The Incredible Tale of Geddy Lee and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - The Phoenix Pub

The Incredible Tale of Geddy Lee and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - The Phoenix Pub.

Geddy Lee is probably one of the premier bass players in the history of Rock. He’s also one heck of a multi-instrumentalist. But, he’s also one of the most eclectic of baseball fans. Geddy is a hopeless Blue Jays fan, because he is a Toronto native, through and through.

However, there’s also another side to how much of a fan that Geddy is to baseball. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and Vine District Along his years of being a rock star, Geddy was also an admirer of Negro League baseball. So much so, that he had in his possession the total of 200 autographed baseballs from various Negro League legends. Which legends, you ask? Only the most important legends in the history of the NLPB and MLB. Names like Hank Aaron, Cool Papa Bell, and Lionel Hampton.

So, what does Geddy Lee have to do with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum? It’s real simple. With not much fanfare, Geddy donated all of his baseballs to the Museum. As the curators would later state, Geddy had managed to procure the autographs of various legends that the museum was not able to, due to difficulty of acquisition or the player’s death.