Chicago Baseball Museum - News & Events; Chicago Baseball Museum News

CBM Board Members Duffy and Voelker's Quest to clear Shoeless Joe Jackson - 9.09.09
"It Ain't So, Kid, It Just Ain't So:" History's Apology to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Charles Comiskey and Chicago's Black Sox by Daniel J. Voelker and Paul A. Duffy with links to related Chicago Tribune and Chicago Lawyer Magazine articles.

Yankees Win World Series in 6 games! 31 VIPs Picked It Right
The New York Yankees won the 2009 World Series defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games, 4 games to 2. Of the 75 Chicago VIPs who participated in the first-ever Chicago Baseball Museum World Series Prediction poll, 31 saw their predictions come true.
Click here for the complete list of predictions...
See our Fans' predictions on the Chicago Baseball Museum Facebook page.

Buehrle, perfect game are big winners in Chicago Baseball Museum Awards - 12.22.09
The 2009 campaign won't be remembered as a banner year for Chicago baseball, but it hasn't been without its share of noteworthy accomplishments. For the second consecutive year, the Chicago Baseball Museum selection panel chose the best of the best this season. The envelope please...

Bernardoni named recipient of the 2009 Jerome Holtzman Award - 12.21.09
The Chicago Baseball Museum and Jerome Holtzman Museum Library & Research Center is pleased to announce this year's recipient of the Jerome Holtzman Award is Brian Bernardoni.

Chicago Baseball Museum Raising Funds to Return Jack Brickhouse Statue to Michigan Avenue - 11.13.09
Through the end of the year, the Chicago Baseball Museum will donate 50 cents for every $1 donated to the Chicago Baseball Museum up to the estimated repair costs of $12,000.

Chicago Baseball Muesum Names Executive Director - 9.22.09
Conrad "Connie" Kowal joins CBM team

Inaugural Jack Brickhouse and Rudy Malnati, Sr. Benefit with Celebrity Bartenders, October 5, 5-9pm
Join us for an Italian Buffet Dinner to honor the memory of two revered Chicagoans.

CBM's Paul Ladewski is interviewed about the Go-Go White Sox 1959 Season - 9.22.09
Chicago Public Radio, Eight Forty-Eight, CBM's Paul Ladewski is interviewed about the Go-Go White Sox 1959 Season on its 50th anniversary of winning the pennant.

Baseball's Big Black Eye: Black Sox, Blackouts and the Banning of Buck Weaver – 8.28.09
The notorious Black Sox scandal of 1919 occurred when a group of White Sox players threw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for a promised payoff by gamblers set to bet on the fix. Eight players were consequently banned from baseball for life. George "Buck" Weaver never should have been one of them.

Gene Carney, Black Sox Author, Passes Away at 63 Years of Age – 07.13.2009
Longtime baseball writer and 1919 White Sox historian Gene Carney died on Sunday, July 5, at 63 years of age.

White Sox again pay tribute to Negro League All-Star Game - 07.02.2009
Every so often, out of either curiosity or the frustration of a bad loss, White Sox general manager Kenny Williams makes an unscheduled visit to a local baseball field...

Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 White Sox fetes A.L. champions on 50th anniversary – 06.08.2009
The 1959 White Sox broke a 40-year pennant drought on the city’s South Side...

Fifty years later: The legend of Big Klu still lives large – 06.09.2009
The area once referred to as Argo is located eight miles west of old Comiskey Park, is a decidedly blue-collar town...

CBM Officials Attend Opening of Little Cubs Field – 06.01.2009
A $2 million baseball park called ‘Little Cubs Field’ opened Saturday in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side…

CBM Fundraiser Celebrates Opening Week – 04.09.2009
Thank you to everyone who attended Tuesday’s fundraiser…

Sox Storm Back Against Dodgers – 03.03.2009
Well, it was a much better outcome…

Pitch & Hit Club Banquet a Success – 02.16.2009
A number of dignitaries were feted at the 63^rd annual Pitch & Hit Club banquet…

Thome, Dr. Fletcher to be feted at the Pitch & Hit Club banquet – 01.12.2009
CBM introduces first annual Jerome Holtzman Award

Close Calls for the Hall – 01.08.2009
The results of the annual Hall of Fame vote will be known at 1 p.m. (Chicago time) on Monday

CBM Documentary Vitally Important for Future Generations – 11.17.2009
Jerry Reinsdorf lauds “Buck O’Neil and Black Baseball in Chicago”

Fifty Years Later... - 11.07.2008
Former White Sox great Billy Pierce recalls his brush with perfection...

