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The History of Baseball in Talbot County: Facebook Live Video
October 22, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join baseball historians and aficionados Marty Payne and Jim Apple to learn about the history of baseball in Talbot County, through a Facebook Live video. They will be discussing historic baseball in the county, as well as the Talbot Fair Plays league, a group that plays baseball with historic rules today! Tune into our Facebook page on October 22, at 6:30 PM to watch our Facebook Live lecture. You do not need a Facebook account to watch! For more information, visit our page on the event
Marty Payne is a native of Talbot County and has been a member of the Society of American Baseball Research for thirty years. He has written and presented widely on baseball and rural culture in the 19th and early 20th centuries, always emphasizing the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Jim Apple was a U.S. history teacher for 43 years. He was also a pitcher with the Talbot Fair Plays Baseball Club from 2006-2019. He is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research.