This Week in SABR: February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022/in This Week in SABR /by Jacob Pomrenke

Welcome to “This Week in SABR!” Click here to view this week’s newsletter on the web. Here’s what we’ve been up to as of February 18, 2022:

2022 SABR Virtual Analytics Conference: The Technical Side of Being an Analyst

SABR is excited to announce a new panel for the 2022 SABR Virtual Analytics Conference, presented by Major League Baseball and Rawlings. The conference, which is open to all baseball fans, is scheduled for March 17-20, 2022. Register today to join us!

The Technical Side of Being an Analyst panel, which will be held on Friday, March 18, is expected to include:

Karim Kassam, Director of Product and Strategy, Zelus Analytics
Maggie O’Hara, Senior Analyst in Baseball Operations, Detroit Tigers
Nick Wan, Director of Analytics, Cincinnati Reds
Moderator: Dan Aucoin, Chief Research Officer, Driveline Baseball

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

The Virtual Analytics Conference schedule consists of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development sessions led by experienced sports professionals, and industry networking opportunities — all available online for any aspiring front office executive or baseball fan to attend from the comfort of home. Students will have opportunities for skill acquisition and development, including sessions on how to work with baseball-related data sets as well as databasing and SQL.

Registration: Click here to register for the 2022 SABR Virtual Analytics Conference. Registration is $100 for SABR members, $125 for non-members, and $50 for currently enrolled high school or college students (includes one-year SABR membership). Please note: The early-bird registration discount is no longer available.
Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate.

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

2022 SABR Virtual Analytics Conference: Student Programming

We’re excited to announce initial student programming for the SABR Virtual Analytics Conference, presented by Major League Baseball and Rawlings. Available to currently enrolled high school or college students, panel, this slate of student-specific presentations is geared toward those looking to gain an edge in breaking into the ultra-competitive baseball industry. Student programming is expected to include:

Introduction to Baseball Databases: Sean Lahman, SABR
Working with Baseball-Reference Data: Jonah Gardner, Sports Reference
Working with Baseball Savant and R: Josh Keen, Baseball Operations Analyst, MLB
SLICED with SABR: Nick Wan, Director of Analytics, Cincinnati Reds

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

In addition to these presentations, student attendees also have access to all general Analytics Conference programming, as well as student-only networking and job opportunity sessions during the event.

Currently enrolled high school or college students are eligible to attend for a special $50 registration fee laden with benefits. Student registration includes a one-year SABR membership ($25 value), a complimentary Rapsodo certification course ($395 value), and a live webinar with Rapsodo staff available exclusively to Analytics Conference student attendees.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Call for nominations: 2022 SABR Board of Directors election

The SABR Nominating Committee is now seeking nominations for candidates for the 2022 elections. To be eligible for the Board of Directors, candidates must have been members of the Society for at least the preceding four years. The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2022.

The offices to be filled:

Vice President (2-year term; currently Leslie Heaphy)
Director (3-year term; currently Bill Nowlin)
Director (3-year term; currently Allison Levin)

Nominees must prepare a Candidate Statement Form following guidelines that will be available from any Nominating Committee member and must be received by the Nominating Committee chair no later than April 15, 2022. Self-nominations are welcome. If you would like to nominate yourself or another candidate or suggest a question for the candidates, contact Nominating Committee chair Anthony Salazar at salazar8017@yahoo.com.

Sign up now for SABR Analytics Certification online course

It’s time to get SABR Certified! The first course in the new SABR Analytics Certification program — Conversational Analytics and Critical Thinking in Baseball — is available online now.

The SABR Analytics Certification program is an online, on-demand curriculum offering professional development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics. The curriculum was developed by current baseball professionals, including employees of Major League Baseball and its clubs.

SABR members get a significant discount on this Analytics Certification course registration, saving $55 off the regular price.

Visit SABR.org/analytics/certification to sign up today or learn more.

