NOVEMBER 11, 2026 — SABR’s 55th annual convention and the…
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The early 2000s were the best of times and the worst of times…
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Ángel Mangual celebrates his game-winning hit in Game…
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The newly relocated Oakland Athletics were on the rise. A…
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“We could have quit and said ‘wait until tomorrow.’…
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Please mark your calendars for Saturday, February 6, 2027, when…
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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, November 6, 2026.
Click…
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A memorable scene from the 1987 movie The Untouchables focuses…
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Myron Allen’s league-play tenure with New York’s National…
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In the waning days of 87-year-old Connie Mack’s managerial…
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On November 17, 1975, the defending American League champion…
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Rickey Henderson knew how to start the show. The right-handed…
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The California Angels and Oakland Athletics squared off for…
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Two days after the announcement that the Oakland Athletics…
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On June 11, 1980, the 1979 American League champion Baltimore…
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Call for papers: 2027 The National Pastime
The SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2026
October 6, 2006: A’s end postseason jinx, beat Twins to sweep AL Division Series
July 11, 1987: A’s rookie Mark McGwire homers twice, including game-winner, to beat Brewers
April 13, 1986: A’s rookie José Canseco homers, drives in 5 runs
May 30, 1982: Rickey Henderson steals four bases in A’s victory
October 19, 1972: Ángel Mangual wins Game 4 for A’s with late pinch-hit single
October 8, 1972: A’s win Game 2 of ALCS despite Bert Campaneris’s ejection for throwing bat
September 28, 1972: Athletics erase 7-0 deficit to clinch AL West Division title
Bill Carle (2026)
Save the date! SABR Day is February 6, 2027
Bellinger, Crow-Armstrong win 2026 Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards, presented by SABR
This Week in SABR: November 6, 2026
Al Capone: A Life in Baseball
Carson Park (Eau Claire, WI)
Dick Wantz
August 10, 1883: Myron Allen returns to Kingston, Gothams rally past his old club
September 23, 1950: A’s score 12 runs in sixth inning to give Connie Mack one of his last wins
April 9, 1976: Ferguson Jenkins outdueled by Jim Palmer in Red Sox debut
August 12, 1996: Geronimo Berroa outduels A’s teammate Mark McGwire, knocks 3 home runs
July 5, 1993: Rickey Henderson homers to start both ends of a doubleheader
August 15, 1981: Athletics defeat Angels on second extra-inning walk-off home run in two days
August 25, 1980: Collision at the Coliseum: Ruppert Jones’s life-altering crash into an unpadded outfield wall
June 11, 1980: Mike Norris’s pitching endurance, Tony Armas grand slam send A’s to 14-inning win