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New journal and conference reflect Canadian baseball’s rich history

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When baseball’s rich history comes to mind, it’s not often associated with Canada’s involvement in the sport.

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But a conference in Windsor over the weekend and a recently published journal reflect just how long the sport has taken hold across the country.

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The 5th Annual Canadian Baseball History Conference, hosted by the University of Windsor, featured a range of research presentations. Among them were the early beginnings of black and indigenous baseball players, the importance of baseball in Quebec, Montreal his involvement in the Expos, as well as the prominence of baseball in the world. Prairie State from the 1930s to his 1950s.

Conference organizer Andrew North said: “We have a lot of variety packs this year, which is the main way people can broadcast their research. I will try to deal with it.

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“Canada has deep roots in baseball. We want to put at the forefront of how we have a lot of history that the American public chooses to ignore. If people were more aware, it would be more in the forefront.”

To further document the U.S.’s connection to baseball, the university’s Reddy Library has published an online digital version of the recently published Canadian Baseball Journal, co-authored by North, university librarian Heidi Jacobs, and economics professor Christian Trudeau. became a host.

“Canada’s important role in the historical development of baseball has been underreported and underestimated, in part because there has been no vehicle focused solely on telling the right story. is,” reads the introduction of the journal. “The journal aims to fill that void.”

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Jacobs’ love of the sport stretches from attending a Detroit Tigers game with his grandfather on Saturday to having a season ticket with her husband Dale and co-authoring 100 Miles of Baseball with him. Reflected on passion. Last year, the couple took part in her 50 games on all levels within that radius in her one summer.

Libraries and Jacobs were also previously involved in the record for the Chatham Colored All-Stars, a Canadian amateur baseball team in the 1930s that broke the color barrier and was the first black team to win a title in the Ontario Baseball Association. I was.

The 1934 OBA Intermediate 'B' champions, the Chatham Colored All-Stars, are shown in a photo of the team taken prior to their successful title win. The team members were front row left, Stanton Robbins, Batboy Jack Robinson, and Len Harding. Second row left, Hail Robbins, Earl Flatt Chase, King Terrell, Don Washington, Don Tavlon, Ross Talbot, Cliff Olby. Back row left, Luis Pryor, Coach, Guay Rudd, Sagasta Harding, Wilfred
The 1934 OBA Intermediate ‘B’ champions, the Chatham Colored All-Stars, are shown in a photo of the team taken prior to their successful title win. The team members were front row left, Stanton Robbins, Batboy Jack Robinson, and Len Harding. Second row left, Hail Robbins, Earl Flatt Chase, King Terrell, Don Washington, Don Tavlon, Ross Talbot, Cliff Olby. Back row left, Luis Pryor, Coach, Guay Rudd, Sagasta Harding, Wilfred “Boomer” Harding, Percy Parker, Coach. Not pictured was the manager, Joe “Happy” Parker. Photo by File Photo /chatham daily news

“I was at a conference a few years ago looking into the Chatham Colored All-Stars and I thought it was a shame that so many people hadn’t heard about the study[on Canadian baseball history],” she said. said.

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“When people think of baseball, they think of America, but we have a really rich history of baseball here. I realized that there are so many stories out there that could change, and so many more.”

Online journals are generally available free of charge. It is a combination of peer-reviewed research papers, archived articles, and other research articles.

“Southwestern Ontario, where we are, is a huge baseball center, so it makes a lot of sense to have one here (hosted in the university’s library),” Jacobs said.

“We also recognized that much of Canadian baseball history is focused on Ontario and wanted to consider a national scope. , including various authors.”

The Journal of Canadian Baseball can be found online from the Leddy Library journals published at ojs.uwindsor.ca.

dbattagello@postmedia.com

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