President-elect Barack Obama appeals to Commissioner Selig for George 'Buck' Weaver's reinstatement - 11.23.2005
It has recently come to my attention that several Chicagoans with a great interest in baseball have organized a petition drive...

Commissioner Selig responds to (at the time) Sen. Barack Obama - 12.06.2005
I certainly understand the great interest you have in the reinstatement of George Buck Weaver...

Chicago Baseball Museum Aligns with White Sox Team Physicians - 09.05.2008
The Chicago Baseball Museum finds a new home at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

New York Times - 07.22.2008
Jerome Holtzman, 82, the dean of Chicago sportswriters, dies.

Jerome Holtzman dies at 82 - 07.21.2008
The Jerome Holtzman Museum Library and Research Center will honor the legacy of its namesake.

WGN-TV Instant Replay - 02.10.2008
Rich King interviews Dr. David Fletcher about the Chicago Baseball Museum and previews the Jerome Holtzman collection.

WSCR-AM The Score - 02.02.2008 (mp3 5mb)
Dr. David Fletcher talks baseball and discusses the plans for the Chicago Baseball Museum with host Brian Paruch.

Chicago Tribune - 01.24.2008
An exclusive interview with Dr. David Fletcher describes the Chicago Baseball Museum's acquisition of Jerome Holtzman's personal library and collection.

Charles Albert Comiskey II - 08.27.2007
Born into the first family of Chicago baseball.

White Sox Interactive - 03.01.2007
A museum for Chicago baseball.

Sports Collectors Daily - 11.17.2006
An Illinois doctor bids to provide Chicago with its own baseball museum and library.

Buck O'Neil - 10.16.2006
A Negro League legend passes away at 94.

Joe Benz Jr. - 08.20.2006
The son of White Sox pitcher dies at 85.

Rush MD - Spring 2006
In a League of His Own.

First Member On Deck - 09.06.2005
A Springfield lobbyist signs on to support the Chicago Baseball Museum.

Theodore Roosevelt “Double Duty” Radcliffe - 08.11.2005
A Negro League star dies at 103.

Hilda Award Press Release -07.11.2005
The Baseball Reliquary announces Dr. David Fletcher as the recipient of the 2005 Hilda Award.

Chicago Tribune - 03.08.2005
Exhibiting a love for the game.

The Chicagoist - 03.08.2005
Chicago To Get its Own Baseball Museum?

WAND-TV (ABC) Decatur - 01.19.2005
The first official Chicago Baseball Museum advisory board meeting.

Newsletter Archive

Volume 2007, Issue 4
The Chicago Baseball Museum Acquires the Collection of a Major League Baseball historian
Haunted Baseball
You Never Forget Your First Game
Jack Quinlan
Visionary Chicago Baseball Museum Preliminary Concept Studies
23rd Annual Cubs Convention
2008 SoxFest
Artist Draws on Baseball for Inspiration
The Final Season
The Pitch and Hit Club
Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans
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Volume 2007, Issue 3
A "Hey-Hey!" for Jack Brickhouse
John Ely Homecoming
Collecting Chicago
The Business of Baseball
Beer and Baseball
Casey Crosby
A Chicago Tavern
Andrew "Rube" Foster
Wrigley Field's Last World Series
Pre-National League
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Volume 2007, Issue 2
Opening Day Memories on the South Side
What if Chicago Fans Bought the Cubs?
Jackie Robinson Day
Growing Up Comiskey
"Chasing October"
Chicago American Giants
Red Faber Biography
Annual Ritual of Spring Training
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Volume 2007, Issue 1
About CBM
In Memorium
CBM Online
Chicago Baseball Conventions
Spring Training
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Player:
Gabby Hartnett

Born:
December 20, 1900

Birthplace:
Woonsocket, RI

Batted:
Right

Threw:
Right

Debut:
April 12, 1922

Primary Position:
Infield (C)

Primary Team:
Chicago Cubs

Hall of Fame:
Inducted in 1955

Future Hall of Famer
Pat Hughes Honors
Legends of the Past

photo of Dr. Fletcher and Pat Hughes

How did you decide to get started on the "Baseball Voices Hall of Fame Series?"

No one in the broadcast industry had done something like this before. Curt Smith wrote “Voices of the Game” and “Voices of Summer” but he is not a broadcaster. The “Baseball Voices” series is an extension of what I do and my interest in the series was coming from the angle of a broadcaster. I decided to do it because broadcasters are the link to the fans and I wanted to pay tribute to their influence on my career.