Tufts University presents professor emeritus Sol Gittleman delivering the program “Baseball: American as Apple Pie—for Better or Worse.” Baseball has been a mirror of American values, good and bad, for the past 160 years, through the post-Civil War business boom all the way to the coming of Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente. Their arrival ended “business as usual” and also changed how “the National Pastime” was played—and who played it. Baseball history is American history, and much depends on who tells the story. The program, free and open to the public, is in conjunction with the day’s groundbreaking ceremony for Sol Gittleman Park, the university’s new baseball field. Register through the event web page.