The influence of Latin Americans in major league baseball has never been more apparent. In 2018, Latinos accounted for nearly 30% of the 877 major league roster spots, plus there have been Hispanics who served as scouts, managers and even a team owner. The passion of Latino players will be celebrated later this year in the Smithsonian’s exhibit, “¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and … [Read more...]
Baseball Hall’s Shoebox Treasures Exhibit Set to Open in May
The Baseball Hall of Fame is planning to open its new permanent baseball card exhibit on Saturday, May 25. Last year, the Hall announced a campaign to raise $800,000 for the exhibit’s design and construction to build the exhibit, billed as a dedication “to the story of baseball cards.” According to the Hall, the exhibit will span more than 700 square feet of space on … [Read more...]
PHOTOS: Cypres Collection Aids Reagan Library Football Exhibit
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum is hosting a major football exhibit through January 2016. Drawing material from long-time collector Gary Cypres and The Sports Museum of Los Angeles, the exhibit covers 5,000 square feet and features over 600 artifacts, including some of the rarest, historic and iconic football memorabilia in the country. Memorabilia from … [Read more...]
Andy Warhol, Vintage Baseball Cards Part of New Exhibit
Baseball, baseball cards andPete Rose are getting some love in a new art exhibit. From Campbell soup cans, to Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, Pop Art icon Andy Warhol took the subjects of his art well beyond "15 minutes of fame." The new Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition, Up at Bat: Warhol and Baseball, brings Warhol’s three known paintings of baseball players, each of whom rose to … [Read more...]
How the Hall is Displaying the Kendrick Collection
by Bruce Markusen COOPERSTOWN, NY--A museum exhibit about iconic and rare baseball cards is sure to capture the attention of this author. When the exhibit happens to be featured here in Cooperstown, there is simply no excuse for me to miss it. The temporary exhibit, titled The Ultimate Set, features 25 of the most intriguing cards contained in the remarkable personal … [Read more...]
Stars, Not Sets are Kendrick’s Motivation
Arizona Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick is missing his 25 best baseball cards, worth millions. Luckily, he knows where they are. As we reported last week, the cream of Kendrick's impressive collection is on loan to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It'll be on display this spring and summer and the lifelong baseball fan couldn't be happier that his pride and … [Read more...]
Memorabilia on Exhibit in Baltimore
Some big time pieces of history are on display at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards. … [Read more...]