Re: SLA-SF: OT: Baseball As America exhibit at Oakland Museum

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 08 2005 - 11:00:09 PDT 

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From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: SLA-SF: OT: Baseball As America exhibit at Oakland Museum
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:00:09 -0700

Okay, couldn't resist a plug for the Baseball section of the the
Exploratorium's website, Sport Science:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/

Try your hand to see how fast a ball you can hit, learn about the
physics of baseball (e.g. how to throw a killer curve ball), hear about
the "girls of summer" (women's baseball), and compare your favorite
players (contemporary and historical) in an interactive baseball card
activity.

Deb

On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Library wrote:

 Baseball As America, the first major exhibition to examine the
relationship between the national pastime and American culture, comes
to the Oakland Museum of California September 17, 2005-January 22,
2006.

http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/exhi_bball_america.html

I saw this traveling exhibit, presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame,
at its first stop in New York City several years ago.  It is a
wonderfully assembled exhibit, drawn from the collection of the HOF in
Cooperstown.  No fan of the game or student of American culture should
miss this.  Each stop has exhibits that are particular to the location
and in Oakland, they will have material about the Pacific Coast League,
Bay Area players Billy Martin, Casey Stengel, Joe Dimaggio, Ricky
Henderson, Joe Morgan, plus locals who broke barriers, such as Oakland
native “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the Boston Red Sox
(the last team to integrate) and Glenn Burke, the first openly gay
player.

With all the horrible events happening, I thought it would be nice to
be able to spread the word about something fun.
Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
  Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco
  library@kvn.com

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