Baseball players have been known to take curtain calls. The Detroit Institute of Art is doing the same thing, reprising its popular “Play Ball” series. “Play Ball! Transforming the Game, 1876-2019” is the sequel to the successful exhibit held last year at Detroit’s venerable art museum, which was founded in 1885. This year’s exhibit, which begins Saturday and runs … [Read more...] about Popular ‘Play Ball!’ Exhibit Returning To Detroit Institute Of Art
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Ball Talk DVD Celebrates Now Departed Hall of Fame Baseball Broadcasters
For the first time since it was filmed over 20 years ago, Ball Talk: Baseballʼs Voices of Summer, a documentary celebrating Hall of Fame baseball announcing pioneers Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Brickhouse, Jack Buck, Curt Gowdy and Ernie Harwell, is available on DVD. Ball Talk Productions is releasing and distributing director Kevin Benderʼs long unavailable ʻlabor of loveʼ … [Read more...] about Ball Talk DVD Celebrates Now Departed Hall of Fame Baseball Broadcasters
Ernie Harwell Auction in Detroit
One of baseball's greatest broadcasters--and an almost saintly figure in Michigan--Ernie Harwell was also a collector. He saved virtually everything from his many years as a professional broadcaster. Newspapers, scorecards, programs, autographed baseballs he accumulated and other items that didn't have anything to do with sports. His papers and many other pieces of … [Read more...] about Ernie Harwell Auction in Detroit
Concern Over Ernie Harwell’s Collection
The baseball memorabilia collection of the late broadcasting legend, Ernie Harwell is the talk of Detroit. Unfortunately, the talk isn’t upbeat. Harwell’s massive—and valuable—accumulation is barely accessible to the public and much of it remains uncatalogued because of huge budget cuts within the Detroit Public Library system. Union rules required that a dedicated … [Read more...] about Concern Over Ernie Harwell’s Collection