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Annual Symposium Explores Baseball Through Cultural Lens
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum co-hosts the Annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture with SUNY-Oneonta each June in Cooperstown.
The 2012 event will take place May 30 - June 1 featuring keynote speaker: John Thorn, official Historian of Major League Baseball.
The three-day event annually features more than 40 presentations discussing baseball’s effect on American culture, including academics and presenters from around the country.
Registration is $160 for participants in the Hall of Fame's Membership Program, $100 for Undergraduate/Graduate Students (with student ID), and $175 for all others.
For more information please contact Hall of Fame Librarian Jim Gates at (607) 547-0311.
2011 Cooperstown Symposium featured more than 130 researchers
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This Day in Baseball History
On May 15, 1960, Chicago Cubs right-hander Don Cardwell hurls a no-hitter. Cardwell defeats the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0, at Wrigley Field. Cardwell, a recent trade acquisition from the Philadelphia Phillies, becomes the first man to pitch a no-hitter in his first start after being traded.