Robinson, commissioned by the…
Read MoreCandidates for 2020 Election of the Shrine of the Eternals
The Baseball Reliquary, Inc. has announced its list of fifty eligible candidates for the 2020 election of the Shrine of the Eternals, the membership organization’s equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. This year marks the 22nd annual election of the Shrine, a major national component of the Baseball Reliquary, a Southern California-based organization dedicated…
Read MoreNegro Leagues Centennial Exhibitions
“The House That Rube Built: The Negro Leagues Centennial” February 1-March 5, 2020 Wardman Library Lobby, Whittier College, 7031 Founders Hill Road, Whittier, California “Then Came Rube: The Negro Leagues Centennial” February 1-February 29, 2020 La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, California The year 2020 marks the centennial of the…
Read MoreNegro Leagues Centennial Presentations by Phil S. Dixon
Saturday, February 22, 2020, 2:00 p.m. La Pintoresca Branch Library 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, California Monday, February 24, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Wardman Library, Whittier College 7031 Founders Hill Road, Whittier, California In celebration of Black History Month and the Negro Leagues Centennial, the Baseball Reliquary and the Institute for Baseball Studies will present two…
Read MoreA Prophet With Honor: Jim Bouton and the Baseball Reliquary
by Terry Cannon, Executive Director, The Baseball Reliquary Recently there was a contentious discussion on social media regarding comments made by John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball, in Mitchell Nathanson’s biography, Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original. Thorn’s comments appear in the book’s epilogue, “The Cool of the Evening,” on pages 364-365.…
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