Renowned historian, founding member of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Missouri, and author of nine baseball books, Phil S Dixon is coming to Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame are pleased to host Mr. Dixon for public audiences in both Saskatoon and Regina.
Mr. Dixon will deliver a short presentation highlighting stories from the years of the baseball barnstorming tours. He has spent two years travelling throughout the United States and now into Canada, delivering speeches in centres along the path of one of the most famous barnstorming teams – the Kansas City Monarchs.
His passion and enthusiasm for this historic team shines through in Phil’s illustrated appearance. Using baseball poetry and transcribing stories from interviews with hundreds of athletes, Phil will take his audience back in time to the small town sports fields of Saskatchewan where locals would spend an afternoon being entertained by the likes of Satchel Paige or Bullet Rogan.
Presentations will be held on Wednesday, June 17, at 3:00 pm at the Saskatoon Public Library, Cliff Wright Branch auditorium and Thursday, June 18, at 3:00 pm at the Regina Public Library, Central Branch theatre.
Admission is free but donations to the Halls of Fame would be appreciated. Light refreshments will be available.
Support for this program is made possible through funding from Saskatchewan Lotteries.
For information contact:
Phil S. Dixon
Speaker/Historian
Belton, Missouri
816-922-0680
Sheila Kelly
SK Sports Hall of Fame
Regina, SK
306-780-9233
Jane Shury
SK Baseball Hall of Fame
Battleford, SK
306-446-1983