{"id":132311,"date":"2026-09-17T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=132311"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:57:04","slug":"oct-14-free-42-screening-panel-discussion-with-branch-rickey-iii-rsvp-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/oct-14-free-42-screening-panel-discussion-with-branch-rickey-iii-rsvp-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 14 &#8211; Free \u201842\u2019 Screening, Panel Discussion with Branch Rickey III, RSVP Required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The free tickets are going very fast! If you want them, RSVP now at <a href=\"https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com\">https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the Strand Theatre in downtown Delaware will host a free screening of \u201c42,\u201d the Jackie Robinson-Branch Rickey story, and a panel discussion featuring OWU alum Rickey\u2019s grandson, Branch Rickey III.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Rickey, a member of OWU\u2019s Class of 1904, helped break Major League Baseball\u2019s color barrier when, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he signed <strong>Robinson<\/strong> in 1945. The younger Rickey, a 1967 OWU graduate, also built a career in baseball, including serving as president of Minor League Baseball\u2019s Pacific Coast League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis online at <a href=\"https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com\/\">https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion also will feature Larry Doby Jr., son of Larry Doby, the first Black player in the American League; legendary Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman; and Sidney Carlson White, assistant curator at the Jackie Robinson Museum. Baseball historian Dr. Leslie Heaphy of Kent State University will moderate.<\/p>\n<p>The Strand, 28 E. Winter St., is hosting the event as part of the statewide \u201cOhio Goes to the Movies\u201d celebration, held in conjunction with America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and reserve your free tickets at <a href=\"https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com\/\">https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com<\/a>. Read more about Branch Rickey at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/about\/history-traditions\/branch-rickey\/\">owu.edu\/about\/history-traditions\/branch-rickey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Marketing &amp; Communications<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The free tickets are going very fast! If you want them, RSVP now at https:\/\/strandtheatreoh.com! On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the Strand Theatre in downtown Delaware will host a free screening of \u201c42,\u201d the Jackie Robinson-Branch Rickey story, and a panel discussion featuring OWU alum Rickey\u2019s grandson, Branch Rickey III. The elder Rickey, a member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132326,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132311\/revisions\/132326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}