MONTGOMERY BASEBALL HISTORY & LEGENDS CONFERENCE 2024 #MBHLC

 ANNOUNCEMENT! SAVE THE DATE!! 

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS!! #MBHLC

Coming to Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday, May 18th, 2024 - a unique history experience! With events planned at multiple locations, the Montgomery Baseball History and Legends Conference opens the door to celebrate baseball's connections to the Capitol city.

Previously known as the Southern Association Research Conference, this SABR event is a community outreach that offers local fans and enthusiasts a rare chance to discover Montgomery's rich baseball heritage. As well as local legends, Negro League greats like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, Major League legends such as Babe Ruth and Willie Mays all dug their spikes into the dirt on Montgomery diamonds. 

You are invited to walk in their steps!

Featuring presentations by leading authors and groundbreaking researchers, as well as former Major League players, this one-time event will bring Montgomery's hidden baseball glory to the forefront. With assistance from Birmingham's Rickwood SABR chapter and the Friends of Rickwood, along with The Montgomery Biscuits and the Alabama Department of Archives, we are excited to announce this first-of-its-kind event.

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SAVE THE DATE!

SATURDAY MAY 18th 2024 

PLANNED EVENTS:

Author & Researcher Presentations

Former MLB player(s) speaking on the Montgomery experience

Memorabilia Displays 

Tours of Cramton Bowl & Paterson Field - sites of MLB exhibition games with Ruth, Paige and Willie Mays

SPECIAL EXHIBIT TBA

 

 

WHO IS INVOLVED:

Birmingham Rickwood SABR Chapter 

FRIENDS OF RICKWOOD FIELD 

Montgomery Biscuits Baseball Club - Lou DiBella owner

Alabama Dept. Archives and History 

Dr. Miraculous Montgomery Baseball Blog

TBA

contact us now to join our team!

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE  #MBHLC

Previously known as the Southern Association Conference, the annual SAC Conferences draw attendees with unique baseball knowledge across all levels of research experience. Participants and presenters represent professionals in academia, analytics, journalism, coaching and many other professions as well as the casual baseball fan. At this #MBHLC, we hope to share ideas and research, collaborate to preserve stories of players and teams before they are lost forever, and gain understandings of how baseball became an important part of the social fabric in Montgomery and across the South.

Montgomery was home to the first Southern League meeting, entered that league in the 1880's and has also appeared in the Southern Association, Alabama-Florida League, the InterState League, Southeastern League and South Atlantic League. 

Montgomery fielded legendary clubs in the Negro Southern League and had multiple levels of semi-pro and industrial leagues. There was a star studded military team during WW1 and WW2 and the city is proudly home to three standing structures that have hosted Major League exhibition games.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS:

We warmly invite you to submit a presentation or suggest a speaker for the Montgomery Baseball History and Legends Conference. Our conference is Saturday, 18 May 2024, with preconference days on 15 - 17 May, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Oral presentations are requested to be between 15-30 minutes, followed by a five minute Q-and-A period.

While our focus is on Montgomery, ALL baseball topics will be considered and presenters are encouraged to submit multiple presentations. 

Audio/Visual support will be available for presenters, please include your format preference or a/v needs with submission request.

SABR membership is not required for submission. First time presenters will be given special consideration.

Deadline for Submissions is February 16th, 2024.

CONTACT:

email: drmiraculous@knology.net

twitter/X : @drmiraculous