The Board of Directors of the Baseball Reliquary is pleased to announce that Alex Belth has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Tony Salin Memorial Award. The award will be formally presented at the Shrine of the Eternals 2020 Induction Day, which, due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been postponed until 2021. The […]

The Board of Directors of the Baseball Reliquary is pleased to announce that Jeff Boujoukos has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Hilda Award. The award will be formally presented at the Shrine of the Eternals 2020 Induction Day, which, due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been postponed until 2021. The festivities will […]

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. […]

                On May 6, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Baseball Reliquary announced the 22nd class of electees to the Shrine of the Eternals. The Shrine of the Eternals is the national organization’s equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rube Foster, Max Patkin, and Bob Costas […]

        The legendary left-handed pitcher and 2009 Shrine of the Eternals inductee, Steve Dalkowski, died on April 19, 2020 at age 80, a victim of COVID-19. Author and historian Tim Wendel has shared this memory of the man they called Dalko: Ironically, Bull Durham was on TV when I heard that Steve […]

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 […]

“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 founding […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Photographs by Michael Fernandez 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. A renowned jazz musician, bandleader, […]

FREE ADMISSION Date & Time: Sunday, December 15, 2019, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Robinson Park Recreation Center Address: 1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, California Information: (626) 791-7647 or (626) 744-4738 The Baseball Reliquary presents the final concert in its series of musical events in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial, A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100, on Sunday, […]

Photographs by Jesse Saucedo On Sunday, November 10, 2019, at the Whittier College Memorial Chapel, 160 attendees enjoyed a very special event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial, presented by the Institute for Baseball Studies and the Baseball Reliquary. Included was a performance of Stealin’ Home, Bobby Bradford’s tribute to Jackie Robinson, commissioned by […]

FREE ADMISSION Date & Time: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 7:00 p.m. Location: Boston Court Pasadena Address: 70 N. Mentor Avenue., Pasadena, California Information: (626) 791-7647 The Baseball Reliquary presents a very special musical event in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial, A Swinging Centennial: Jackie Robinson at 100, on Sunday, November 17, 2019, at 7:00 […]

FREE ADMISSION Date & Time: Saturday, November 2, 2019, 2:00 p.m. Location: Allendale Branch Library Address: 1130 S. Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, California Information: (626) 791-7647 or (626) 744-7260 “Lincoln Mitchell presents a new and brilliant understanding of San Francisco, America’s most progressive city, by describing and interpreting its culture through the extraordinary prism of politics, baseball, and […]

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 Jackie Robinson, on Sunday, […]

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 through […]

Photographs by Jesse Saucedo 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 […]

This essay was written by Albert Kilchesty, the Baseball Reliquary’s archivist and historian, for the series of concerts featuring Bobby Bradford’s jazz suite, Stealin’ Home. Bradford’s musical composition was commissioned by the Baseball Reliquary in celebration of the Jackie Robinson Centennial. Doors and walls A handsome young man pauses to salute a photographer, left arm […]