2023 SABR Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Schedule
Early registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on July 20-23, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Click here to register online for the 2023 Malloy Conference.
Thursday, July 20
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
5401 Cass Ave., Detroit
- 9:00-11:30 a.m.: Educational forum conducted by Dr. Leslie Heaphy
- 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Lunch on your own
St. Regis Hotel
3071 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit
- 12:15-4:15 p.m.: Conference Registration at St. Regis Hotel
- 1:00 p.m.: Bus tour leaves St. Regis Hotel for Motown Museum and other Detroit baseball sites, including Meet & Greet Reception.
- 4:30 p.m.: Second bus leaves St. Regis Hotel to Meet & Greet Reception (for those not on tour).
Hamtramck Stadium
3201 Dan St., Hamtramck
- 4:45-6:45 p.m.: Meet & Greet Reception at Hamtramck Stadium
- 6:45 p.m.: Bus leaves to return to St. Regis Hotel
Friday, July 21
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Ave, Detroit
(Registration at St. Regis Hotel begins at 7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.)
- 8:30-9:00 a.m.: Coffee and Welcome at Comerica Park
- 9:00-10:00 a.m.: Negro Leagues Family Panel (TBA)
- 10:00-10:15 a.m.: Courtesy Break
- 10:15-11:00 a.m.: Featured Speaker from Detroit Tigers (TBA)
- 11:00-11:45 a.m.: Tribute to Turkey Stearnes
- 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Lunch on your own
Detroit Opera House
Chrysler Black Box Theatre, 6th Floor
1526 Broadway St., Detroit
- 1:00-1:30 p.m.: Alex Painter, “Like Facing the ‘Devil’ Himself: The Fierce Playing Career of Bill Holland”
- 1:30-2:00 p.m.: Thomas Kern, “Andy Cooper”
- 2:00-2:30 p.m.: Mitch Lutzke, “Bud Fowler”
- 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Courtesy Break
- 2:45-3:15 p.m.: Nick Di Natale, “Detroit Stars Uniforms”
- 3:15-3:45 p.m.: Michael Marsh and Michael Pifer, “Wendell Smith”
- 3:45-4:30 p.m.: 1930 Panel with Gary Gillette and Clem Hamilton
- 4:30-5:00 p.m.: John Graf, “Satchel & Stearnes: A Meditation with Rare Video”
- 5:00-6:10 p.m.: Walk to Comerica Park / Dinner on your own
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Ave, Detroit
- 6:10 p.m.: Detroit Tigers vs. San Diego Padres game. Qline streetcar transportation back to the St. Regis Hotel is free. Take northbound train from ballpark to the Grand Boulevard stop.
Saturday, July 22
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit
(Registration at Detroit Historical Museum begins at 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.)
- 8:30-9:00 a.m.: Coffee and Welcome at Detroit Historical Museum
- 9:00-9:30 a.m.: Jay Hurd, “Doc Kountze”
- 9:30-10:00 a.m.: Claudia Caplan Wolff, “Duality of a Black Man”
- 10:00-10:30 a.m.: Francis Harte, “Intersectionality of Negro League Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement, as told by a Review of our Historical Landmarks”
- 10:30-10:45 a.m.: Courtesy Break
- 10:45-11:45 a.m.: Civil Rights Panel (TBA)
- 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Lunch on your own
- 1:00-1:30 p.m.: Robert Fitzpatrick, “Octavius V. Catto: A Forgotten Leader of The First Civil Rights Movement”
- 1:30-2:00 p.m.: Sherman Jenkins, “Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X”
- 2:00-2:30 p.m.: Samantha Boelter, “Effa Manley”
- 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Courtesy Break
- 2:45-3:15 p.m.: William H. Johnson, “C.I. Taylor”
- 3:15-3:45 p.m.: Chris Hansen, “1905: Ogden, Utah”
- 3:45-4:15 p.m.: Clem Hamilton, “Achieving Racial Parity in Baseball’s Hall of Fame: A Scenario for Evaluation and Induction”
- 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Trivia Contest preliminaries with moderator Ted Knorr
- 5:30-6:30 p.m.: Reception and cash bar
- 6:30-9:30 p.m.: Awards Banquet, plus silent/live auctions, Trivia Contest finals, and entertainment
Sunday, July 23
Optional Events
- 11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Bus leaves St. Regis Hotel for Toledo Mud Hens game
- 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Toledo Mud Hens vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs game
- 5:00 p.m.: Bus leaves Toledo Mud Hens game to return to St. Regis Hotel in Detroit
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