2012 SABR Convention: SABR 42 in Minneapolis
June 27-July 1, 2012
Marriott City Center
30 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Couldn’t make it to Minneapolis for SABR 42? We’ve got you covered online at SABR.org. The 42nd annual SABR convention was held June 27-July 1, 2012, at the Marriott City Center, just blocks from Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins.
Twins president Dave St. Peter and general manager Terry Ryan highlighted our list of featured speakers and panelists at SABR 42. Our keynote speaker was John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s Official Historian. Check out our list of speakers here. Or check out details on our featured panels here.
Download the daily schedule for SABR 42 here. More details can be found by clicking the Information button above.
- During the convention, you could follow along on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #SABR42 or by reading tweets from our account (@SABR) and from other conference attendees. Check out what your fellow SABR 42 attendees had to say each day in our SABR 42 web recaps at Storify.com/SABR.
- View our photo galleries from each day of the conference at SABR.org/convention/2012/photos.
- Listen to select SABR 42 research presentations and view the presentation slides here
Here are some highlights from SABR 42:
Wednesday, June 27
- Check out our complete web recap from Day 1 via Storify
- Watch highlights from our Business of Baseball/Ballparks Committee panel discussion on the development and financing of Target Field (video)
- Take a look back at the 1988 SABR convention in Minneapolis
- For numbers crunchers, Twins’ old-school methods don’t add up (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- View a photo gallery from Day 1 at SABR.org/convention/2012/photos
Thursday, June 28
- Check out our complete web recap of Day 2 via Storify
- SABR announces major licensing deal with MLB Advanced Media
- Listen to Minnesota Twins president Dave St. Peter deliver his opening remarks (audio)
- Listen to our Women in Baseball Panel with Dorothy Seymour Mills, Leslie Heaphy, Laura Day and Cecilia Tan (audio)
- Listen to our Official Scorers Panel with Stew Thornley, Gregg Wong and David Vincent (audio)
- Panels, presentations highlight SABR 42’s first day (MLB.com)
- Cecilia Tan live-blogs the morning presentations and the afternoon presentations (Why I Like Baseball)
- View a photo gallery from Day 2 at SABR.org/convention/2012/photos
Friday, June 29
- Check out our complete web recap of Day 3 via Storify
- Jan Finkel selected as 2012 Bob Davids Award winner
- Houston chosen as 2014 convention site
- Listen to John Thorn’s wonderful and inspiring SABR 42 keynote speech, “Nerd is the Word” (audio)
- Listen to Twins GM Terry Ryan’s featured session here (audio)
- Bob Gebhard honored as Roland Hemond Award recipient
- 2012 Yoseloff Scholarship recipients recognized
- View a photo gallery from Day 3 at SABR.org/convention/2012/photos
Saturday, June 30
- Check out our complete web recap of Day 4 via Storify
- Mike Caragliano pulls off historic double victory in SABR Trivia Contest
- Listen to the SABR 42 Players Panel with Tim Laudner, Bill Davis, Frank Quilici and Bob “Rocky” Johnson (audio/video)
- Listen to Roland Hemond’s one-on-one interview with David Laurila and watch video highlights here (audio/video)
- Rob Fitts, Andy Andres win 2012 SABR convention presentation awards
- Bill Dahlen selected as 19th Century Committee’s Overlooked Baseball Legend
- View a photo gallery from Day 4 at SABR.org/convention/2012/photos
Around the Web
- Read our compilation of SABR 42 recaps from convention attendees such as Aaron Gleeman, Chris Jaffe, Jeff Polman, Michael Clair, Cecilia Tan, Spencer Fordin, Bill Parker, Sarah Johnson and more
- Terry Ryan: A look at being a GM (MLB.com/video)
- Robert Fitts on catcher-turned-spy Moe Berg (MLB.com/video)
- A look at official scoring with Gregg Wong, Stew Thornley and David Vincent (MLB.com/video)
- Alan Nathan on the Reds’ Todd Frazier hitting a homer while losing his bat (MLB.com/video)
- Highlights from the SABR 42 Women in Baseball panel (MLB.com/video)
- Tim Laudner entertains the crowd at SABR 42 (MLB.com/video)
- Rob Neyer explains why old baseball statistics must be taken with a grain of salt (Baseball Nation)
- Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, and one researcher’s quest for accuracy (Sports Illustrated)