Check out highlights from the 2019 SABR Minnesota 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium
The SABR Minnesota 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium took place on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at the Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The day-long Saturday symposium was devoted to 19th-century baseball as it was played and evolved in Minnesota and the greater Midwest region. The event is a joint project of the SABR Nineteenth Century Committee, SABR’s Halsey Hall Chapter, and the Hennepin County Library.
- Schedule: Click here to download the full schedule (PDF)
Guest speakers included (with video timestamps below):
- John Thorn, MLB’s Official Historian (10:13)
- Dan Levitt, author of Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way and other books, who spoke on “Economics of Minor League Baseball, 1876-1900” (36:08)
- Mike Haupert, Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, who spoke on “The Serious Business of Play: Developing Professional Baseball in the Upper Midwest in the 19th Century” (1:10:10)
- Stew Thornley, author of Baseball in Minnesota: A Definitive History and other books (1:46:36)
- Larry Millett, longtime St. Paul Pioneer Press architecture critic and author of more than 10 books, including The Curve of the Arch and Lost Twin Cities, who spoke on “Twin Cities: The Roaring 1880s” (2:33:47)
- Bob Tholkes, 19th century baseball historian, who spoke on “Hurrah! For Cecil O. Monroe” (3:34:08)
- Frank White, author of They Played for the Love of the Game: Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota, who spoke on “19th Century Black Baseball” (3:54:47)
Click here to watch a replay of this symposium on YouTube.
Originally published: July 11, 2019. Last Updated: February 5, 2024.