This Week in SABR: February 10, 2023

February 10, 2023/in This Week in SABR /by Jacob Pomrenke

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, February 10, 2023.
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Registration now open for SABR 51 in Chicago
Special election begins next week for proposed By-Laws revisions
Check out highlights and videos from SABR Day events
More featured speakers for 2023 SABR Analytics Conference
Vote now for SABR Analytics Conference Research Award winners

Early registration now open for SABR 51 in Chicago

Join us in Chicago this summer for SABR’s 51st annual convention! Conference and hotel registration for SABR 51 — scheduled for July 5-9, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago — is now available.

The annual SABR convention, which is open to all baseball fans, includes featured speakers from around the baseball world — front office executives, players, managers, scouts, journalists, historians, and analysts — innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, ballgames, the SABR Trivia Contest, the Awards Banquet, and most of all, the opportunity to make and renew baseball friendships over the course of this exciting and memorable event.

Registration: Click here for complete details on the SABR 51 All-Inclusive Package, Early-Bird Registration, and optional sessions.
Research presentations: SABR invites all members to present their research findings to their colleagues attending SABR 51. The deadline to submit your abstract is February 26, 2023. Click here for complete details and application form.
Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, click here to learn more about a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend SABR 51 in Chicago. The deadline to apply is April 21, 2023.

Stay tuned for more featured speakers and the complete schedule to be announced in the coming months. Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more.

Check out SABR Day highlights, photos, and videos

On Saturday, February 4, more than 25 SABR chapters held their annual SABR Day meetings, with guest speakers that included Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic and a Comerica Park ballparks panel with Gary Gillette, Kevin Johnson, and Stuart Shea in Detroit; filmmaker Jon Leonoudakis and author Rob Fitts in the Bay Area; Hall of Fame sports executive Pat Williams in Orlando; Cleveland Guardians executive Zach Morton and Zack Meisel of The Athletic in Cleveland; Hall of Fame curator Tom Shieber and author Erik Sherman in Cooperstown; Negro Leagues historian Phil S. Dixon in Kansas City; and more — plus a SABR Day Memorabilia Road Show in Atlanta and a 3D virtual reality experience of Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Visit SABR.org/sabrday to find more highlights, videos, and photos from all SABR Day events.

More featured speakers at 2023 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce more featured speakers for the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference. The conference, which is open to all baseball fans, is scheduled for March 10-12, 2023, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

Reminder: Early registration discounts end on Friday, February 17. Registration increases $150 after the early discount ends, so register today to join us!

Our featured speakers will include Colin Cahill of the San Francisco Giants; Roger Caplinger of the Milwaukee Brewers; Bryson Nakamura of Stanford Baseball Science Core; Ethan Stewart of the Oakland A’s; and Jason Bernard, Mike Petriello, Dana Bennett, Clay Nunnally, and Graham Goldbeck of Major League Baseball.

Please note: All speakers are subject to change depending on availability.

Stay tuned for more information on speakers, panelists, and presenters soon! Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more.

Last chance to vote for winners of the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards

Online voting ends tonight for the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards, which will recognize baseball researchers who have completed the best work of original analysis or commentary during the preceding calendar year.

Nominations were solicited by representatives from SABR, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and Sports Info Solutions. Voting for the winners will take place online until 11:59 p.m. MST on Friday, February 10, and results announced at the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Sign up for Ballpark Figures on March 2

Join us each month for SABR’s Ballpark Figures, a new interview series hosted by Shakeia Taylor. The virtual Zoom event is free and open to all active SABR members. On Thursday, March 2, our guests are Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz of Cespedes Family BBQ and Fox Sports.

Pre-register: Click here to sign up for Ballpark Figures on March 2

To learn more, or watch previous episodes of Ballpark Figures, visit SABR.org/ballpark-figures.

By-Laws changes proposed for special election beginning on February 15

The SABR Board of Directors recommends adoption of three proposed changes to the By-Laws in a special election that will begin on Wednesday, February 15.

The changes are intended to increase member participation in SABR governance, add new voices to Board discussion, allow for more turnover in Board membership, and provide safeguards to ensure that the four Officers have some prior Board experience.

An online voting ballot will be sent out from tellers@sabr.org to all eligible SABR voters on February 15, 2023. The voting period will remain open until March 1, 2023.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for the 2023 SABR Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference

Registration is now open for the 14th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference, which will be held on April 28-29, 2023, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. All baseball fans are welcome to register for this special event.

The 2023 conference will be highlighted by a keynote address from author Jonathan Popovich, along with a panel discussion on baseball’s 19th-century color line with Richard Hershberger, Peter Mancuso, Brian Sheehy, and moderator Bill Ryczek; a 19th-century artifact session with Robert Mayer, Gary Passamonte, and Popovich; a Member Spotlight interview of Robert Mayer by Bob Bailey; plus research presentations and a Sunday morning vintage baseball game at Doubleday Field.

