London 2018

Schedule

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8:00 – 9:00	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome and Announcements
9:15 – 9:45	Heidi Jacobs: Jack Calder: Documentarian of the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars
9:45 – 10:15	Stephen Dame: A Second Strike: Baseball and the Canadian Armed Forces During World War Two
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 12:00	Special Presentation: Radio Recreation of the Championship Game of the 1877 International Association Pre-Game Video Post-Game
12:00 – 12:45	Lunch
12:45 – 1:15	Tour of Old Courthouse
1:15 – 1:45	Warren Campbell: Mascots in Canadian Baseball
1:45 – 2:15	Jon Dunkle: The Ontario League of 1930: How a bunch of semi-pro ballplayers from Pennsylvania became a professional league in Canada
2:15 – 2:45	Bruce Prentice Interview
2:45 – 3:15	Break and Book Signing
3:15 – 3:45	Stephen Harding and Stephanie Radu: What is Archived is Not Lost: Researching Baseball in London, Ontario
3:45 – 4:15	Gary Gillette: How Good Was the Fabled ManDak League?
4:15 – 4:45	Bob Barney: For Argument’s Sake: The Case for London’s Labatt Park Against Its Challengers for the Distinction of Being the World’s Oldest, Continuously Operated Ballpark
From 4:45	Tour of Labatt Park

8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast and Chit-Chat
9:00 – 9:30	Dennis Thiessen: James “Tip” O’Neill, the Woodstock Wonder
9:30 – 10:00	David Schulz: History of Baseball as Depicted in Postage Stamps
10:00 – 10:30	Maxwell Kates: Birth of the Blue Jays
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 11:15	Fred Toulch: Montreal Royals Vignettes II
11:15 – 11:45	Tim Blaker: The (Batting) Order of Canada: Canadians in MLB Batting Orders From 1930 to Present Day
11:45 – 12:15	Bill Humber: Changing the Narrative
From 12:15	Closing Remarks