Pre-register now for Ballpark Figures with author Jessica Luther

Join us each month for SABR’s Ballpark Figures, a new interview series hosted by award-winning writer Shakeia Taylor. The virtual Zoom event is free and open to all active SABR members.

At 8:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 3, we’ll hear from Jessica Luther, an investigative journalist who has written extensively on the intersection of sports and gendered violence. Her work has appeared at Texas Monthly, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and many other publications. She is the author of Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Sports Fan (with Kavitha Davidson) and Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape. She also co-hosts a weekly feminist sports podcast, Burn It All Down.

Click here to pre-register for Ballpark Figures on Thursday, March 3

Taylor is a Chicago-based baseball historian and freelance writer whose work has appeared at SB Nation, FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, MLB.com, Yahoo! Sports, and other outlets. She was a recipient of the 2021 SABR Analytics Conference Research Award for historical baseball analysis/commentary.

Visit SABR.org/ballpark-figures to learn more.

Watch: Click here to watch February’s Ballpark Figures show with coach Roger Cador

SABR 50: Call for Presentations

SABR invites all members to present their research findings to their colleagues attending SABR 50, the 2022 annual convention in Baltimore.

Click here to submit abstracts for SABR 50: http://bit.ly/sabr50-submissions
The submission deadline for SABR 50 abstracts is midnight PST on Friday, March 4, 2022.

SABR 50 is scheduled to be held August 17-21, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Early registration rates and hotel information will be available soon at SABR.org/convention.

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

Register now for 2022 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham

Early registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on June 2-4, 2022, at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.

Hosted by SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee, the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference promotes activities to enhance scholarly, educational, and literary objectives. Since 1998, the event has been the only symposium dedicated exclusively to the examination and promotion of Black baseball history. The conference is open to baseball and history fans of all ages.

Register: Click here to register online for the 2022 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before April 29, $195 afterward. Students: $125 before April 29, $140 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $75 for Friday or Saturday. Extra tickets can be purchased for the Rickwood Field bus tours, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Tour, or the awards banquet on Saturday night. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
Hotel: Click here to book your room online at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel at the special group rate of $155/night (plus tax). Our host hotel is located at 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., North Birmingham, AL 35203. Call (205) 324-5000 for questions about your hotel reservation.
Call for papers: We welcome proposals for oral and poster presentations from all research fields. Presentations may focus on any topic related to the Negro League centennial, black baseball in Birmingham, or other related topics, especially the Negro Southern League. Please email your proposal as a Word attachment to Dr. Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu before March 1, 2022. Click here for more details.
COVID-19 policy: All attendees must supply proof of a negative test. Those who can provide proof of vaccination are exempt from this requirement. Attendees will be required to follow any additional local public health declarations, including mask mandates. Click here to learn more.
Contact: For questions, email Larry Lester or Leslie Heaphy.

Visit SABR.org/malloy to learn more.

Apply now to participate in the 2022 Diamond Dollars Virtual Case Competition

The 2022 Diamond Dollars Case Competition will be held online beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 18, 2022, as part of the SABR Virtual Analytics Conference. Four- to five-person student teams are asked to evaluate a baseball operations case problem. The student team presents their analysis and recommendations to a panel of judges that includes MLB front office executives.

Register: Click here to register your team for the 2022 Diamond Dollars Virtual Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Virtual Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant.
Questions: Please contact Vince Gennaro with any questions about participating.

Visit SABR.org/analytics/case to learn more.

Download your free copy of The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues book from SABR, Sports Reference

We hope you enjoy this significant collection of essays on the Negro Leagues, produced by SABR and Sports Reference:

The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues: Essays and Research for Overdue Recognition
Edited by Sean Forman and Cecilia M. Tan
Associate Editors: Scott Bush, Adam Darowski, Caitlin Moyer, Jacob Pomrenke
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-970159-62-2, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-970159-63-9, $19.99
8.5″ x 11″, 176 pages

Click here to read the full description of this book at SABR.org.

