Chalk, Wheat and Diamonds: Saskatchewan ‘Ball

Start Date: Monday, April 27, 2015
End Date: Friday, September 11, 2015

For the next four months we pay tribute to some of Saskatchewan’s favourite summer sports – baseball, softball and fastball – in the exhibit, Chalk, Wheat and Diamonds: Saskatchewan ‘Ball.

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Check out the exhibit highlights:

  • How these sports developed from the earliest days of Saskatchewan
  • The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • The all-important umpires
  • The men and women inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame who have played the game
  • In celebration of this summer’s Pan-Am Games to be hosted in Toronto, those inducted Saskatchewan athletes who have played a major role in Canada’s national success in softball.

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With our brand new sports simulator, you can swing for the fences on a variety of fields and compare your stats with those of our inductees. Can you break the high scores?

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