Nine Baseball Conference

Thank you to our presenters, volunteers, and partners for a successful 2018 conference.

Legendary baseball writer Arnold Hano (A Day in the Bleachers)

Felipe Alou and Peter Kerasotis

Jerald Podair (City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles) receives the Seymour Medal.

Save the date: the 2019 Nine Conference will be held March 6-9, at the Doubletree Resort in Tempe. Details to follow. We hope to see you there!

Now entering its 26th year, the NINE Spring Training Conference is a one-of-a-kind event: four days of dynamic, scholarly presentations on the subject of baseball, held in Tempe, Arizona, in the midst of Cactus League Spring Training . This is an inter-disciplinary program, covering history, law, sociology, literature, media, architecture, and more. View the 2018 Conference Program.

Conference attendees have an opportunity to conduct “field research” (aka, ball games) on Thursday and Saturday afternoon.

The conference culminates in a Saturday evening banquet, which includes the presentation of SABR’s Seymour Medal and NINE’s keynote address.

Former speakers include Charles Alexander, Marty Appel, Eliot Asinof, Darryl Brock, Robert W. Creamer, Larry Dierker, Rob Edelman, Rob Fitts, Arnold Hano, Roland Hemond, Leonard Koppett, Chris Lamb, Lee Lowenfish, Peter Morris, Janet Marie Smith, and John Thorn.

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