SABR members, get this e-book for FREE!

E-book: Click here to download the e-book version of The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues for FREE from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, Kindle/MOBI and EPUB formats.
Paperback: Get a 50% discount on The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues paperback edition from the SABR Store ($12.95 includes shipping/tax; delivery via Kindle Direct Publishing can take up to 4-6 weeks.)

Having trouble downloading our e-books? To view PDF files on your computer, click here to download the free Adobe Reader software. Having trouble downloading e-books to your Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader or iPad? Click here for additional help.

Register now for the 2022 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference

Registration is now open for the 13th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference, which will be held on April 29-30, 2022, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. All baseball fans are welcome to register for this special event.

The 2022 conference will be highlighted by a keynote address from author Thomas Gilbert, along with a panel discussion on owner Chris Von Der Ahe with Tom Hetrick, Dennis Thiessen, Paul Browne, and moderator Bill Ryczek; a special presentation by Jonathan Popovich on “A Game of Ball: Reconstructing The Elysian Fields, 1845-1865”; a Member Spotlight interview of Dixie Tourangeau by Bob Bailey; plus research presentations.

Registration: Click here to download the registration form (PDF). Registrations can be accepted by mail only.
Cost: Conference registration is $75 per person, including the Saturday luncheon. Tickets for the optional Friday evening Welcoming Dinner ($50) and Saturday’s Post-Conference Gathering ($40) at the historic Otesaga Hotel can also be purchased in advance for you or a guest.
RSVP: Please mail your registration form no later than February 28. Registration is limited to the first 100 people to sign up, so please register early!
Schedule: Click here to view the complete schedule for the 2022 Ivor-Campbell Conference.
Contact: For questions, contact Peter Mancuso at peterplus4@earthlink.net.

To learn more about the conference, visit SABR.org/ivor-campbell19c.

Dr. James Beckett selected as winner of 2022 SABR Jefferson Burdick Award

Dr. James Beckett was selected as the winner of the 2022 Jefferson Burdick Award, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the baseball card hobby, by SABR’s Baseball Cards Research Committee.

For an entire generation of collectors beginning in 1984, cracking open the latest Beckett Monthly was a ritual as exciting if not more than ripping actual packs of cards. Which new players made the Hot List? How much did the year’s most expensive rookie cards go up? Instant access to the latest prices, which almost always went up, rarely down, surely had its drawbacks. What collector of a certain age doesn’t regret trading away a prized Sandy Koufax or Henry Aaron for high numbers Todd Zeile or Donruss Eric Davis rookie?

After nearly four decades as the CEO of Beckett Inc., Dr. James Beckett built what can rightly be called a multisport hobby empire, one that today includes publications, grading services, livestreams, a marketplace, and a large, vibrant collecting community.

Click here to read more about Beckett’s career and legacy at the SABR Baseball Cards Blog.

Check out nominees for 2022 SABR Overlooked 19th Century Legend election

Each year, SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee selects its Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend — a 19th century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

The winner is typically announced at the Nineteenth Century Committee’s annual meeting at the SABR convention. The Hall of Fame’s Early Baseball Committee, which votes on eligible candidates for induction whose greatest contributions to the game were realized prior to 1950, is next scheduled to vote in 2030.

2022 nominees: Click here to learn more about the 28 Overlooked Legend nominees for 2022, and a brief explanation of their baseball accomplishments and/or contributions to our national pastime. If you are a member of the Nineteenth Century Committee and did not receive a ballot to vote in the preliminary election, please contact Adam Darowski or Joe Williams. All SABR members will be eligible to cast a vote for the winner later this year.

Click here to learn more about the Overlooked Legends project at SABR.org.

