2022 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference logoThe fourth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference was held virtually on September 16-18, 2022.

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center, and hosted by Rockford University — was a virtual event centered around the theme “Title IX and Women’s Baseball: Where We’ve Been and Where We are Headed.” Presentations and panels took place on Zoom.

The conference was highlighted by a keynote panel discussion with Justine Siegal, Maybelle Blair and Sarah Domin; Baseball Journalism panel with Claire Smith, Shakeia Taylor, Jen McCaffrey, and Melissa Isaacson; an Umpires Panel with Perry Barber, Alessia Cicconi, and Sophiyah Liu; a 21st Century Research panel with Allison R. Levin, Roberta J. Newman, Laura Furman, and Catherine Forslund; research presentations; pylon unveiling; and the announcement of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions were held from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 16; 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 1:30-4:30 p.m., and 6:30-8:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, and 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 18. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

All registrants are encouraged to send a children’s sports book to be donated to the local Rockford community. Examples include: Players in Pigtails; She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story; A Whole New Ball Game, etc. Books can also be shipped directly to IWBC at: Rockford University, 5100 Building Room 31, 5050 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Click on a link below to find the full presentation schedule and watch video highlights from each day. Or click here to watch them all in our YouTube playlist.

Click play to watch highlights from Day 1 of the 2022 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on Friday, September 16.

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Click play below to watch Callie Batts Maddox’s presentation, “Baseball in the Sport for Development and Peace Movement: Promises and Potentials for Gender Equality.”

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Click play below to watch Leslie Heaphy’s presentation, “A Brief Survey of the International Game.”

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Click play below to watch the Baseball Journalism Panel with BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Claire Smith, the Chicago Tribune’s Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey, and moderator Melissa Isaacson of Northwestern University.

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Click play below to watch Kate Haines’s presentation, “Shirley Burkovich: Pioneer, Activist, Trailblazer.”

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Click play below to watch Ed Edmonds’s presentation, “Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women v. National Collegiate Athletics Association.”

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Click play below to watch Lauren McNulty’s presentation, “But We Can’t Forget About the Differences: Baseball and America’s Obsession with Sex Segregation.”

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Click play below to watch a discussion on Amazon Prime’s new “A League of Their Own” TV series was held, moderated by Dr. Kat Williams.

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Click play below to watch the 2022 keynote panel, with Justine Siegal, Maybelle Blair and Sarah Domin.

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Click play below to watch the 2022 pylon unveiling and Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, held on Saturday, September 17, 2022. The pylon unveiling at Rockford University was introduced by Dr. Kat Williams of the International Women’s Baseball Center. The 2022 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner was Justine Siegal of Baseball For All.

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Click play below to watch Tom Alesia’s presentation, “Dave Bancroft: Manager in the AAGPBL.”

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Click play below to watch Eric Berg’s presentation, “Mabel Holle and the AAGPBL.”

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Click play below to watch the Umpires Panel with Perry Barber, Sophiyah Liu, and Alessia Cicconi.

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Click play below to watch a panel discussion on Twenty-First Century Baseball Research: Much More Than Box Scores, with Allison R. Levin, Roberta J. Newman, Laura Furman, and moderator Catherine Forslund.

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Past coverage:

  • 2021: Click here for video replays from the virtual 2021 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
  • 2020: Click here for video replays from the virtual 2020 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
  • 2019: Click here for highlights and photos from the 2019 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, held in conjunction with the Arizona Fall League