Tim Wiles, a past director of research for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, will give a presentation of “Got her, need her. Got her, need her,” the story of women’s professional baseball as told through baseball cards at the Guilderland Historical Society on Thursday, April 16, at the Guilderland Public Library.
To celebrate opening week, The Reveal, a website behind a paywall about “Movies now. Movies then. Movies forever,” posted some baseball film pieces, including The Bad News Bears franchise and Major League.
From NPR’s All Things Considered, “The surprising feminist history of baseball’s biggest anthem.” I get a kick that the reporter, Chloe Veltman, is British by birth.
Sports Collectors Daily asks (and answers) the question, “Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons? Bubblegum Pop of the Mid-’60s.” Got to say, as a kid I never thought about it. As an adult, too.
From its IMDB page, the new documentary, Baseball: Beyond Belief, “explores the compelling depths of how baseball and faith intertwine in powerful and surprising ways.” Look for a Bookshelf review coming soon.