Join us for more Stay Home With SABR virtual events

SABR chapters and committees are encouraged to set up virtual meetings to stay engaged with our members throughout the world at SABR.org, as part of our Stay Home With SABR initiative to assist in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Can’t-Miss Event: SABR’s Ken Keltner and Emil Rothe Chapters will hold a virtual SABR Day meeting on Saturday, February 19, at 2:00 PM Central Time. All baseball fans are invited to attend this free Zoom event. Our special guests include Ila Borders, author of Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey; Jasmine Dunston, Chicago White Sox Director of Minor League Operations; and Sara Sanchez of Bleed Cubbie Blue and FanGraphs. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion of their baseball experiences. Click here to register in advance for this Zoom meeting.
Video Replays: This week, we posted more highlights from SABR Day events around the globe, and also heard from author Rob Neyer and the Hank Gowdy (Columbus) Chapter held a book club meeting. Click here to view more video replays of virtual SABR events.

Here are some more upcoming virtual events you can attend online; check the Events Calendar for complete details:

February 19: Larry Lester: Black Baseball’s National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game (12:00 p.m. EST)
February 19: San Diego Ted Williams Chapter meeting with Jack Bales (10:00 a.m. PST)
February 19: Ken Keltner/Emil Rothe Chapter SABR Day meeting with Ila Borders, Jasmine Dunston and Sara Sanchez (2:00 p.m. CST)
February 21: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Paul Hensler and Bill Ryczek (7:30 p.m. EST)
February 21: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter research committee meeting (7:00 p.m. CST)
February 21: Juan Marichal (DOM) Chapter meeting with Julio Rodriguez (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 22: The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues panel discussion with Ray Doswell, Larry Lester, Adrian Burgos Jr., Gary Ashwill, and Adam Darowski (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 23: Cliff Kachline-Cooperstown Chapter meeting with Joyce Thomas (8:00 p.m. EST)
February 27: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (7:00 p.m. EST)
February 28: Northwest Ohio Chapter book club meeting (6:00 p.m. EST)
February 28: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting (7:30 p.m. EST)

In addition, the following events will be held in person:

February 19: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
February 19: Connie Mack-Dick Allen Chapter meeting (Philadelphia, PA)
February 19: Monarchs Chapter meeting (Kansas City, MO)
February 21: Larry Dierker Chapter meeting (Houston, TX)
February 26: Pee Wee Reese Chapter meeting (Louisville, KY)

Find more upcoming SABR meetings on our Events Calendar page.

SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Listen to an interview with author Allen Barra

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 #149 on Monday, February 14 featured Allen Barra, the author of several acclaimed sports books, including Mickey and Willie: The Parallel Lives of the Golden Age of Baseball, which was nominated for a PEN/ESPN award for literary sportswriting. He has also written Rickwood Field: A Century in America’s Oldest Ballpark, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, and Clearing the Bases. He has written about sports for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Sports Illustrated, and about books and film for The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Salon, and the New Republic.

Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode.

Subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks, including Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or Stitcher, and listen to each episode as soon as it’s released on Mondays. To learn more, visit SABR.org/sabrcast.

9 new biographies posted at SABR BioProject

Nine new biographies were posted this week as part of the SABR Baseball Biography Project. Here are the new bios published this week:

Ryan Howard, by Zac Petrillo
Daryl Irvine, by Bill Nowlin
John Kennedy, by Michael Marsh
Charles Moran, by Terry Bohn
Mike Roach, by Fred Richards (first-time author)
War Sanders, by Darren Gibson
Ichiro Suzuki, by Douglas Jordan
Johnny Temple, by Bob Trostler
Coot Veal, by Jerry Nechal

All new biographies can be found here: SABR.org/bioproject

Find any SABR biography: You can visit sabr.org/bioproject to search for any player — or manager, executive, scout, spouse, broadcaster, or umpire — who appears in the SABR BioProject. In addition, we have pages for Ballparks, Broadcasters, Executives, Games, Managers, Scouts, Spouses, Umpires, Writers, people who were Famous Outside Baseball, and a lot more.

