“Base Ball in Mark Twain’s Time”: September 17, 2014
The Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood SABR Chapter presented a panel discussion about Base Ball in Mark Twain’s Time on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.
Our panel included SABR members:
- David Arcidiacono, author of Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut
- Gary O’Maxfield, commissioner of The Friends of Vintage Base Ball
- Bill Ryczek, author of Blackguards and Red Stockings: A History of Baseball’s National Association, 1871 to 1875
- John Thorn, Official Historian, Major League Baseball
- Joe Williams, contributing researcher for SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee
For more information on the Mark Twain House, visit www.marktwainhouse.org.
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Originally published: September 10, 2014. Last Updated: September 10, 2014.