Visit SABR.org/ivor-campbell19c to learn more or to register.

Baseball fans, tune in this season to SABRcast with Rob Neyer, a weekly podcast hosted by award-winning author and longtime SABR member Rob Neyer. Episode #200 on Monday, February 6 featured Lindsay Imber, a baseball rules expert and stadium organist. Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode or subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

3 new stories published at the SABR BioProject

Cliff Floyd, by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
Dobie Moore, by Adam Darowski
Hank Peters, by Malcolm Allen

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

10 new stories published at the SABR Games Project

August 10, 1876: Short-handed Athletics borrow substitute from Mutuals, as both teams careen toward expulsion, by Larry DeFillipo
July 6, 1902: Elmer Flick’s three triples set American League standard as Cleveland topples Chicago, by Thomas E. Merrick
July 10, 1911: Phillies’ Sherry Magee assaults umpire after disputed call, by Tim Odzer
October 17, 1920: American Giants barely avoid no-hitter and win ‘Little World Series’, by Rich Bogovich
October 31, 1920: Chicago American Giants end historic season with loss to Jack Quinn-led Normals, by Joal Ryan (first-time author)
June 30, 1959: Two balls in play lead to Cardinals’ protest at Wrigley Field, by Cory Ritterbusch
October 1, 1974: Expos’ Mike Jorgensen dashes Cardinals’ pennant hopes with dramatic homer, by Gary Belleville
October 11, 1993: Stellar defense, Dykstra homer power Phillies to 10-inning win in Game 5, by Steve Ginader
May 10, 2013: Jon Lester’s one-hitter is franchise win number 9,000 for the Red Sox, by Bill Nowlin
September 16, 2022: Joey Meneses’ inside-the-park home run sparks Nationals’ win over Marlins, by Laura H. Peebles

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 3)
Edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd

Visit SABR.org to download any SABR Digital Library e-book for free or save 50% off the paperback edition.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Name	Hometown	Name	Hometown
Matthew Blake	Mesa, AZ	Sarah MacDougall	Buffalo, NY
Nathan Burres	Phoenix, AZ	Micah Malouf	Cary, NC
Jacob Cathey	Crete, NE	Jim Marshall	Phoenix, AZ
Arvin Cirunay	Marikina, SGP	David Mesrey	St. Clair Shores, MI
Janet Donovan	Franklin, MA	Chad Misippo	Yuba City, CA
Alexander Eisert	New York, NY	Lloyd Morrison	Ottawa, ON
Bob Eres	Chandler, AZ	Haley Munn	Chicago, IL
John Farrell	Sleepy Hollow, NY	Susan Nelson	Moscow, TN
Preston Frazier	Pittsburg, KS	Thorsten Pomian	Duesseldorf, GER
Rahul Gangolli	Toronto, ON	Tony Rouco	Broomfield, CO
Jan Hartley	Seattle, WA	Dan Satinoff	Tampa, FL
William Joyner	Ocean City, MD	Jarrod Schenewark	Granbury, TX
DongHoon Kim	Seoul, KOR	Joe Schubert	Springboro, OH
Henrietta Klarenbeek	Ames, IA	Bob Sciacchitano	Chesapeake, VA
William and Teresa Kloeblen	The Villages, FL	Larry Sulner	New York, NY
Nick Loret de Mola	Sacramento, CA	Lena Westerfeld	Houston, TX
Tatiana Luna	San Francisco, CA

Events Calendar: Find complete details of all SABR events
Video Replays: This week, we heard from Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic; a Comerica Park ballparks panel with Gary Gillette, Kevin Johnson, and Stuart Shea; Jon Leonoudakis (Ball Four Turns Forty); Rob Fitts (Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan); David Krell (Do You Believe in Magic?); and a Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting. Click here to view more video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

February 11: Talkin’ Baseball: Justin Mckinney (9:00 a.m. EST)
February 11: Rogers Hornsby (TX) Chapter SABR Day meeting with Bill Brown (1:00 p.m. CST)
February 13: Northern New England Chapter meeting with Geoff Iacuessa (7:00 p.m. EST)
February 13: Ken Keltner (WI) Chapter meeting with Josh Maurer (7:00 p.m. CST)
February 14: 19th Century Speaker Series: Thomas Gilbert (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 15: Deadball Era Book Talks: Rick Huhn (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 15: New SABR Member Experience meeting (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 16: Central Virginia Chapter meeting with Brad Balukjian (7:00 p.m. EST)
February 16: Larry Doby (SC) Chapter meeting (7:00 p.m. EST)
February 18: Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney and Paul Boren (11:00 a.m. EST)
February 18: Ken Keltner (WI) Chapter meeting with Noel Hynd (3:00 p.m. CST)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