18 new stories published at the SABR Games Project

Eighteen new game stories were posted this week as part of the SABR Games Project, including a selection from our SABR Digital Library book, Jackie: Perspectives on 42. Here are the new game stories:

August 6, 1890: John Reilly becomes first player to hit for the cycle three times in his career, by Mike Huber
October 8, 1904: Boston’s Lou Criger guns down New York’s pennant hopes, by Jerrod Cotosman
May 24, 1942: Paige, Monarchs get the best of Dizzy Dean All-Stars at Wrigley Field, by Tony Oliver
July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field, by Frederick C. Bush
April 10, 1947: Jackie Robinson, a Royal at Ebbets Field, by Steven C. Weiner
April 11, 1947: Jackie Robinson debuts in a Dodgers uniform at Ebbets Field, by Steven C. Weiner
April 17, 1947: Jackie Robinson records his first National League hit for Dodgers, by Kevin Larkin
April 18, 1947: Jackie Robinson tallies first career homer and first RBI against rival Giants, by Brian Wright
April 22, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s first meeting with Ben Chapman, by Alan Cohen
May 9, 1947: Racial slurs won’t stop Jackie Robinson in Philadelphia, by Alan Cohen
June 18, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s baserunning and Gil Hodges’ homer lift Dodgers, by Paul Hofmann
June 24, 1947: Jackie Robinson steals home for the first time with Dodgers, by Steve Kuehl
April 14, 1955: Elston Howard integrates the Yankees, by Dan Cichalski
August 18, 1969: Phenom Balor Moore shines as Class A teams combine for one hit, by Kurt Blumenau
May 28, 1971: Sonny Siebert outduels Vida Blue, by Mark Armour
May 22, 1994: Cardinals fight back in Florida, by Kevin Bley
July 15, 2003: Hank Blalock’s blast gives AL 9-7 win in the All-Star Game ‘that counts’, by Stew Thornley
September 17, 2019: A Yastrzemski homers at Fenway Park in a relief pitcher extravaganza, by Laura H. Peebles

New Games Project stories can be found at SABR.org/gamesproject.

Get involved: Have memories of a game you attended? Or a game you watched that caught your interest? Write about it! Writing for the Games Project is an easy way to get involved as a SABR member. Find out how by reading the Games Project FAQs section or checking out the Authors’ Guidelines. We have editors and fact checkers who are willing to help you write your first article.
Social media: Follow the SABR Games Project on Twitter or Facebook to keep up with new stories and updates.

Listen to a new episode of Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM on Saturdays

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM, a radio show hosted by former SABR Board President Vince Gennaro, is back at a new time. Listen to new episodes at 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET on Saturdays on MLB Network Radio.

You can also listen to archives of recent episodes on-demand on the SiriusXM Internet Radio app.

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM focuses on examining and interpreting the statistical analysis that plays a critical role in baseball today. It airs weekly throughout the year on MLB Network Radio, available to subscribers nationwide on XM channel 89, Sirius channel 209, and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App.

January 12 Board minutes posted

Minutes from the Board of Directors virtual meeting on January 12, 2022, have now been posted on the SABR website.

You can view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings by clicking on the link below:

https://profile.sabr.org/board-minutes

Or you can go to the Members’ Info page and click on “Org. files”, then “Board Minutes” to view the minutes.

ICYMI: Highlights from last week’s This Week in SABR

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

All previous editions of This Week in SABR can be found here: SABR.org/this-week-in-sabr-archives.

Welcome, new members!

We’d like to welcome all of our new SABR members who have joined this week. You can find all Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org and the Membership Handbook can be downloaded here.

Please give these new members a warm welcome and help them make the most of their membership by giving them the opportunity to get involved in their local chapter or a research committee.

