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Dr Adrian Burgos talk

I’m catching up a little here.  Here are some photos from a talk that Dr Adrian Burgos did on campus last week.  Dr Burgos is the author of Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line.

Dr Burgos took the time to talk to a journalism student before the talk.

Dr Burgos addressing the crowd.

Dr Burgos gets around.  He made a trip to the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City where he presented his book.  After his talk at the U of I, Dr Burgos told me he was headed to Washington DC to speak at the National Archives.

If you missed the interview that we did with Dr Burgos on Baseball Zealot Radio, take a listen.  It’s definitely worth it especially for baseball history buffs.

Baseball Historian Adrian Burgos to speak at Illini Union Bookstore

I’d like to encourage any baseball fan in the C-U area to attend this event.  University of Illinois professor and baseball historian Adrian Burgos will be speaking at the Illini Union Bookstore on Wednesday at 4:30.  He’ll be plugging his latest book, Playing America’s Game:  Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line.  We interviewed Dr Burgos on Baseball … Continue reading “Baseball Historian Adrian Burgos to speak at Illini Union Bookstore”

Playing America's Game

I’d like to encourage any baseball fan in the C-U area to attend this event.  University of Illinois professor and baseball historian Adrian Burgos will be speaking at the Illini Union Bookstore on Wednesday at 4:30.  He’ll be plugging his latest book, Playing America’s Game:  Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line. 

We interviewed Dr Burgos on Baseball Zealot Radio a few shows back.  He’s a font of baseball historical knowledge (especially regarding the Negro Leagues and the role of Latinos in baseball). 

If you can’t make it to the event, you can order his book from the University of California Press. 

Hope to see you there!

 

Baseball Zealot Radio interviews Dr Adrian Burgos, author of Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line

Show Notes for Episode 27:

Hosts: Tom

Summary: University of Illinois Professor of History Adrian Burgos has just come out with his book, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line, and I thought I’d have him come on and talk about it.  Dr Burgos has done extensive research on Latinos in baseball especially in relation to the Negro Leagues.  More info from the University of Illinois website…

Also, Dr Burgos played an instrumental part in the induction of the class of 2006 Negro League ballplayers.  Again more info…

For those in the Champaign-Urbana area, he will be doing a book signing at the Illini Union Bookstore on September 19 at 4:30pm (note the corrected time).

Thanks for listening!!

Time: 40:41

Date Recorded: 8/11/07

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