Wednesday, March 6 through Saturday, March 9, UNP will be at the 2024 NINE Spring Training Conference. The Spring Training Conference is a multi-disciplinary academic conference, featuring presentations on a wide range of baseball topics, including history, analytics, law, media analysis, literature, architecture, cultural studies, rhetoric, and more.

UNP’s Senior Acquisition Editor Rob Tayler will be in attendance alongside a number of UNP authors. Steven P. Gietschier, author of Baseball, will be awarded the 2024 Seymour Medal on the last day of the conference. Daybreak at Chavez Ravine by Erik Sherman was the Seymour Medal runner-up.

Thursday, March 7: UNP author presentations

10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

David Krell, author of The Fenway Effect, presenting “A Cultural Critique of Seinfeld, the 1990s New York Yankees and George Costanza as a Metaphor for the Seven Deadly Sins”

Ron Rapoport, author of The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner, presenting “Frank Chance’s Diamond: The Baseball Journalism of Ring Lardner”

3:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

Mitchell Nathanson, author of Under Jackie’s Shadow, presenting “Larry Ritter Lied—It’s More than Just Turning on the Tape Recorder: Practical and Ethical Issues Involved in Writing Oral History”

7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Roberta Newman, author of Here’s the Pitch, presenting “Dorabase or How a Team of 22nd Century Robot Cats and One Human Teach Japanese Cultural Values to 21st Century Children”

Saturday, March 9: UNP author presentations

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Jason Cannon, author of Charlie Murphy, presenting “The Life and Legacy of Willie McCovey from Those Who Knew Him Best”

10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Dan Levitt, author of Ed Barrow, presenting “John McGraw’s Florida Land Investment Fiasco”

Steve Treder, author of Forty Years a Giant, presenting “The Giants, the A’s, and Silicon Valley”

Peruse the conference program for the full list of events.