SABR Negro Leagues Conference in KC

[KCMax]

For those of you that don't know, SABR is the Society of American Baseball Research. They are holding a Negro Leagues conference here in July. The whole shebang is $125, but if you just want to do the landmark tour, its $5, if you just want to go to the Legends Luncheon (catered by the Peachtree!) its $15.

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,779


Events and prices

9th Annual Jerry Malloy Conference
The SABR Negro Leagues Committee presents the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Conference July 7, 8 and 9 in Kansas City. Satchel Paige is the theme and his 100th birthday is July 7.

Full registration includes Admission to NLBM, Conference Publications, Research Presentations, Paige Family Panel, Educational Roundtable, Legends Luncheon, Awards Banquet, TOR vs KC ballgame and more.

Throughout the conference attendees will have the opportunity to hear from scholars and researchers from all over the country presenting on a variety of Negro League topics. Each session will include a time for Q & A following the presentation.

The world class Negro Leagues Conference exhibits will be housed in two connecting rooms around the corner from the Research presentations. The public, for $2 charge, will have access to the rooms. Tables will cost $75 per table or $125 for two. Money or checks are payable to KC SABR, PO Box 22481, KC, MO 64113.

There's also a neat Landmarks Tour:

Association Park. The tour will visit the old Association Park location, home field of the American Association Kansas City Blues and later home field to the Kansas City Monarchs. The diamond opened in 1901 and closed in 1923 but still has a ball field on the site.

Municipal Stadium lot, formerly home of the Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Monarchs, Kansas City Athletics and Kansas City Royals. The park opened in 1923 and closed in 1972. This is where Lou Gehrig played his last professional game (for you Yankee fans.)

Paseo YMCA (Home to the first Negro National League)

Kansas City Call office, (legendary newspaper)

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and American Jazz Museum

Lincoln High School (School where Newt Allen and Frank Duncan attended)

Hurley McNair’s last home

Satchel Paige’s last home

Frank Duncan’s last home

Satchel Paige’s grave site

Satchel Paige field (home of the RBI League)

Satchel Paige school (middle school)

Newt Joseph’s home

Parade Park (where the Monarchs often took spring training)

Musicians Mutual Foundation (historic union of African-American musicians located in the Vine Street Historic District.

Neighborhood where Doby Moore was shot at 16th Euclid.

Newt Allen’s, Frank Duncan’s and Rube Currie’s Elementary School.

So if you want to learn more about a huge part of KC's history - the Negro Leagues, stop on by!