UPDATE: Event canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.

JOLIET, Illinois—The Chicago chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is hosting a baseball book fest and chapter meeting on Saturday, March 14, at DuPage Medical Field, home of the Joliet Slammers, 1 Mayor Art Schultz Drive in downtown Joliet. CLICK HERE FOR MAP.

The book fest and meeting are FREE and OPEN to the public. ALL baseball fans are invited!

The baseball book fest, held from 10 a.m. to noon, will include the following authors with their books for purchase. (Schedule subject to change.)

Sherman L. Jenkins – Ted Strong Jr.: The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star

– Ted Strong Jr.: The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star Bill Leibforth – Baseball’s Forgotten Black Heroes

– Baseball’s Forgotten Black Heroes Gregory Wolf – Wrigley Field: The Friendly Confines at Clark and Addison; Comiskey Park: The Base Ball Palace of the World; Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis: Home of the Browns and Cardinals at Grand and Dodier

– Wrigley Field: The Friendly Confines at Clark and Addison; Comiskey Park: The Base Ball Palace of the World; Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis: Home of the Browns and Cardinals at Grand and Dodier Herbert Gould – The Run Don’t Count: The Life and Times of Frank Chance and His 1908 Chicago Cubs

– The Run Don’t Count: The Life and Times of Frank Chance and His 1908 Chicago Cubs Kevin Guilfoile – A Drive into the Gap

– A Drive into the Gap Bill Brewster – The Workingman’s Game

– The Workingman’s Game Paul Babcock – The Team

– The Team Gary Livacari – Reflections on the 1919 Black Sox: Time to Take Another Look

The chapter will hold its regular meeting at 1 p.m. Scheduled speakers are:

Cheryl Raye-Stout , NPR sports reporter

, NPR sports reporter Sherman Jenkins , author

, author Heather Mills , Joliet Slammers’ general manager

, Joliet Slammers’ general manager Don Zminda, sports historian.

More information on this event can be found at: http://malamut.net/march2020meeting.html

SABR members love talking baseball with like-minded friends. What unites us all is an interest in the game and joy in learning more about it. For information on SABR, go to http://www.sabr.org.