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There's No Better Time
to Be Part of Our Team

Posted on Monday, Feb. 20
Paul Ladewski photo
The sun has made an appearance. The Cubs and White Sox will hold their first spring workouts in Arizona this week. Opening Day is only 44 days away.

In other words, we can't think of a better time to become a Chicago Baseball Museum member.

Fans can choose from any number of packages, all of which feature numerous benefits. Better yet, all contributions are fully tax deductible.

Check out the details on our Membership Page. And welcome aboard.

Team Hemond Makes Memorable Return

Posted on Monday, January 30th

A sellout crowd was treated to an emotional evening of baseball at the annual Pitch and Hit Club awards dinner in Lombard on Sunday.

Among the highlights was the reunion of Roland Hemond with Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski and Milwaukee Brewers GM Doug Melvin, whom he mentored earlier in their careers.

Dombrowski was inducted into the Lou Boudreau Hall of Fame, while Melvin received the Major League Executive of the Year Award. Hemond was selected for the Dizzy Trout Baseball Ambassador Award.

“It made me proud to see Dave and Doug recognized because they're special people who have served the game so well,” said Hemond, the Arizona Diamondbacks special

White Sox legend Minnie Minoso was presented with the Jerome Holtzman Award from the Chicago Baseball Museum for his contributions to local baseball last year.

Minnie Minoso accepts the Jerome Holtzman Award at the Pitch and Hit
Club banquet. (Mike Gustafson photo)

assistant. “The Pitch and Hit Club put on a great event.”

White Sox legend Minnie Minoso was presented with the Jerome Holtzman Award from the Chicago Baseball Museum for his contributions to local baseball last year.

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Nine Innings

Waddell-Wyatt Recalls
Her Peach of a Career

(This story first appeared on June 23, 2008.)

By Paul Ladewski

You grew up with five older brothers in Lemoyne, Pa., a small town outside Harrisburg. What role did they play in your baseball career?
Well, they beat the heck out of me, but nobody else could. Oh, yeah, they toughened me up. I played baseball with them and I played football with them. Whatever there was to be done, I was out there with them. I was a tomboy, but I had to be to defend myself. (Laughs.)

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