SABR 52: Committee Meetings
Here is the schedule for research and functional committee meetings at SABR 52 — August 7-11, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Committee meetings are open to all convention attendees.
Click on a link below to learn more about SABR’s research committees.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING
Brian Hall, co-chair (hall@nyu.edu)
Allison Levin, co-chair (allison.levin@gmail.com)
Friday, August 9, 5:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
ASIAN BASEBALL
Rob Fitts, visiting chair (robertfitts@verizon.net)
Saturday, August 10, 5:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
*Guest speaker: J.R. Wildridge on the Korea Baseball Organization
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 26:35)
BALLPARKS
Kevin Johnson, co-chair (kjokbaseball@yahoo.com)
Friday, August 9, 4:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: ballparks photographer Bob Busser
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 47:56)
BASEBALL AND THE ARTS
Joanne Hulbert, co-chair (jhulbert49@gmail.com)
Jay Hurd, co-chair (jayh0912@gmail.com)
Friday, August 9, 3:00 p.m., Bemidji Ballroom
(This committee is also co-hosting The Diamond King film screening at 3:00 p.m. Saturday.)
BASEBALL CARDS
Jason Schwartz, co-chair (jason.1969@yahoo.com)
Nick Vossbrink, co-chair (nick@vossbrink.net)
Thursday, August 8, 3:00 p.m., Bemidji Ballroom
(This committee is also co-hosting The Diamond King film screening at 3:00 p.m. Saturday.)
BASEBALL LANDMARKS
John Racanelli, chair (j.racanelli@hotmail.com)
Thursday, August 8, 1:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
*Guest speakers: John Racanelli on the SABR Baseball Map and Stew Thornley, “Historical Baseball Sites in the Twin Cities”
Click here to listen to an audio recording of Stew’s presentation (MP3; 52:56)
BASEBALL MEMORIES
Joe Shaw, co-chair (rjshaw2@cox.net)
Anne Enos, co-chair (anne.enos@cox.net)
Thursday, August 8, 1:00 p.m., Bemidji Ballroom
BASEBALL RECORDS
Trent McCotter, chair (treant985@gmail.com)
Friday, August 9, 8:00 a.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: Herm Krabbenhoft
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 45:34)
BLACK SOX SCANDAL
Jacob Pomrenke, chair (buckweaver@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 8, 4:00 p.m., Bemidji Ballroom
BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
Bill Carle, chair (bbxpert@aol.com)
Friday, August 9, 11:00 a.m., Bemidji Ballroom
BIOGRAPHY PROJECT (BIOPROJECT)
Alan Cohen, visiting chair (adc0317@comcast.net)
Friday, August 9, 12:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
BUSINESS OF BASEBALL
Mike Haupert, co-chair (mhaupert@uwlax.edu)
Dan Levitt, co-chair (dan@danlevitt.com)
Thursday, August 8, 4:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Karl Green, chair (atlcrackersfan@gmail.com)
Friday, August 9, 8:00 a.m., Great Lakes A
DEADBALL ERA
John McMurray (deadball@sabr.org)
Saturday, August 10, 4:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
*Guest speaker: Mark S. Sternman, “Eddie Ainsmith, Jack Barry, and the Power of Proximity to Greatness,” and Ritter Award winner Jim Chapman
Click here to listen to an audio recording of Mark’s presentation (MP3; 16:53)
Click here to listen to an audio recording of the Ritter Award presentation (MP3; 18:07)
GAMES AND SIMULATIONS
Mark Wendling, co-chair (mwendlingremote@shaw.ca)
Derek Bain, co-chair (derekbain21@gmail.com)
Thursday, August 8, 1:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: Don Daglow, pioneering video game designer
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 52:53)
LATINO BASEBALL
Anthony Salazar, chair (salazar8017@yahoo.com)
Saturday, August 10, 3:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speakers: The Diamond King film screening with Dick Perez and Marq Evans, co-hosted with Baseball Cards Committee and Baseball and the Arts Committee
MINOR LEAGUES
George Pawlush, chair (george.pawlush@wilkes.edu)
Friday, August 9, 1:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speakers: St. Paul Saints Panel with Derek Sharrer, Sierra Bailey, Tom Whaley, Liz Fedor
Click here to listen to highlights from this panel (MP3; 55:17)
NEGRO LEAGUES
Todd Peterson, co-chair (mccarthye@sbcglobal.net)
James Brunson, co-chair (jebrunson54@gmail.com)
Saturday, August 10, 3:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Bob Bailey, co-chair (bobbailey@cox.net)
Peter Mancuso, co-chair (peterplus4@earthlink.net)
Jon Popovich, co-chair (jayz43_1b@yahoo.com)
Thursday, August 8, 2:00 p.m., Bemidji Ballroom
ORAL HISTORY
John McMurray, chair (sabroralhistorycommittee@gmail.com)
Saturday, August 10, 12:30 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: Sean Aronson, St. Paul Saints broadcaster
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this interview (MP3; 28:26)
PICTORIAL HISTORY
Cary Smith, chair (zinnbeck@me.com)
Saturday, August 10, 12:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
*Guest speaker: Gary Livacari, on the Boston Public Library’s Leslie Jones Baseball Collection
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 40:33)
RETROSHEET
Tom Thress, chair (tthress@retrosheet.org)
Friday, August 9, 4:00 p.m., Great Lakes A
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Phil Birnbaum, chair (110phil@gmail.com)
Friday, August 9, 5:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: Vinay Kumar
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 52:08)
WOMEN IN BASEBALL
Leslie Heaphy, co-chair (lheaphy@kent.edu)
Friday, August 9, 12:00 p.m., Great Lakes B/C
*Guest speaker: Melissa Ludtke, “Extra Innings: On 2nd and Heading Home”
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this presentation (MP3; 53:02)
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