You can find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Name	Hometown	Name	Hometown
Owen Althouse	Chapel Hill, NC	Don Kennedy	Higginsville, MO
Nick Anderson	Kirkland, WA	Donovan Nelson	Albany, MO
Geoff Cochran	Sacramento, CA	Davis Page	Fountain Valley, CA
Scott Cowan	Wenatchee, WA	Tom Parker	Kernersville, NC
Justin Daugherty	Clarendon Hills, IL	Oreidis Pimentel Perez	Camaguey, CUB
Reginald Green	Cedar Falls, IA	Anthony Spencer	Columbus, OH
Colin Hardy	Syracuse, NY	Phillip Tutor	Anniston, AL

Research Committee news

Here are the new research committee updates this week:

Baseball Cards: Dr. James Beckett selected as winner of 2022 SABR Jefferson Burdick Award
Deadball Era: February 2022 newsletter

Find all SABR research committee newsletters at SABR.org/research/committees.

Regional Chapter news

Here are the new regional chapter and chartered community updates this week:

SABR Day highlights: Click here to watch replays of 2022 SABR Day meetings

Visit SABR.org/chapters for more information on SABR regional chapters.

Around the Web

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

Registration is now open for 2022 NINE Conference during spring training in Arizona (NineConference.com)
Retrosheet adds Negro League box scores and games for 1946, 1947, and 1948 seasons (Retrosheet.org)
Randall Case: San Angelo SABR chapter may offer fans the fix they need this spring (Fox West Texas)
Stephen J. Nesbitt: ‘It was like an asteroid hit’: How baseball writer Mike Oz reinvented himself after his world fell apart (The Athletic)
Anthony Castrovince: Here is where Negro Leagues stars rank among the game’s best (MLB.com)
Tyler Kepner: A Question of Brinkmanship as MLB Nears Deadline (New York Times)
Jonathan Judge: Introducing PECOTA for 2022 (Baseball Prospectus)
Patrick Dubuque/Craig Goldstein: How Can You Be Romantic About Major League Baseball? (Baseball Prospectus)
Zach Buchanan/Dan Hayes: ‘Like kids in a divorce’: As MLB’s lockout persists, fans grapple with the prospect of yet another lost spring training (The Athletic)
Rob Mains: The Lockout and Contemporary Baseball Ownership and Leadership (Baseball Prospectus)
Hannah Keyser: There’s no way to force team owners to put wins over dollars (Yahoo! Sports)
Jayson Stark: Five things baseball can learn from the NFL playoffs (The Athletic)
Derrick Goold: Working while waiting: Cardinals lefty Matz, eager to see new home, readies for debut delayed by lockout (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Emma Baccellieri: Ryan Zimmerman Among Precious Few Franchise-Defining Players (Sports Illustrated)
Grant Brisbee: How the Giants could be significantly impacted by a proposed change to minor-league options (The Athletic)
Cody Stavenhagen: The con man, the NFL wide receiver and the wild spring training scam of 1971 (The Athletic)
Jay Jaffe: Cooperstown Notebook: The Incredible Shrinking Crop of Enshrined Starters (FanGraphs)
David Laurila: Kody Clemens Has Grown Into His Pop (FanGraphs)
Matt Monagan: Rube Foster once staged 11-bunt comeback (MLB.com)
Manny Randhawa: Broadway Joe was nearly Wrigley Namath (MLB.com)
Sarah Langs: Baseball birthdays with the most WAR (MLB.com)
Craig Brown: A quick look at the Zouave fad in baseball, circa 1870 (Threads of Our Game)
Robert H. Schaefer: The Wiman Trophy, and the Man for Whom It Was Named (Our Game)
George Castle: ‘Coach Katie Krall’ has a good ring to it for lifelong Park Ridge sports, academic achiever (Chicago Baseball Museum)
Ryan Fagan: Iconic 1987 Topps set still loved by collectors on 35th anniversary (The Sporting News)
Ryan Whirty: The Hall of Fame Whiffed Again (The Negro Leagues Up Close)
Jeff Cohen: Baseball and BBQ interview with umpire Perry Barber (Baseball and BBQ)
John Racanelli: A Most Conventional Set III (SABR Baseball Cards Committee)

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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.

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