2016 Conference Program

The 23rd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference March 9-12, 2016

Tempe, Arizona

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9

THE CY SEYMOUR LEAD-OFF SESSION
 
Charlie Vascellaro, "When the Beer Vendors Fly South for the Spring. 

Yuriko Romer, Diamond Diplomacy: U.S.-Japan Relations Through a Shared Love Of Baseball (Film)

THURSDAY, MARCH 10

THE JACK ROOSEVELT ROBINSON SESSION
Chair: Roberta Newman
 
Daniel Anderson,"' A New and Greater Thrill': The Collaboration of Andy Raza£ and Romeo Dougherty in the Harlem Renaissance Press"

Amy Essington, "The West Coast Baseball Association: The Negro League of the West and Social Change"

Maureen Smith, "Mourning in Black and White: Baseball's Response to the Assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Depicted in America's Sports Pages"
 
THE LEO DUROCHER SESSION
Chair: Dick Crepeau
 
William Steele, "Say it Ain't So ... Phil?: 'Shufflin' Phil' Douglas and Baseball's Post Black Sox Climate"

Ed Edmonds and Frank Houdek, "The Sultan of Swat Goes to the Court House: Babe Ruth and the Law"

Jack Bales, "No Shrinking Violet: Violet Popovich, the Chicago Cubs, and the Shooting of Billy Jurges"

Jon Leonoudakis, "The Lost (and Found) Art of Bench Jockeying"

Field Research: Dodgers vs. Athletics at Hohokam Park  

THE ARNOLD HANO SESSION
Chair: Jean Hastings Ardell

Filmmaker Jon Leonoudakis screens Hano! A Century in the Bleachers with a special appearance by Bonnie and Arnold Hano

FRIDAY, MARCH 11

8:30-10:20 a.m.	THE OSCAR GAMBLE SESSION
Chair: Ed Edmonds

Steve Treder, "The Stoneham Giants: From Father to Son to ... Son-in-Law"

Perry Barber, "The Most Spectacular Office in the World: Arthur Richman's Remarkable Life in Baseball"
Mark Armour, "Marvin Miller Takes on Topps, Inc."

Dan Levitt, "The Nuances of Free Agency: How the Evolution of Collective Bargaining Agreements Affected Team Building"
 
THE JANET MARIE SMITH SESSION
Chair: Kristin Anderson
 
Janet Marie Smith, "How the Firsts Have Fared"

THE "DOUGHNUT BILL" CARRICK SESSION
Chair: Willie Steele

Douglas Branson, "The Integration of Baseball: Doby Versus Robinson" Samuel0. Regalado, "On the Air: Sports Talk Radio and Racial Imagery"

Roberta Newman, '" Me Estoy Enamorando': Dunkin Donuts, Big Papi, and the Image of the Afro-Latin Baseball Star"

THE MIKE VEECK SESSION
Chair: Kevin Quinn
 
Kristin Anderson and Chris Kimball, "Mid-Century Modem Stadiums in the Twin Cities"
Steve Klein, "The Greatest Dynasty of All Time(?)"

William Ressler, "What Minor League Baseball Teaches Business Leaders About Strategic Creativity, Design Thinking, and Disruptive Innovation"

Joseph L. Price, "Discerning American Identity through Minor League Baseball Parks"

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

THE LEFTY O'DOUL SESSION
Chair: Trey Strecker

Ron Briley, "The Great American Pastime: Hollywood, Little League, and the Post­ World War II Consensus"

James Orr," Baseball and the Man in Kyojin no hoshi: Moral Lessons in Japanese Sports Manga"

David Pegram, "Gender Performance, Counter-culture, and the Baseball Films of the Seventies"

THE RON LUCIANO SESSION
Chair: Bill Ressler
 
Albert Piacente, "Umpiring for the Good of the Game"

Jordan Max-Ryan Englekirk, "The Rise and Decline of the Umpire's Waistline, 1996- 2010"

Robert V. Bellamy and James R. Walker, "Your Guess is as Good as Mine, Part II: Long-Term Predictions of MLB Standings"

Michael Bursik, Kevin Quinn, and Paul Bursik, "Canonizing the Kid: Early Career Predictions for Hall of Fame Induction"

Field Research: Royals vs. Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields
 
THE BILL KIRWIN SESSION

The Society for American Baseball Research Seymour Medal Award Presentation to Bill Pennington, Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius

Keynote Address: Rob Edelman