Hey Batter Batter! Vintage Baseball Films

Fri, Apr 7 - Sat, Apr 8
7:30 pm
$8, $5 members, students, seniors

Hey Batter, Batter! Vintage Baseball Films

Hot on the heels of Opening Day, come and see baseball manifested in =

vintage television commercials, cartoons, and short films in these =

two wonderful programs presented by renowned film archivist Dennis =

Nyback.

Fri, Apr 7, 7:30 pm
A program of vintage shorts. Highlights include news footage =

featuring the "shot heard =B4round the world" as Bobby Thomson won the =

1951 pennant for the New York Giants; a 1959 spring training report; =

Joe DiMaggio and Pete Rose stumping for Snickers and Vitalis; donkey =

baseball and much, much more.

Sat, Apr 8, 7:30 pm
A rare screening of The Glory of their Times from 1977, based on the =

acclaimed book of the same name by Lawrence Ritter. Nyback considers =

this the best documentary on baseball ever made, and it remains =

unavailable on video. Ken Burns borrowed quite a bit of it for his =

(inferior) baseball film. Preceded by surprise shorts.

Venue:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St
San Francisco
415-978-ARTS
www.YBCA.org

Additional Info:

415-978-ARTS
www.YBCA.org