2024 Conference Presentation Guide
Bob Bailey
"Society of Baseball Research's Nineteenth Century Overlooked Legends"
Bob Bailey is the Co-Chairman of the Nineteenth Century Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research. He has been part of the Committee’s leadership for seventeen years. A member of SABR for over 40 years, Bailey has published 24 articles and essays in SABR publications since 1987. His article on the National League dropping four teams in 1900 was selected as one of the 50 best articles published by SABR since its founding.
Dr. Susan Dellinger
"A Shadow in the Night", the Unsolved Mystery of the famous 1919 World Series.
Why eight men were banned from baseball for their lifetime is still an unsolved mystery today! You will hear this exciting story in the “voice” of a Baseball Hall of Famer enshrined in Cooperstown NY.
Kevin M. Doyle
"U.S. Navy Base Ball 1864 to 1910"
During this period, baseball grew in importance as a form of competition between U.S. Navy ships and a source of ship pride. Baseball played by crews in overseas ports, helped spread awareness of the game globally.
Dr. Leslie Heaphy
"19th Century Black Base Ball"
Dr. Leslie Heaphy Associate Professor, history at Kent State at Stark. Vice President for SABR and President of Board for the IWBC. Written and edited a number of books on the Negro Leagues and Women’s baseball as well as numerous book chapters, articles and presentations. She has presented for the VBBA at two previous conferences.
Glenn Miller
"Florida Baseball"
Glenn Miller believes he attended his first spring training game in 1962 in St. Petersburg’s Al Lang Field. The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, in their inaugural season, then trained in St. Pete. At the time, he was a baseball-obsessed kid. Now, he’s a baseball-obsessed senior citizen.
Jack Pelikan
"Vintage Base Ball's Enduring Legacy"
Jack Pelikan, CPA, CISA, CISSP, is a business professional, university professor, SABR member and author of Vintage Base Ball’s Enduring Legacy (Pocol Press, 2023). While now a resident of Columbia, MO, Mr. Pelikan grew up in St. Louis and witnessed the area’s 19th century base ball revival while living in the city’s Lafayette Square neighborhood, home of one of the first organized base ball clubs west of the Mississippi and now two prominent vintage clubs (St. Louis Perfectos and Lafayette Square Cyclone). Ultimately, the compelling yet unheralded stories behind the vintage game and Mr. Pelikan’s unrivaled passions for baseball history, research and storytelling were the catalysts for Vintage Base Ball’s Enduring Legacy.
Kelly Rinne
"19th Century Clothing Fabrics"
Eric Saegebarth
"The Awkwards Base Ball Club in Post-Civil War Florida"
Eric Saegebarth Born 1955 in Seattle but raised in Wilmington, Delaware til 1978. I grew up as a Willie Mays fan since may parents were from California. My first MLB game was with my Dad as an Indian Guide at Connie Mack Stadium were the Phillies beat the expansion Mets 3-2. That is where my love affair with baseball began as a player, follower, fan & coach. We had Game 5 tickets to the World Series in 1964 until the Phils blew a 7 game with 12 to play to the Cardinals.
Holly Shaffer & Matt Andres
"Connie Mack, Thomas Edison and the History of Spring Training in Fort Myers"
The impact of Connie Mack and the Athletics on spring training in Fort Myers and the spring training teams that followed. Plus, a peek at the new spring training baseball exhibit at Edison Ford Winter Estates.