WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
THE CY SEYMOUR LEAD-OFF SESSION
An evening with Jean Fruth and Anika Orrock
Jean Fruth is a traveling photographer for La Vida Baseball, a digital media company that tells the story of Latino baseball across the United States and Latin America through original video, written, and social content. Her book, Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, was released in June 2019.
Anika Orrock is an award-winning illustrator, writer, designer, cartoonist, storyteller and author of The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (2020) and the illustrator of Birdie Can, Too! by Malaika Underwood (2021).
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
THE BOBBY MURCER SESSION (Chair: Gary Gershman)
Jay Hurd, “Baseball Lore and Legend: Tedious Distraction or Legitimate Resource”
Robert F. Garratt, “A Fresh Scent of Scandal: The Dolan-O’Connell Affair”
THE VAN LINGLE MUNGO SESSION (Chair: Jean Ardell)
Autumn Marshall, “Fueling Success: Sports Dietitians in Baseball”
Jennifer J. Asenas and Kevin A. Johnson, “The First Amendment and Baseball: Controversies and Politics”
Rodney Paul, “Daily Fantasy Baseball: A Game of Chance or Skill?”
THE DOROTHY MILLS & ARNOLD HANO SESSION (Chairs: David Pegram and Willie Steele)
Yuriko Gamo Romer, “Diamond Diplomacy” (a film in progress)
Charlie Vascellaro, “Roland Hemond: My Mentor, My Friend”
Stephen Hano, Jean Ardell, and Dan Ardell, “The Life and Legacy of Arnold Hano” (panel discussion)
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
THE GRANT JACKSON SESSION (Chair: Justin Turner)
Richard Black, “Foul Lines and Fairways: The Baseball Jeremiad of Mark DiIonno’s Gods of Wood and Stone”
Bob Gorman, “The Sovereign’s Orb: The Ball as Metaphor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”
Eric Gray, “Bases to Bleachers: A Collection of Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and Beyond”
THE “STEEL ARM” JOHNNY TAYLOR SESSION (Chair: Allison Levin)
Stephanie Liscio, “A Seasoned Rookie: Sam Jethroe Joins the Boston Braves”
Cary Heinz, “The Four: Racism in Baseball’s Second Generation of African American Players”
Eileen M. Angelini, “Richard and Robinson: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Racial Discrimination”
Luncheon: Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, an LA Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2020.
THE STEVE BALBONI SESSION (Chair: Dan Levitt)
Jason Cannon, “’He isn’t dealing with hamburger people’: Ray Kroc, Willie McCovey, and the 1974 San Diego Padres”
Jay Thomas, “Art and the Psychology of Baseball (Or Vice-Versa)”
Andy McCue, “It Really was a League Matter: Ford Frick and the Definition of a Commissioner”
THE VON HAYES SESSION (Chair: Roberta Newman)
Ronald W. Cox and G. Nelson Bass, “Class (AAA) Conflict: 100 Years of Exploitation”
Justin Turner, “Out at Home: Two Norfolk Little Leagues vs. the United States Navy”
Jessica Skolnikoff and Robert Engvall, “Is Baseball Hastening Its Own Demise?”
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
THE ELEANOR DAPKUS SESSION (Chair: Stephanie Liscio)
Emalee Nelson, “Vamos Chicas!: Mexican American Women’s Baseball Leagues of the Pre-World War II Midwest”
Roberta J. Newman, “The Girl with the Iron Arm: Tetsuwan Garu and the Mythical Birth of Professional Women’s Baseball in Japan”
THE ELLA BLACK SESSION (Chair: Jason Cannon)
Eric Berg, “The Art of Closing: When a College Dies a Baseball Story Also Comes to an End—A Remembrance of MacMurray College’s Baseball Program, 1958-2020
Dan Levitt, “Sign Stealing Before Video: Was it Legal?”
Gregory Bancroft, “ ‘You’ve Got This!’: The Power Behind Little League Baseball’s Basic Meme and its Efficacy in Framing Conditions for Constructive Interactions”
THE BILL KIRWIN SESSION
Seymour Medal Award: Steve Treder, Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stoneham, presented by the Society for American Baseball Research
Steve Treder wrote for The Hardball Times for more than 10 years. His work has also been featured in NINE, The National Pastime, and other publications. He has frequently been a presenter at baseball forums such as the SABR National Convention, the NINE Spring Training Conference, and the Cooperstown Symposium. He lives in the Bay Area.