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Pittsburgh, 2015 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners

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Presentations: Click HERE for highlights from The Courier
Rich Puerzer - The Pittsburgh Crawfords vs. the New York Cubans
James Brunson III - Black Ball in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1870-1899
Todd Peterson - Kings of the Hill: The Pittsburgh Keystones, 1887-1897
David Krell - The Pen is Mightier: Wendell Smith, the Pittsburgh Courier & Black Sportswriters in the Age of Jim Crow
Sherman L. Jenkins - Ted Strong, Jr.: A Negro Baseball Leagues Enigma No More!
Tim Rives - Segregated Baseball at Leavenworth Penitentiary, 1912-1932
Rick Kenney - Dark Dragons: Doby and Newk in Nagoya, Japan, 1962
Josh Howard - The Wendell Smith Papers: Creating a Digital Exhibit/Archive at the NBHOF
Jim Overmyer - The Search for Sol White: A SABR Detective Story
Ted Knorr - Herbert "Rap" Dixon: Odd Man Out

Special Presentations:
Rob Ruck - Video highlights of "Kings on the Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men" with Q&A
Kevin Kirkland & J. Monroe Butler II - The story of "Lucky Bats" by batboy Elijah D. Miller.
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Robert "Bob" Paige with tales about his father Leroy "Satchel" Paige.

Bob pictured with Charles Crutchfield IV - Read Ryan Whirty's article about Paige's presentation HERE

Articles:
  • Ted Knorr - Rap Dixon: Odd Man Out
  • George Skornickel - Vic Harris: Why Isn't He in the Hall of Fame?
  • George Skornickel - Characters with Character: Pittsburgh All Black Line-Up
  
Researchers/Authors Panel:
  • James Brunson III - The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890
  • Jim Overmyer - Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
  • Donald Spivey - If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
  • Kari Whiteside from Granada Hills Charter High School (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Jeff Boelter from Vianney High School (St. Louis, MO)

John Coates Next Generation Award
  • Josh Howard, Shawn Morris and Robert Kuhn McGregor

Tweeb Webb Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Ryan Whirty for his Blog: https//homeplatedontmove.wordpress.com

Robert Peterson Recognition Award
  • Bill Plott for The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920 - 1951
  • Jim Overmyer for Black Ball and the Boardwalk: The Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, 1916 - 1929

Trivia Contest Winner:
  • Karl Lindholm - Cornwall, Vermont

Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
  • Roy Langhans - Cockeysville, Maryland


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  • Number 42
    • 42 Tribute
    • Why Jackie Robinson?
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    • 10 Highlights of 50th Anniv.
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  • Grave Markers
    • Sol White Dedication
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