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“A Farewell To Kings”
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Who owns the ball from John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s first pitch on Opening Day 1961?
Geddy Lee
Where can you find a ball signed by Christy Mathewsonone of the greatest pitchers of all time? This is interesting to know, since Mathewson has been dead for 99 years.
However, one – one of the few, one imagines – is at Geddy Lee’s house. Alongside balls signed by “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Josh Gibson, hats worn by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
And the thing becomes all the more fascinating due to the fact – many know it, maybe not all – that Geddy Lee is the singer and bassist of Rush.
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“In the 80s – he said recently – I was absolutely crazy for the game. I dedicated much of my free time to learning the nuances of the Game and about the players. I devoured books, biographies and novels about baseball… The balls I bought brought me closer to the athletes, transporting me directly to the field during their moments of triumph and failure. I fell in love with the idea that baseballs could tell a story.”
It reminds us of many things. Don De Lillo, obviously. And not only that.
The obsession of the 80s has not died down. For example: in 2015 Geddy threw a great first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game. He had trained a lot, he said. And in fact he threw a strike that he thought should have been a curve. Blue Jays not surprisingly, Geddy is Canadian, from Toronto. Moreover, with a thrilling family history: both his parents are Polish Jews and they met in Auschwitz, where, even though they were children, they survived.
Canadian, therefore. And in fact he also sang “O Canada” at the 1993 All Star Game in Camden Yard, Baltimore. “The slowest version of the Canadian anthem ever made,” he said. There is also a video of him doing batting practice with the California Angels, in 1992.
Geddy’s collection is very rich. Although I recently sold 491 items. Earning $6.9 million.
But he still has many and much more precious pieces. So that he wrote a book about his collection, of which he is very proud. A photography book entitled “72 Stories”. One for each of the 72 pieces he chose. “72 Stories” will only be released in a limited luxury – tabletop – version signed by him.
