They named the movie, A League of Their Own. After listening to Mary Pratt speak at the library last Tuesday night, most of the people in the audience agree that Pratt is certainly in a league all her own. The 89 year old former pitcher in the All American Girls Professional [...]
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April 17, 2008
Chick Davies “Chemist by Profession, but a Baseball Player by Choice”
Lloyd in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform, 1914.
In the early 20th century, Baseball fever exploded in Peabody like never before.
The reason?
Lloyd Garrison “Chick” Davies.
Lloyd came by his talent naturally. His cousin, John Atkinson Leighton, also played ball and had one season with the Syracuse Stars in 1890. When Lloyd began at Peabody High in [...]
April 16, 2008
Pesky charms crowd in Peabody
A library staff member pays homage to THE RING. For more Play by the Book photos, click here.
Monday night was the 66th Anniversary of Johnny Pesky’s debut in Major League Baseball. Mr. Red Sox marked the occasion by showing his charming, funny and warm side to a crowd of almost 200 at the Wiggin [...]
April 14, 2008
Mr. Red Sox Johnny Pesky to appear tonight!
Photo from The Boston Globe
The baseball great will take question and sign autographs tonight at the Wiggin Auditorium at Peabody City Hall starting at 7pm. We’ll bring you full coverage of the event tomorrow.
Pesky is a vital part of Red Sox history. He has been associated with the team for more than [...]
April 14, 2008
Trophy Tour Came to Peabody
The 2004 and 2007 Red Sox World Series Trophies were at the Peabody Library on Sunday. 820 people viewed and posed for photographs with the trophies. Check out more pictures of the event.
April 12, 2008
A Place for Red Sox Fans…
According to today’s Salem News, “Fenway Park and the Peabody Institute Library will have something in common this Sunday: They are both places any die-hard Red Sox fan would love to be.” Check out the complete article.
Don’t miss your chance to see both World Series trophies tomorrow:
Peabody Institute Library
82 Main Street, Peabody
From 11am-3:30pm
The [...]
April 10, 2008
Is baseball haunted?
Ghosts, curses, legends and eerie events… Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon certainly had plenty of material to work with when they sat down to write this book about baseball’s supernatural side. Ghosts of former Yankee players are said to still be helping the team when the Yanks are on their home turf (does that [...]
April 9, 2008
World Series Trophy to Appear at the Library on Sunday!
That’s right… the 2007 Red Sox World Series trophy will be at the Main Library this Sunday, April 13th. Red Sox representatives will bring the trophy to the library at 11am and it will remain on display until 3:30pm. Don’t miss this chance to view a piece of Red Sox history. The Main Library is [...]
April 7, 2008
Ted Williams and the Pursuit of Perfection
Author Bill Nolan, will present this lecture at the library tonight at 7pm. We still have some spots open, so call 978.531.0100 to reserve one. If you can’t attend or you are inspired to learn more about Teddy Ballgame, check out one of these books:
The teammates by David Halberstam: a look at the [...]
April 3, 2008
Early Boston Baseball caught on camera
The Boston Public Library has very interesting collection of historic Boston baseball photos. They have posted this McGreevey Collection on flickr. The description provided by the BPL of this photo set is:
“A collection of early Boston baseball photographs ranging from 1875 to 1916. Represented are many of the most important ballplayers of the [...]
