The required result was simple: Win and they’re in. In their…
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Fans tend to expect expansion baseball teams to endure several…
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It seems simple, but every player who has stepped onto the diamond…
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The game between the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies was…
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What do you give as a birthday present to a person who already…
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On June 19, 1999, Todd Helton became the third person in…
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"I'm going to give it (the All-Star MVP trophy) to my mom. I…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this…
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We are pleased to host a special screening of the new documentary…
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After decades of waiting, Denver would finally have a major-league…
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The Nutmeg State celebrates a Hall of Fame hometown hero in our…
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It has been said that when fans attend a major-league baseball…
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The 1967 pennant race in the American League was shaping up to…
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Throughout the history of baseball, there has been an abundance…
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When a team finishes with a 57-105 record, there is rarely a…
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At the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference, presented by MLB and…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/research-collection4_350x300.jpg300350admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2019-03-25 12:59:362020-07-27 15:51:092019 SABR Analytics: Listen to highlights from Clay Nunnally’s Lidar and Ground Truth Testing talk
October 1, 1995: Rockies clinch postseason berth faster than any MLB expansion team
April 26, 1995: The opening of Coors Field and the birth of the Blake Street Bombers
Seamheads.com updates Negro Leagues Database with 1929 stats
August 23, 2001: Rockies’ Jason Jennings homers, shuts out Mets in major-league debut
August 22, 2000: In Rockies’ exciting rally, the winning pitcher was the catcher
April 10, 2000: Ken Griffey Jr. becomes youngest player to hit 400 home runs
June 19, 1999: Rockies’ Todd Helton hits for the cycle with four leadoff at-bats
July 7, 1998: AL hitters erupt for 13 runs in highest-scoring All-Star Game in Denver
Spring 2019 Baseball Research Journal
September 26, 1964: Phillies’ sixth straight loss erupts with ninth-inning fireworks
Eulalia Gonzales
Connie Wisniewski
This Week in SABR: March 29, 2019
Eight Myths Out (2019)
SABR 49: Special film screening of Moe Berg documentary
April 9, 1993: A Rocky Mountain high on Opening Day in Colorado
Effa Manley
SABR Digital Library: Jeff Bagwell in Connecticut
May 26, 1993: Ball bounces off Jose Canseco’s head and caroms over the fence
August 25, 1967: Twins’ Dean Chance fires a no-hitter at Cleveland
September 3, 1976: Mike Hegan becomes the first Milwaukee Brewer to hit for the cycle
August 26, 1973: Rangers’ Jim Merritt retires hitters and admits to throwing spitters
Bingo DeMoss
2019 SABR Analytics: Listen to highlights from Clay Nunnally’s Lidar and Ground Truth Testing talk