As Peter Morris, author of A Game of Inches, receives the Seymour Medal at SABR's Seymour Conference in Cleveland April 2007, he is congratulated by Dorothy Seymour Mills, first recipient of the Medal, and Merrie Fiddler, whose book was a 2008 runner-up. (Photo by Anita Libbee)
Glamour at the baseball convention? Susan Dellinger, author and scholar, shows us how.
You can tell from this snapshot taken at Monument Park in Yankee Stadium that Cecilia Tan feels something special for Babe Ruth. (Photo by Corwin)
Posing with a cardboard picture of Sammy Sosa are, from left, Dorothy Seymour Mills, Monica Nucciarone, and Merrie Fidler at the Baseball Heritage Museum in Cleveland April 2007. (Photo by Anita Libbee)
Merrie Fidler, second woman to reach runner-up status for the Seymour Medal, enjoys her mini-Schnauzer Lou-Lou, named for South Bend Blue Sox pitcher Louise Arnold of the AAGPBL. (Photo by Anita Libbee)
Women's Panel at SABR's St. Louis Convention, 2007. Left to right: Cecilia Tan, Dorothy Mills, Melody Yount, Judith Testa, Sara Blasingame, Erma Bergmann,. Offstage at right: Jean Ardell. (Photo by Monica Nucciarone)
Erma Bergman's baseball card shows her style when she played in the AAGPBL. Who needs Balenciaga when you've got a baseball suit? (Baseball card courtesy of Julianne Kurz)
Monica Nucciarone proves than an iconoclast can smile.
Ex-president of SABR Claudia Perry doesn't rest on her laurels but continues to take part in meetings of the Women's Committee. (Photo found at Jeopardy.com)
Speaking on cruise ships is Catherine Petroski's usual work; tough, but somebody has to do it. (Photo by Henry Petroski)
That gleam in Jean Ardell's eye signals more plans for baseball women.
Those who call Leslie Heaphy to ask baseball questions discover that she is not a man named Leslie and that she knows baseball history.
High-powered Fortune editor Cait Murphy has joined the ranks of women who write about baseball.
The St. Louis Cardinals boast of the services of Melody Yount in the front office. (Photo by Dan Donovan, St. Louis Cardinals)
The sparkling personality that Judith Testa projects up close is reflected in her work in baseball history. (Photo by Karen Jacobs)
Justine Siegal's uniform shows that she means business. Baseball business - President of Women's Baseball League, Inc.
In the article, “Our Mothers’ Game: Women in Baseball,” Dorothy Seymour Mills relates the surprising upsurge in women’s participation in the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and their contributions to the study of the game.
