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68-564: In August 2014, it was announced that the Jamestown Jammers would cease operations and move to Morgantown. On October 22, the team announced that they would be named the "Black Bears" following a fan vote, as the American black bear is the state animal of West Virginia . Other finalists included Black Diamonds, Canaries , Coal Kings, Coal Sox, Energy, Moonshiners , Muskets , Wild Ones, and Wonder. In January 2015, Wyatt Toregas

136-793: A minor league baseball team based in Jamestown, New York from 1994 until 2014. The team was the Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and played in the New York–Penn League . The team played all of their home games at Russell Diethrick Park . On August 25, 2014, a week before the end of the 2014 season, it was announced that the team would cease operations in Jamestown and be relocated to Morgantown, West Virginia , beginning in 2015. That year,

204-600: A taxi dancer in London. In 1948, Ball was cast as Liz Cooper, a wacky wife in My Favorite Husband , a radio comedy for CBS Radio . (At first, the character's name was Liz Cugat; this was changed because of confusion with real-life bandleader Xavier Cugat , who sued. ) My Favorite Husband was successful, and CBS asked Ball to develop it for television. She agreed, but insisted on working with her real-life husband, Arnaz. CBS executives were reluctant, thinking

272-482: A $ 1,000 hand-sewn sequin dress and how to wear a $ 40,000 sable coat as casually as rabbit." Her acting forays were stilled at an early stage when she became ill with rheumatic fever and was unable to work for two years. In 1932, she moved back to New York City to resume her pursuit of an acting career, where she supported herself by again working for Carnegie and as the Chesterfield cigarette girl . Using

340-447: A CBS Radio talk show entitled Let's Talk to Lucy in 1964–65. She also made a few more movies including Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968), and the musical Mame (1974), and two more successful long-running sitcoms for CBS: The Lucy Show (1962–68), which costarred Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon, and Here's Lucy (1968–74), which also featured Gordon, as well as Lucy's real-life children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. She appeared on

408-550: A Communist "or intended to vote the Communist Party ticket" in 1936 at her socialist grandfather's insistence. She stated she "at no time intended to vote as a Communist". Her testimony was forwarded to J. Edgar Hoover in an FBI memorandum: Ball stated she has never been a member of the Communist Party "to her knowledge" ... [She] did not know whether or not any meetings were ever held at her home at 1344 North Ogden Drive; stated ... [that if she had been appointed] as

476-479: A class at an address identified to her as Ball's home according to her testimony given before the United States House of Representatives ' Special House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), on July 22, 1940. Two years later, Vale affirmed this testimony in a sworn deposition: ... within a few days after my third application to join the Communist Party was made, I received a notice to attend

544-594: A comedy set in a duplex apartment in Hollywood. The play premiered in Princeton, New Jersey , on January 21, 1937, with Ball playing the part of Julie Tucker, "one of three roommates coping with neurotic directors, confused executives, and grasping stars, who interfere with the girls' ability to get ahead". The play received good reviews, but problems existed with star Conway Tearle , who was in poor health. Cormack wanted to replace him, but producer Anne Nichols said

612-482: A delegate to the State Central Committee of the Communist Party of California in 1936 it was done without her knowledge or consent; [and stated that she] did not recall signing the document sponsoring EMIL FREED for the Communist Party nomination to the office of member of the assembly for the 57th District ... A review of the subject's file reflects no activity that would warrant her inclusion on

680-508: A meeting on North Ogden Drive, Hollywood; although it was a typed, unsigned note, merely requesting my presence at the address at 8 o'clock in the evening on a given day, I knew it was the long-awaited notice to attend Communist Party new members' classes ... on arrival at this address I found several others present; an elderly man informed us that we were the guests of the screen actress, Lucille Ball, and showed us various pictures, books, and other objects to establish that fact, and stated she

748-627: A member of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League . That team was abruptly shut down after the 2018 season when its owners shifted its focus to teams closer to its home base in Milwaukee, leaving behind the Jammers name for the next ownership group that wants to set up a team in Jamestown. The nonprofit holding company entrusted with the Jammers intellectual property did not anticipate being able to field

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816-606: A model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures , being cast as a chorus girl or in similar roles, with lead roles in B-pictures and supporting roles in A-pictures. During this time, she met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz , and they eloped in November 1940. In

