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What do Seabiscuit and the Babe, Corked Bats and Teddy Ballgame have in common?

Carole Engblom
November 13, 2003

"Sport is not merely a diversion," says David Wee, a St. Olaf professor of English who has also taught "Baseball and American Values" for the past 25 years. "It is a very central part of human impulse." Why is the American public so captivated by competitive sports? Why did fans openly weep when the Chicago Cubs missed its shot at the World Series? Wee addresses these questions and more in the 22nd annual Mellby Lecture this evening at 7 p.m. in Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater. His lecture, "Sport (Mostly Baseball) in Culture and the Curriculum: Seabiscuit and the Babe, Corked Bats and Teddy Ballgame, Dr. Strangeglove and a Little Chin Music," is free and open to the public.

Contact Carole Engblom at 646-3271 or leigh@stolaf.edu.