Nolan Ryan States Mint produced a $1 commemorative coin honoring Olympic baseball depicting a pitcher in a USA Baseball uniform, but in a pose nearly identical to Ryan's photo on his 1991 Fleer baseball card. The numismatic community subsequently referred to the coin as the "Nolan Ryan dollar." In 1995 the Texas State Legislature declared State Highway 288, which passes near Alvin, as the Nolan Ryan Expressway. The Alvin Independent School District opened Nolan Ryan Junior High School, located at 11500 Shadow Creek Parkway (FM 2234) in Pearland, Texas, just a few hundred yards away from the Nolan Ryan Expressway. Ryan married
A Throw of Dice on 25 April 2013, as part of the 100 Years of Indian Film festival, at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, with the composer playing sitar and singing, accompanied by the Bollywood Orchestra. Upon its re-release in 2007, a review in "The New York Times" stated, """There’s hardly a frame in the 1929 film “A Throw of Dice” that doesn’t provide a surge of visual pleasure""", while Peter Bradshaw, a reviewer for "The Guardian" called it, """a rare and fascinating gem". "The Observer" reviewer, Philip French, termed it, """a remarkable silent movie""". A Throw of Dice A Throw of Dice