884-506: A new series, Here's Lucy , with Gordon, frequent show guest Mary Jane Croft , and Lucie and Desi Jr.; this program ran until 1974. Ball did not retire from acting completely, and in 1985 she took on a dramatic role in the television film Stone Pillow . The next year, she starred in Life with Lucy , which, unlike her other sitcoms, was not well-received; it was canceled after three months. She did not appear in film or television roles for

952-639: A number of methods still in use in TV production today, such as filming before a live studio audience with more than one camera, and distinct sets , adjacent to each other. During this time, Ball taught a 32-week comedy workshop at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute . She was quoted as saying, "You cannot teach someone comedy; either they have it or they don't." Desilu produced several other popular shows, such as The Untouchables , Star Trek , and Mission: Impossible . Ball sold her shares of

1020-412: A puritanical Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the house except one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for being vain. She later said that this period of time affected her deeply, and it lasted seven or eight years. When Lucy was 12, her stepfather encouraged her to audition for his Shriners organization that needed entertainers for

1088-460: A summer resort village on Chautauqua Lake . Their home was at 59 West 8th Street (later renamed to 59 Lucy Lane). Also living in the house were Ball's aunt and uncle, Lola and George Mandicos, and their daughter, Lucy's first cousin Cleo. Having grown up with Lucy, Cleo would later work as a producer on several of Lucy's radio and television programs, and Lucy also introduced Cleo to her second husband,

1156-567: A team in 2019 and intended to rejoin the PGCBL in 2020 at the time of the closure. As of April 2019, this timetable remained unchanged. (This would be postponed again to 2021 due to prohibitions on large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) that did not allow the 2020 season to be played.) In a surprise October 2019 announcement, the new Jamestown baseball team announced it

1224-611: Is "Lucy Is Enceinte", borrowing the French word for pregnant; however, episode titles never appeared on-screen. The episode aired on the evening of January 19, 1953, with 44 million viewers watching Lucy Ricardo welcome little Ricky, while in real life Ball delivered her second child, Desi Jr., that same day in Los Angeles. The birth made the cover of the first issue of TV Guide for the week of April 3–9, 1953. In October 1956, Ball, Arnaz, Vance, and William Frawley all appeared on

1292-419: Is unknown how the team fulfilled the terms of the lease. Attendance declines were a major factor in the team's departure; while in 2009, the team was still drawing close to the league average in attendance, the team averaged less than 800 fans per game in 2014 and had lost half of its attendance in the past five years (this may have also been a result of the fans knowing the team was leaving). The other factor in

1360-616: The Los Angeles Times critic Cecil Smith . Ball loved Celoron Park, a popular amusement area at the time. Its boardwalk had a ramp to the lake that served as a children's slide, the Pier Ballroom, a roller-coaster, a bandstand, and a stage where vaudeville concerts and plays were presented. Four years after Henry Ball's death, DeDe married Edward Peterson. While they looked for work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy and Fred. Ball's step-grandparents were

1428-628: The Baptist church . Her ancestors were mostly English, but a few were Scottish, French, and Irish. Some were among the earliest settlers in the Thirteen Colonies , including Elder John Crandall of Westerly, Rhode Island , and Edmund Rice , an early emigrant from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Her father's Bell Telephone career frequently required the family to move during Lucy's early childhood. The first

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1496-625: The Communist Party 's 1936 candidate for the California State Assembly 's 57th District , Ball signed a certificate stating, "I am registered as affiliated with the Communist Party." The same year, the Communist Party of California appointed her to the state's Central Committee , according to records of the Secretary of State of California . In 1937, Hollywood writer Rena Vale , a self-identified Communist, attended

1564-1057: The Dick Cavett show in 1974 and discussed her work on I Love Lucy , and reminisced about her family history, the friends she missed from show business, and how she learned to be happy while married. She also told a story about how she helped discover an underground Japanese radio signal after accidentally picking up the signal on the fillings in her teeth. Ball's close friends in the business included perennial co-star Vivian Vance and film stars Judy Garland , Ann Sothern , and Ginger Rogers , and comedic television performers Jack Benny , Barbara Pepper , Ethel Merman , Mary Wickes , and Mary Jane Croft ; all except Garland appeared at least once on her various series. Former Broadway co-stars Keith Andes and Paula Stewart also appeared at least once on her later sitcoms, as did Joan Blondell , Rich Little , and Ann-Margret . Ball mentored actress and singer Carole Cook , and befriended Barbara Eden , when Eden appeared on an episode of I Love Lucy . Ball

