This Sporting Life: Baseball Fever

When

Where

Laurel Hill West

Explore Laurel Hill West on the Sunday before Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game and visit the graves of baseball pioneers like Al Reach, Ben Shibe, Slick Schlichter, and Harry Wright, a member of Baseball’s Hall of Fame. This two-hour tour highlights more than a dozen former major league players, a Hall of Fame sportswriter, and other notable figures, including THE FATHER OF BASEBALL.

Generously sponsored by Carol R. Yaster and William J. Levant, Esq.

Tour Guide: Joe Lex

COST

  • $20/General Admission (Ages 13 and up)
  • $18/Seniors (Ages 65+) and Students with ID
  • $15/Members of the Friends of Laurel Hill
  • $10/Youth (Ages 6-12)
  • $2/Access Card Holders (can purchase up to 4 tickets) **
  • Free/Ages 5 and under

** Access Card + Valid Photo I.D. must be presented at check-in.

Youth and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Advanced ticket purchases are strongly encouraged. Tickets purchased at the door are credit card or exact change only.

DIRECTIONS

We will depart from the CONSERVATORY at Laurel Hill West (not the first building you see when you enter from Belmont Ave.).

  • Click here for directions to Laurel Hill West.
  • Laurel Hill West Cemetery is located at 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 (GPS directions: 321 Belmont Avenue).
    • When you enter the cemetery through the main gates off of Belmont Avenue, keep going straight until a second set of gates. After those gates, you will see white dashed lines on the road that lead to the Conservatory.
    • NOTE FOR UBER/LYFT RIDERS: Have your driver go into the cemetery following the above directions — otherwise, you will have a 5 – 10-minute walk to the event location.
  • Free parking is available outside the Conservatory.