Early this month the Society for American Baseball Research held its 18th annual Jerry Malloy Negro Leagues Conference at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. This year’s theme was built around the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays.
It was almost a miracle that the conference happened at all. George Skornickel, the chair of the Pittsburgh, or force field chapter as he calls it, of SABR, took over after the former chair passed away.
“It was a rush job and we were putting things together in April. We are the only committee [of SABR] that has a conference. We already have it set up for next year, which shows you how early we get things together.”
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