1632-751: The Niagara Falls Rapids , a Detroit Tigers affiliate. Their home stadium in Niagara Falls was Sal Maglie Stadium . The team played in Niagara Falls from 1989 to 1993. The team was preceded in Jamestown by the Jamestown Falcons (initially known as the Jamestown Jaguars) and the Jamestown Expos . The Expos had played in Jamestown up until the 1993 season, when the team moved to Vermont and became known as

1700-649: The Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls . They connected immediately, and eloped on November 30, 1940, two months after the film opened. Although Arnaz was drafted into the Army in 1942, he was classified for limited service due to a knee injury. He stayed in Los Angeles, organizing and performing USO shows for wounded G.I.s brought back from the Pacific. Ball filed for divorce in 1944, obtaining an interlocutory decree; however, she and Arnaz reconciled, precluding

1768-695: The Vermont Lake Monsters . In 1994, immediately following the Expos' departure, the Rapids moved to Jamestown and assumed the name "Jamestown Jammers." The Jamestown Expos had left the city after the 1993 season, relocating to Vermont . The new team was named the "Jammers" after a fan vote, with the winning name beating out others such as the All-Americans , Furniture Makers, Jimmies, Lakers , Lucys , Muskies and Steamers. The team's logo

1836-557: The West Virginia Black Bears , was selected shortly after the Jammers' last game. Rich, who will continue to own the team, confirmed the news in a press conference on August 25, 2014, as did officials from the city of Jamestown, who indicated that the New York–Penn League had been trying to get out of Jamestown for several years. The league had been in the city continuously since 1960 and intermittently since

1904-416: The tango , in the episode "Lucy Does The Tango", evoked the longest recorded studio audience laugh in the history of the show — so long that the sound editor had to cut that section of the soundtrack in half. During the show's production breaks, Lucy and Desi starred together in two feature films: The Long, Long Trailer (1954) and Forever, Darling (1956). After I Love Lucy ended its run in 1957,

1972-574: The 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures , including a two-reel comedy short with The Three Stooges ( Three Little Pigskins , 1934) and a movie with the Marx Brothers ( Room Service , 1938). Her first credited role came in Chatterbox in 1936. She also appeared in several Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals: as one of the featured models in Roberta (1935), as

2040-486: The 1940s, but never achieved major stardom there. She was known in Hollywood circles as "Queen of the B's (B-movies)"  – a title previously held by Fay Wray and later more closely associated with Ida Lupino and Marie Windsor  – starring in a number of B-movies , such as Five Came Back (1939). In 1942, Ball starred opposite Henry Fonda in The Big Street . MGM producer Arthur Freed purchased

2108-906: The 1950s, Ball ventured into television, where she and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy . She gave birth to their first child, Lucie , in 1951, followed by Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953. They divorced in March 1960, and she married comedian Gary Morton in 1961. Ball produced and starred in the Broadway musical Wildcat from 1960 to 1961. In 1962, she became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu Productions , which produced many popular television series, including Mission: Impossible and Star Trek . After Wildcat , she reunited with I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance for The Lucy Show , which Vance left in 1965. The show continued, with Ball's longtime friend and series regular Gale Gordon , until 1968. Ball immediately began appearing in

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2176-528: The Broadway hit musical play Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) especially for Ann Sothern , but when she turned down the part, that role went to Ball, Sothern's real-life best friend. In 1943, Ball portrayed herself in Best Foot Forward . In 1946, Ball starred in Lover Come Back and the film noir The Dark Corner . In 1947, she appeared in the murder mystery Lured as Sandra Carpenter,

2244-511: The Security Index. Immediately before the filming of episode 68 ("The Girls Go Into Business") of I Love Lucy , Desi Arnaz, instead of his usual audience warm-up, told the audience about Lucy and her grandfather. Reusing the line he had first given to Hedda Hopper in an interview, he quipped: The only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that is not legitimate. In 1940, Ball met Cuban-born bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming

2312-414: The chorus line of its next show. While Ball was onstage, she realized that performing was a great way to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced to move to a small apartment in Jamestown after their house and furnishings were sold to settle a legal judgment . In 1925, Ball, then only 14, started dating Johnny DeVita, a 21-year-old local hoodlum. Her mother was unhappy with the relationship, and hoped

