SABR 51: Committee Meetings
Here is the schedule for research and functional committee meetings at SABR 51 — July 5-9, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. 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)
Friday, July 7, 1:00 p.m., State Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Steve Treder on “1970 San Francisco Giants tour of Japan” and Mark Kanter on “1968 St. Louis Cardinals tour of Japan”
Click here to listen to the audio recording of these presentations. (MP3; 51:03)
BALLPARKS
Kevin Johnson, co-chair (kjokbaseball@yahoo.com)
Friday, July 7, 4:00 p.m., State Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Visual artist Andy Brown
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 57:22)
BASEBALL AND THE ARTS
Joanne Hulbert, co-chair (jhulbert49@gmail.com)
Jay Hurd, co-chair (jayh0912@gmail.com)
Thursday, July 6, 4:15 p.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
BASEBALL CARDS
Jason Schwartz, co-chair (jason.1969@yahoo.com)
Nick Vossbrink, co-chair (nick@vossbrink.net)
Saturday, July 8, 5:30 p.m., State Ballroom
*Guest speaker: John Racanelli, “Death, Taxes, and Baseball Cards Litigation”
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 52:30)
THE BASEBALL INDEX
Andy McCue, chair (agmccue48@gmail.com)
Thursday, July 6, 5:15 p.m., State Ballroom
BASEBALL LANDMARKS
John Racanelli, chair (j.racanelli@hotmail.com)
Saturday, July 8, 4:30 p.m., Grand Ballroom
Guest speaker: Illustrator Steve Musgrave will discuss the Cubs artwork on display at the CTA Red Line Addison station
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 34:05)
BASEBALL MEMORIES
Joe Shaw, co-chair (rjshaw2@cox.net)
Anne Enos, co-chair (anne.enos@cox.net)
Friday, July 7, 3:00 p.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
BASEBALL RECORDS
Herm Krabbenhoft, visiting chair (bqr9343@aol.com)
Thursday, July 6, 4:15 p.m., State Ballroom
Guest speaker: Herm Krabbenhoft, “Revisiting the Psychology of ‘Round Numbers as Goals’: Achieving a .300 Batting Average”
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this presentation. (MP3; 50:50)
BLACK SOX SCANDAL
Jacob Pomrenke, chair (buckweaver@gmail.com)
Saturday, July 8, 3:30 p.m., Grand Ballroom
Guest speakers: Panel discussion on 1924 Shoeless Joe Jackson v. Chicago White Sox trial with Jacob Pomrenke and David Fletcher
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this panel. (MP3; 53:30)
BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
Bill Carle, chair (bbxpert@aol.com)
Friday, July 7, 9:00 a.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
BIOGRAPHY PROJECT (BIOPROJECT)
Alan Cohen, visiting chair (adc0317@comcast.net)
Friday, July 7, 12:00 p.m., State Ballroom
BUSINESS OF BASEBALL
Mike Haupert, co-chair (mhaupert@uwlax.edu)
Dan Levitt, co-chair (dan@danlevitt.com)
Saturday, July 8, 4:30 p.m., State Ballroom
CENTURY
Sharon Hamilton, chair (livesliterary@gmail.com)
Saturday, July 8, 9:00 a.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Karl Green, chair (atlcrackersfan@gmail.com)
Saturday, July 8, 8:00 a.m., Grand Ballroom
DEADBALL ERA
John McMurray (deadball@sabr.org)
Thursday, July 6, 4:15 p.m., Grand Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Mark S. Sternman on Fred Tenney, Ritter Award winner Jason Cannon, and Rob Fitts on Japanese baseball tours
Click here to listen to the audio recording of these presentations. (MP3; 52:22)
GAMES PROJECT
John Fredland, chair (johnfredland@gmail.com)
Thursday, July 6, 11:00 a.m., State Ballroom
GAMES AND SIMULATIONS
Mark Wendling, co-chair (mwendlingremote@shaw.ca)
Derek Bain, co-chair (derekbain21@gmail.com)
Thursday, July 6, 12:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom
*Guest speakers: Panel discussion with Mike Cieslinski of Dynasty League Baseball, media executive Geoff Reiss, and author and SABRcast host Rob Neyer.
Click here to listen to the audio recording of this panel. (MP3; 51:22)
LATINO BASEBALL
Anthony Salazar, chair (salazar8017@yahoo.com)
Friday, July 7, 4:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom
MINOR LEAGUES
George Pawlush, chair (george.pawlush@wilkes.edu)
Thursday, July 6, 12:00 p.m., State Ballroom
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Bob Bailey, co-chair (bobbailey@cox.net)
Thursday, July 6, 3:00 p.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
PICTORIAL HISTORY
Cary Smith, chair (zinnbeck@me.com)
Friday, July 7, 12:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom
*Guest speaker: Cary Smith with an introduction of the new SABR-Rucker Archive collection
RETROSHEET
Tom Thress, chair (tthress@retrosheet.org)
Thursday, July 6, 5:15 p.m., Grand Ballroom
SCOUTS
Rod Nelson, chair (sabrscouts@gmail.com)
Saturday, July 8, 10:00 a.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
* Guest speaker: Marco Paddy, Chicago White Sox Special Assistant to the GM and 2023 Roland Hemond Award recipient
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Phil Birnbaum, chair (110phil@gmail.com)
Friday, July 7, 2:00 p.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
WOMEN IN BASEBALL
Leslie Heaphy, co-chair (lheaphy@kent.edu)
Thursday, July 6, 2:00 p.m., Adams Ballroom (6th floor)
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