“I’m going to have a good year because I’m Al Oliver. I…
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At SABR 49, we were excited to welcome Steve Garvey, one of the…
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Will Clark acquired his nickname, “The Thrill,” shortly after…
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San Francisco Giants first baseman Will Clark had compiled his…
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The Montreal Expos broke camp in the spring of 1978 with the…
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With only a little over a week until the 1935 All-Star Game,…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this…
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In the early months of the 1952 season, the Cleveland…
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When Ron Hunt, the rawboned 22-year-old Mets second baseman,…
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The race to lead the league in triples is not one that gets a…
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Before Tom Glavine joined the New York Mets in 2003, he had already…
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“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was…
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At SABR 49, San Diego Padres Assistant General Manager Josh Stein…
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At SABR 49 on Thursday, June 27, 2019, our 1984 San Diego Padres…
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Trivia giant Bill Carle pulled off the "daily double" to win…
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James "Jim" Creighton has been selected as SABR’s Overlooked…
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Mariano Rivera
Al Oliver
Scott Rolen
Phil Ball
SABR 49: Listen to Padres legend Steve Garvey’s oral history interview
April 8, 1986: Will Clark produces thrill in major-league debut
October 4, 1989: Giants’ Will Clark has ‘helluva week’ in 1989 NLCS opener
April 23, 1978: Rogers and Knowles pitch Expos into first place
June 29, 1935: Joe Medwick hits for the cycle but Cardinals fall to Reds
This Week in SABR: July 5, 2019
June 4, 1952: Cleveland’s Larry Doby hits for the cycle, drives in six runs in loss to Red Sox
April 19, 1963: Rookie Ron Hunt lifts Mets to season’s first win
September 23, 1995: Lance Johnson triples three times as White Sox thrash Twins
August 5, 2007: Tom Glavine wins his 300th game
June 5, 1971: Tom Murphy outduels Jim Lonborg, pitches Angels to Fenway win
Buzzie Bavasi
Jim Heise
Charlie Whitehouse
SABR 49: Listen to highlights from Josh Stein’s welcoming remarks in San Diego
SABR 49: Listen to highlights from our 1984 San Diego Padres panel
SABR 49: Bill Carle pulls off daily double, teams with Jamie Selko to win Trivia Contest
Steve Garvey (2019)
SABR 49: Pankin, Rewolinski win 2019 convention presentation awards
SABR 49: Jim Creighton selected as Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend for 2019