Geddy Lee Donates Baseballs To Museum

I'm sure the guys from Rush don't have a racist bone in their bodies, but it's hard to think of a band whose work screams out "music for white guys" more than theirs does.

And in no way should people think that the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is skewed to black fans. It should be a must-see for any true devotee of America's game. I picked up a replica jersey for the legendary Homestead Grays team in Pittsburgh last summer and hope to make it to Kansas City, Mo. to check out the shrine honouring ball players who weren't allowed to play in the major leagues due to their segregationist policies until Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in 1947.

But it still seems incongruous that you'll soon be hearing Rush songs at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. And the proprietors say you will, thanks to frontman Geddy Lee's June 6 donation of 200 baseballs autographed by former Negro Leaguers to the museum. Lee toured the facility last year and was inspired to give it his private collection. No value for the balls has been revealed, but the museum calls them "priceless."

"Anyone who feels they are a baseball fan needs to come here, because it is a very emotional and fascinating experience to walk around the museum," Lee said during the presentation ceremony.

Lee is a huge baseball fan and you can often spot him sitting in the really expensive seats directly behind home plate during Toronto Blue Jays games.