February 11: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
February 11: Oklahoma Chapter SABR Day meeting (Stillwater, OK)
February 15: Rocky Mountain Chapter monthly luncheon (Denver, CO)
February 16: Magnolia (GA) Chapter “Third Thursday” meeting (Sandy Springs, GA)
February 16: Dusty Baker-Sacramento Chapter meet-up (Sacramento, CA)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

Games and Simulations: The Games and Simulations Committee is seeking new team owners to join its second annual fantasy baseball league in 2023. No entry fee required. The purpose of the league is enjoyment, competition and bragging rights — with potential to research or explore whether any particular team construction methods consistently out-perform others. Please contact Derek Bain for more details.

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter: Winter 2023 newsletter (Hartford, CT)
Dusty Baker-Sacramento Chapter: Check out the chapter’s new Twitter account at @BakerSacSABR
Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter: February 2023 newsletter (Chicago, IL)
Ted Williams Chapter: February 2023 newsletter (San Diego, CA)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Kathy Ritchie: SABR baseball memory support groups help people with Alzheimer’s disease (Fronteras Desk)
Mike Gross: In baseball trivia, Dan Massey is a ‘first-ballot hall of famer’ (Lancaster Online)
Matt Monagan: A teacher’s quest to mark every Pittsburgh Negro League grave (MLB.com)
James Leigh: ‘The Babe Is Back’: Hundreds attend unveiling of statue at Majestic Park in Hot Springs (Hot Springs Sentinel-Record)
Ken Rosenthal: Inside the high-tech hitting lab where Austin Riley and other MLB stars test their bats (The Athletic)
Ben Clemens: You Can’t Fake Exit Velocity (FanGraphs)
Jonathan Judge: Introducing Range Defense Added (Baseball Prospectus)
Daniel R. Epstein: What DRP Tells Us About Team Defense (Baseball Prospectus)
Derrick Goold: With third base finally covered, can Cardinals fill a completely Cooperstown lineup? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Jayson Stark: MLB’s 2023 schedule changes: Everything you need to know and what it means for your team (The Athletic)
Emma Baccellieri: Padres Bet Big on Yu Darvish’s Unique Tools to Age Gracefully (Sports Illustrated)
Tyler Kepner: With One More Title, the Eagles Would Finally Match the A’s (New York Times)
Alex Speier: Why it’s difficult to project the value of position players from Japan who make the switch to MLB (Boston Globe)
Michael Baumann: The Baseball Players of the Super Bowl, and the Dilemma of the Multi-Sport Athlete (FanGraphs)
Mark Simon: What Has 20 Years of Defensive Runs Saved Data Meant to Baseball? (Sports Info Solutions)
Russell A. Carleton: Is WAR Still Stuck in the 20th Century? (Baseball Prospectus)
Zack Meisel: José Ramírez’s Hall of Fame chances: What history tells us about the Guardians star’s path (The Athletic)
Patrick Dubuque: Catcher Framing Was Doomed, and So Are We (Baseball Prospectus)
Zach Buchanan: The hairdryer, tuning forks and TSA scrutiny: MLB scouts dish on life with a radar gun (The Athletic)
César Brioso: How Wendell Smith, Sam Lacy, Black press pushed to integrate baseball (USA Today)
Ryan Whirty: Henry Kimbro, from a daughter’s point of view (The Negro Leagues Up Close)
Mike Petriello: Rockies, Dodgers played the wildest game in MLB history (MLB.com)
Steven Goldman: The Little Shortstop Who Couldn’t (Baseball Prospectus)
Ginny Searle: The Orioles Have 600 Million Reasons Not To Move (Baseball Prospectus)
Sarah Langs: Why Adley Rutschman will be baseball’s best catcher in 2023 (MLB.com)
Manny Randhawa: ‘You can’t teach it’: 5 masters explain how they rob HRs (MLB.com)
Travis Sawchik: Park life: Three days with GOAT coach Tom House and his ‘misfits’ (The Score)
David Laurila: Heston Kjerstad Talks Hitting (FanGraphs)
William Gregory: What Would Realistic Expansion in Today’s MLB Look Like? An OOTP Experiment (MSABR.com)
Ryan M. Liddell: Och, Aye! Ye Wobbly Wee Spinner… (SABR Baseball Gaming)
Joseph Runde: Bop Baseball: A Happy Memory (SABR Baseball Gaming)
Gary Livacari: Leo Durocher Mentors Willie Mays (SABR Pictorial History)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Originally published: February 10, 2023. Last Updated: February 10, 2023.

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