2380-469: The club, which is owned by Bob Rich, Jr. , began play at Monongalia County Ballpark , as the West Virginia Black Bears . The Jamestown Jammers intellectual property is separate from the franchise and survived after the minor league franchise relocated. From 2015 to 2018, the Jammers name was used for collegiate summer baseball teams. The team was previously based in Niagara Falls, New York as

2448-438: The couple offered to take a pay cut to finance filming on better-quality 35 mm film, on the condition that Desilu would retain the rights of each episode once it aired. CBS agreed to relinquish the post-first-broadcast rights to Desilu, not realizing they were giving up a valuable and enduring asset. In 1957, CBS bought back the rights for $ 1,000,000 ($ 10.8 million in today's terms), financing Ball and Arnaz's down payment for

2516-401: The division title over the Jammers' .618. Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards , winning five, and

2584-425: The entry of a final decree. On July 17, 1951, less than three weeks prior to her 40th birthday, Ball gave birth to daughter Lucie Désirée Arnaz . A year and a half later, she gave birth to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV , known as Desi Arnaz, Jr. Before he was born, I Love Lucy was a solid ratings hit, and Ball and Arnaz wrote the pregnancy into the show. Ball's necessary and planned caesarean section in real life

2652-562: The fault lay with the character and insisted the part needed to be rewritten. Unable to agree on a solution, the play closed after one week in Washington, D.C., when Tearle became gravely ill. Like many budding actresses, Ball picked up radio work to supplement her income and gain exposure. In 1937, she appeared regularly on The Phil Baker Show . When its run ended in 1938, Ball joined the cast of The Wonder Show starring Jack Haley . There began her 50-year professional relationship with

2720-588: The flower shop clerk in Top Hat (1935), and in a brief supporting role at the beginning of Follow the Fleet (1936). Ball played a larger part as an aspiring actress alongside Ginger Rogers, who was a distant maternal cousin, and Katharine Hepburn in the film Stage Door (1937). In 1936, she landed the role she hoped would lead her to Broadway, in the Bartlett Cormack play Hey Diddle Diddle ,

2788-519: The league's launch in 1939, long after nearby cities such as Bradford , Olean and Wellsville had lost their pro teams; it was one of only two of the league's charter cities still with a team, and the other, Batavia , returned its franchise to the league after the 2017 season. Most of the remaining teams in upstate New York below the AAA level are slated for shutdown in 2020. Rich Baseball still had one year remaining on its lease with Diethrick Park, and it

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2856-441: The main cast continued to appear in occasional hour-long specials under the title The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour until 1960. Along the way, Ball created a television dynasty and achieved several firsts. She was the first woman to head a TV production company, Desilu, which she had formed with Arnaz. After their divorce in 1960, she bought out his share and became a very actively engaged studio head. Desilu and I Love Lucy pioneered

2924-575: The name Diane (sometimes spelled Dianne) Belmont, she started getting chorus work on Broadway, but it did not last. Ball was hired — but then quickly fired — by theater impresario Earl Carroll from his Vanities , and by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from a touring company of Rio Rita . After an uncredited stint as a Goldwyn Girl in Roman Scandals (1933), starring Eddie Cantor and Gloria Stuart , Ball moved permanently to Hollywood to appear in films. She had many small movie roles in

2992-475: The public would not accept an Anglo-American redhead and a Cuban as a couple. CBS was initially unimpressed with the pilot episode, produced by the couple's Desilu Productions company. The pair went on the road with a vaudeville act, in which Lucy played the zany housewife, who wants to get into a Cuban band leader's (Arnaz's) show. The tour was a hit, and CBS put I Love Lucy into their lineup. I Love Lucy ran on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, and

3060-586: The purchase of the former RKO Pictures studios, which they turned into Desilu Studios. I Love Lucy dominated U.S. ratings for most of its run. An attempt was made to adapt the show for radio using the "Breaking the Lease" episode (in which the Ricardos and Mertzes argue, and the Ricardos threaten to move, but find themselves stuck in a firm lease) as the pilot. The resulting radio audition disc has survived, but never aired. A scene in which Lucy and Ricky practice

