Baseball

An interdisciplinary summer institute in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park

July 20 – 22, 2012

In 2012, the College of General Studies hosted Baseball: An Interdisciplinary Summer Institute, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox and Babe Ruth. The weekend included lectures and discussions on Red Sox history, baseball statistics, baseball film and baseball as religion, plus a tour of the former Braves Field where the Red Sox played World Series games in 1915 and 1916, a tour of Fenway Park, and a Red Sox/Blue Jays baseball game.

Lectures and Discussions

• “When the Red Sox Ruled: Baseball’s First Dynasty, 1912-18″ presented by Tom Whalen, author of When the Red Sox Ruled.
• “Baseball and Myth,” presented by Christopher Fahy, co-editor of Framing Films
• “The Science of Baseball: A Discussion of Statistics, Sabermetrics, Physics and Biology,” Professor Andy Andres, MLB.com datacaster at Fenway Park
• “The True Church Universal: Baseball as the American Religion” lecture and discussion by Joshua Pederson, co-author of Making the Stage: Essays on the Changing Concept of Theater, Drama and Performance