

STEPHEN ROBERT KATZ
AUTHOR
NEWS & EVENTS
Talks and book signings
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I will be speaking about Candy Cummings, nineteenth-century baseball star and inventor of the curveball, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at a meeting of the SABR Smokey Joe Wood chapter, Middletown, Connecticut. The meeting will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Middlesex Cummunity College, 100 Training Hill Rd., Middletown, Conn., in Chapman Hall, room 605. Copies of my biography of Cummings, Candy Cummings: The Life and Career of the Inventor of the Curveball (McFarland, 2022), will be available for purchase and signing.
My previous talks and book signings were at:
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Ware Historical Society, Ware, Mass. (April 19, 2017);
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Paige Memorial Library, Hardwick, Mass. (April 20, 2017);
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SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) Rabbit Maranville Chapter, Springfield, Mass. (April 24, 2017);
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Palmer Public Library, Palmer, Mass. (April 25, 2017);
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Young Men's Library Association, Ware, Mass. (April 26, 2017);
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Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. (July 8, 2017);
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Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown, Mass. (July 27, 2017);
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Ware Center Meeting House, Ware, Mass. (July 30, 2017);
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Athol Public Library, Athol, Mass. (September 28, 2017);
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Dickinson Memorial Library, Northfield, Mass. (April 24, 2018)
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Pioneer Valley History Camp (July 28, 2018). My talk was on "Baseball History in Central and Western Massachusetts";
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"Talkin' Baseball" SABR group, Columbia, Maryland, (October 6, 2018)
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Western Massachusetts Baseball Hall of Fame (January 31, 2019). I represented Candy Cummings, one of the 2019 inductees into the Hall of Fame, and spoke about his life and career;
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Wilbraham Public Library, Wilbraham, Mass. (April 14, 2019);
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On July 13, 2019, I spoke about Candy Cummings, star pitcher from the nineteenth century and inventor of the curveball, at the annual reunion of the Isaac Cummings Family Association;
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Ware Historical Society, Ware, Mass. (October 28, 2022). My talk was about Candy Cummings and my book, Candy Cummings: The Life and Career of the Inventor of the Curveball (McFarland, 2022)
I am very grateful to all those who turned out for these well-attended events, and to the organizers.