3128-566: The rest of her career and died in 1989 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm and arteriosclerotic heart disease at the age of 77. After her death, the American Comedy Awards were officially dubbed "The Lucy" after her. Lucille Désirée Ball was born on Sunday, August 6, 1911, at 69 Stewart Avenue in Jamestown, New York , the first child and only daughter of Henry Durrell "Had" Ball, a lineman for Bell Telephone , and Désirée Evelyn "DeDe" (née Hunt) Ball. Her family belonged to

3196-639: The romance, which she was unable to influence, would burn out. After about a year, her mother tried to separate them by exploiting Ball's desire to be in show business. Despite the family's meager finances, in 1926, she enrolled Ball in the John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts, in New York City, where Bette Davis was a fellow student. Ball later said about that time in her life, "All I learned in drama school

3264-567: The same parent club during the Jammers' time in Jamestown, and as a result, the two teams have always been in separate farm systems. Published reports released in March 2013 (and reiterated in August 2014) indicated that the Jammers were the leading candidate for relocation after the league announced it would be relocating one of its franchises to the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia in 2015. The team's new name,

3332-457: The show's announcer, Gale Gordon . The Wonder Show lasted one season, with the final episode airing on April 7, 1939. In 1940, Ball starred in Dance, Girl, Dance and appeared as the lead in the musical Too Many Girls , where she met and fell in love with Cuban band leader Desi Arnaz , who played one of her character's four bodyguards in the movie. Ball signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in

3400-545: The show. In 1983, Lucille Ball and Gary Morton partnered to set up a film and television production house at 20th Century Fox that encompassed film and television productions as well as plans to produce plays. Ball starred in a 1985 dramatic made-for-TV film about an elderly homeless woman, Stone Pillow , which received mixed reviews, but had strong viewership. Her 1986 sitcom comeback Life with Lucy , costarring her longtime foil Gale Gordon and co-produced by Ball, Gary Morton, and prolific producer Aaron Spelling ,

3468-480: The studio to Gulf+Western in 1967 for $ 17,000,000 ($ 155 million in today's dollars), and it was renamed Paramount Television . The 1960 Broadway musical Wildcat ended its run early when producer and star Ball could not recover from a virus and continue the show after several weeks of returned ticket sales. The show was the source of the song she made famous, "Hey, Look Me Over", which she performed with Paula Stewart on The Ed Sullivan Show . Ball hosted

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3536-608: The team officially announced the name of its new mascot: Bubba Grape, the Baseball Ape. After a decade of affiliation with the Florida/Miami Marlins , the Jammers signed a player development contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 18, 2012. Although Rich also owns the Buffalo Bisons , a higher-level minor league baseball team in the same media market, he never affiliated the two teams with

3604-596: The team's departure was the decrepitude of Russell Diethrick Park; other teams in the league were refusing to use the facilities there, and the attendance declines made it impossible to fund upgrades that the city and other entities that used the ballpark also refused to finance. Another team bearing the Jamestown Jammers name played in the Prospect League , an amateur collegiate summer baseball league, in 2015. A new Jammers team began play in 2016 as

3672-432: The younger performer reciprocated by appearing on The Lucy Show . Ball was rumored to have offered Burnett a chance to star on her own sitcom, but in truth, Burnett was offered (and declined) Here's Agnes by CBS executives. She instead chose to create her own variety show due to a stipulation that was on an existing contract she had with CBS. The two women remained close friends until Ball's death on April 26, 1989, which

3740-451: Was Carol's birthday. Ball sent flowers every year on Burnett's birthday. Aside from her acting career, Ball became an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge in 1979. During the 1980s, Ball attempted to resurrect her television career. In 1982, she hosted a two-part Three's Company retrospective , showing clips from the show's first five seasons, summarizing memorable plotlines, and commenting on her love of

3808-475: Was a Tasmanian devil -esque character. The mascot was a similar character named J.J. Jammer. In the off-season before the 2006 season, in an attempt to put an end once and for all to the "what is a Jammer?" questions, the Jammers changed their logo to a cartoon grape theme. The new logo represents the strong tradition of grape-growing in Chautauqua County . On June 19, 2006, the eve of opening day,

3876-602: Was abandoning the Jammers name and would be soliciting suggestions for a new brand. The new brand, Jamestown Tarp Skunks, was revealed in January 2020. * – The Jammers and Batavia Muckdogs finished in a virtual tie for first place in the Pinckney Division in the 2008 season; however, the Muckdogs played two fewer games, finishing at 46–28 to the Jammers' 47–29. The Muckdogs' .622 winning percentage gave them

