SABR 50: Committee Meetings
Here is the schedule for research and functional committee meetings at SABR 50 — August 17-21, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Committee meetings are open to all convention attendees.
Click on a link below to learn more about SABR’s research committees.
ASIAN BASEBALL
Rob Fitts, visiting chair (robertfitts@verizon.net)
Saturday, August 20, 10:00 a.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Rob Fitts on the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Tour of Japan and Adam Berenbak on “100 Years On: A Centennial Review of Herb Hunter’s 1922 Tour of Japan”. Click here to listen to the audio recording of these presentations. (MP3; 43:31)
BALLPARKS
Kevin Johnson, co-chair (kjokbaseball@yahoo.com)
Saturday, August 20, 2:30 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Former Baltimore Orioles president Larry Lucchino, acclaimed ballpark design director Janet Marie Smith, and longtime baseball executive Charles Steinberg will talk about the construction and design of Camden Yards, which set the standard for a new wave of ballparks after its opening in 1992. Click here to listen to a replay of this panel.
BASEBALL AND THE ARTS
Joanne Hulbert, co-chair (jhulbert49@gmail.com)
Jay Hurd, co-chair (jayh0912@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 18, 3:00 p.m., Lombard/Camden Ballroom (3rd floor)
BASEBALL CARDS
Jason Schwartz, co-chair (jason.1969@yahoo.com)
Nick Vossbrink, co-chair (nick@vossbrink.net)
Saturday, August 20, 4:30 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Paul Ember, “1959 Fleer Ted Williams set”. Click here to view Paul’s PowerPoint slides from his presentation. (.pptx; 23.1 MB)
BASEBALL LANDMARKS
Mark Armour, visiting chair (markarmour04@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 18, 11:00 a.m., Lombard/Camden Ballroom (3rd floor)
BASEBALL AND THE MEDIA
Chuck Hildebrandt, visiting chair (chuck.sabr@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 4:00 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Joe Castiglione, play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox Radio Network; Kevin Brown, Baltimore Orioles primary television play-by-play announcer for MASN; Moderator: Chuck Hildebrandt, visiting chair of the Baseball and the Media Committee. Click here to listen to a replay of this panel.
BASEBALL MEMORIES
Barry Mednick, visiting chair (bmednick@roadrunner.com)
Jeff Hubbard, visiting chair (drjeffreyhubbard@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 4:00 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
BASEBALL RECORDS
Trent McCotter, chair (trent.mccotter@gmail.com)
Saturday, August 20, 3:30 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Herm Krabbenhoft and Thomas Thress
BLACK SOX SCANDAL
Jacob Pomrenke, chair (buckweaver@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 18, 3:00 p.m., Calvert/Pratt Ballroom (3rd floor)
BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
Bill Carle, chair (bbxpert@aol.com)
Saturday, August 20, 9:00 a.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Paul Scimonelli on super-scout Joe Cambria. Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 34:24)
BIOGRAPHY PROJECT (BIOPROJECT)
Gregory H. Wolf, co-chair (ghwolf1967@gmail.com)
Rory Costello, co-chair (roryscostello@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 18, 12:00 p.m., Lombard/Camden Ballroom (3rd floor)
BUSINESS OF BASEBALL
Mike Haupert, co-chair (mhaupert@uwlax.edu)
Dan Levitt, co-chair (dan@danlevitt.com)
Saturday, August 20, 1:00 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Karl Green, chair (atlcrackersfan@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 8:00 a.m., Constellation D Ballroom
DEADBALL ERA
John McMurray (deadball@sabr.org)
Friday, August 19, 12:00 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Don Jensen, “Harry Stevens and the Deadball Era”
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Allison Levin, chair (allison.levin@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 2:00 p.m., Calvert/Pratt Ballroom (3rd floor)
GAMES PROJECT
Bill Nowlin, visiting chair (bill.nowlin@rounder.com)
Friday, August 19, 1:00 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
GAMES AND SIMULATIONS
Mark Wendling, visiting chair (mwendlingremote@shaw.ca)
Leslie Heaphy, visiting chair (lheaphy@kent.edu)
Thursday, August 18, 11:00 a.m., Charles Ballroom (3rd floor)
LATINO BASEBALL
Leslie Heaphy, visiting chair (lheaphy@kent.edu)
Saturday, August 20, 3:30 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
*Film screening: Baltimore and Cuba: From Babe Ruth to César Prieto.
Baltimore and Cuba have had more connections than the ones people may think when talking about great players form the past like Mike Cuéllar or Willie Miranda, or the two-game friendly series held between both teams in 1999. Before the revolution, there were teams from Baltimore visiting Havana to play, and the most iconic player ever born in the city, Babe Ruth, spent a few days in November 1920 capturing the attention of Cuban baseball fans. This documentary intends to show some of the things that have drawn Baltimore and Cuba closer together.
MINOR LEAGUES
George Pawlush, chair (george.pawlush@wilkes.edu)
Friday, August 19, 9:00 a.m., Constellation D Ballroom
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Peter Mancuso, chair (peterplus4@earthlink.net)
Bob Bailey, vice-chair (bobbailey@cox.net)
Thursday, August 18, 12:00 p.m., Calvert/Pratt Ballroom (3rd floor)
ORAL HISTORY
John McMurray, chair (sabroralhistorycommittee@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 2:00 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Mike Bordick, Orioles Hall of Famer
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this interview. (MP3; 59:12)
PICTORIAL HISTORY
Cary Smith, chair (zinnbeck@me.com)
Saturday, August 20, 12:00 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
RETROSHEET
Tom Thress, chair (tthress@retrosheet.org)
Saturday, August 20, 4:30 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
SPRING TRAINING
David Krell, chair (david@davidkrell.com)
Thursday, August 18, 11:00 a.m., Calvert/Pratt Ballroom (3rd floor)
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Phil Birnbaum, chair (110phil@gmail.com)
Friday, August 19, 3:00 p.m., Constellation D Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Vinay Kumar, “Talent Differential: The Balance of Talent Across the NL and AL” and Hans Van Slooten. Click here to listen to the audio recording of these presentations. (MP3; 45:44)
WOMEN IN BASEBALL
Leslie Heaphy, co-chair (lheaphy@kent.edu)
Friday, August 19, 12:00 p.m., Constellation A/B Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Melissa Ludtke on “Moms + Daughters, Baseball, Equality”
Baseball lore tells us that love for the game passes from father to son. Melissa’s mother birthed her with baseball’s DNA in her blood, and at the age of 27, as a baseball reporter for Sports Illustrated, she won an equal access federal court lawsuit against Major League Baseball that forced Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to open the clubhouse doors to women writers. She is working on a book titled Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside. Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 47:05)
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