3944-572: Was aired as part of an agreement. Ball was the lead actress in a number of comedy television specials to about 1980, including Lucy Calls the President , which featured Vivian Vance, Gale Gordon, and Mary Jane Croft, and Lucy Moves to NBC , a special depicting a fictionalization of her move to the NBC television network. In 1959, Ball became a friend and mentor to Carol Burnett . She guested on Burnett's highly successful CBS-TV special Carol + 2 and

4012-636: Was canceled less than two months into its run by ABC . In February 1988, Ball was named the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. In May 1988, Ball was hospitalized after suffering a mild heart attack. Her last public appearance, just one month before her death, was at the 1989 Academy Awards telecast, in which she and fellow presenter Bob Hope received a standing ovation. When Ball registered to vote in 1936, she listed her party affiliation as Communist, as did her brother and mother. To sponsor

4080-666: Was glad to loan her home for a Communist Party new members' class; ... In a 1944 Pathé News newsreel titled "Fund Raising for Roosevelt", Ball was featured prominently among several stage and film stars at events in support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's fundraising campaign for the March of Dimes . She stated that in the 1952 United States presidential election , she voted for Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower . On September 4, 1953, Ball met voluntarily with HUAC investigator William A. Wheeler in Hollywood and gave him sealed testimony. She stated that she had registered to vote as

4148-516: Was how to be frightened." Ball's instructors felt she would not be successful in the entertainment business, and were unafraid to directly state this to her. In the face of this harsh criticism, Ball was determined to prove her teachers wrong and returned to New York City in 1928. That same year, she began working for Hattie Carnegie as an in-house model. Carnegie ordered Ball to bleach her brown hair blond, and she complied. Of this time in her life, Ball said: "Hattie taught me how to slouch properly in

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4216-954: Was named as their inaugural manager. The Black Bears won the New York–Penn League wild card in their inaugural season. The team then defeated the Williamsport Crosscutters and the Staten Island Yankees to win the 2015 New York–Penn League Championship. On February 24, 2022, Leighann Sainato was named general manager. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches [REDACTED] 7-day injured list ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated June 13, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB  •  MLB Draft League Jamestown Jammers (1994-2014) The Jamestown Jammers were

4284-424: Was not only a star vehicle for Lucille Ball, but also a potential means for her to salvage her marriage to Arnaz. Their relationship had become badly strained, in part because of their hectic performing schedules, which often kept them apart, but mostly due to Desi's attraction to other women. For the production of I Love Lucy , Ball and Arnaz wanted to remain in their Los Angeles home, but prime time in Los Angeles

4352-576: Was originally considered by Frank Sinatra for the role of Mrs. Iselin in the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate . Director/producer John Frankenheimer , however, had worked with Angela Lansbury in a mother role in All Fall Down , and insisted on having her for the part. In 1979, she had signed a deal with NBC under Fred Silverman 's watch after 28 years of working with CBS in order to deal with new comedy specials, but only one

4420-466: Was scheduled for the same date that her television character gave birth. CBS insisted that a pregnant woman could not be shown on television, nor could the word "pregnant" be spoken on-air. After approval from several religious figures, the network allowed the pregnancy story line, but insisted that the word "expecting" be used instead of "pregnant". (Arnaz garnered laughs when he deliberately mispronounced it as "spectin ' ".) The episode's official title

4488-857: Was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award , an induction into the Television Hall of Fame , a Kennedy Center Honor , and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as

4556-549: Was to Anaconda, Montana , and later to Trenton, New Jersey . On February 28, 1915, while living in Wyandotte, Michigan , Lucy's father died of typhoid fever aged 27, when Lucy was only three years old. At that time, DeDe was pregnant with her second child, Fred Ball (1915–2007). Lucille recalled little from the day her father died, except a bird getting trapped in the house, which caused her lifelong ornithophobia . Ball's mother returned to New York, where maternal grandparents helped raise Lucy and her brother Fred in Celoron ,

4624-440: Was too late to air a major network series live on the East Coast; broadcasting live from California would have meant giving most of the TV audience an inferior kinescope picture, delayed by at least a day. Sponsor Philip Morris pressured the couple into relocating, not wanting day-old kinescopes airing in major East Coast markets, nor did they want to pay the extra cost that filming, processing, and editing would require. Instead,

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