This Week in SABR: March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019/in This Week in SABR /by admin

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 March 1, 2019:

Download the SABR Analytics Conference digital program

We’re just a week away from the eighth annual SABR Analytics Conference, presented by MLB and KinaTrax, on March 8-10 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. We have an All-Star lineup of speakers, panelists and presenters on the schedule this year.

Click here to download the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference digital program (PDF)

Complete coverage of the SABR Analytics Conference, including a full schedule, can be found at SABR.org/analytics. We’ll be posting stories, photos, and multimedia clips online next week. You can also follow along live on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #SABRanalytics during the conference.

Once again, we’re bringing together the top minds of the baseball analytic community under one roof to discuss, debate and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball.

The SABR Analytics Conference will consist of a combination of Guest Speakers, Panels, and Research Presentations — plus the unique Diamond Dollars Case Competition, in which undergraduate, graduate, and law school students from across the country analyze and present a real baseball operations decision.

Find more information on the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference below:

Registration: Click here to register for the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference. On-site registration will be available in the Regency Ballroom Foyer (first floor) of the Hyatt beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 8 and continuing through the conference. Please note: The early registration rate is no longer available.
Hotel: Click here to book your room at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix at the special SABR rate of $229/night (plus tax). Please note: Rooms are also available under the SABR group block for the nights of Wednesday, March 6; Thursday, March 7; and Sunday, March 10. If you are visiting Arizona for spring training, please contact Deb Jayne to check on availability.
Schedule: Click here for a detailed schedule.
Speakers: Click here for a list of featured speakers.
Research presentations: Click here to learn more about the research presentations.
Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Learn more or apply now to participate in the 2019 Diamond Dollars Case Competition.
Yoseloff Scholarship: Click here to learn more about the Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference.
Research Awards: Click here to learn more about the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference Research Award finalists.
Networking Reception: Click here to sign up for the 2019 SABR Analytics Networking Reception with Baseball Industry Network.
Sponsors: Click here to learn more about our sponsors.

Visit SABR.org/analytics for more information or to register.

Diamond Dollars Case Competition participating schools

The SABR Analytics Conference is pleased to host the unique Diamond Dollars Case Competition beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix in Arizona.

Here is a list of participating schools for the 2019 Diamond Dollars Case Competition at the SABR Analytics Conference:

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Elon University (Elon, NC)
Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School (Richmond, VA)
NYU-Tisch Institute for Global Sport (New York, NY)
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY)
St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)

The full presentation schedule can be found online at SABR.org/analytics/case.

More than 70 alumni from the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Diamond Dollars Case Competitions have secured internships or permanent positions within Major League Baseball.

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

Check out our featured panels at the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference

Join us for the eighth annual SABR Analytics Conference, presented by MLB and KinaTrax, on Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 10, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix.

Here is some more information about our featured panels:

The State of Analytics, with ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez, Baseball Info Solutions founder John Dewan, author and SABRcast host Rob Neyer, and SABR Board President Vince Gennaro (1:10 p.m., Friday, March 8)
Liquid Analytics, with MLB Network analyst and former All-Star first baseman Carlos Peña (2:45 p.m., Friday, March 8)
Keeping Data Flowing, with Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball, Ben Jedlovec of Major League Baseball, Joe Rosales of Baseball Info Solutions, and broadcaster Mike Ferrin (8:30 a.m., Saturday, March 9)
Training Pitchers, with Dr. Steven Cadavid of KinaTrax, Seth Daniels of Rapsodo, former major-league pitcher and coach Scott Radinsky, Eno Sarris of The Athletic, moderated by Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Steve Berthiaume (11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 9)
Statcast Year Five: Where Are We Now?, with MLB Advanced Media’s Greg Cain, Travis Petersen, Cory Schwartz, and Daren Willman, moderated by MLB’s Ben Jedlovec (12:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9)
Lidar and Ground Truth Testing, with MLB Baseball Scientist Clay Nunnally (3:45 p.m., Saturday, March 9)
Game Within a Game, with Emilee Fragapane of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dr. Lee Picariello of Mindful Athlete Training, Julian Volyn of TrinityVR, moderated by Rob Neyer (9:30 a.m., Sunday, March 10)
Use of Analytics in Broadcast Media, with Eduardo Perez of ESPN, Mike Petriello of MLB.com, and Mike Ferrin (12:45 p.m., Sunday, March 10)

For more information on the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference, visit SABR.org/analytics.

2019 SABR Analytics Conference: Networking Reception

SABR is once again teaming up with the Baseball Industry Network for the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference Networking Reception, presented by KinaTrax, which will feature food, drinks and great opportunities to network with baseball professionals and other attendees from the conference.

The reception will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 N. 2nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004.

Admission to the welcome reception is included with your 2019 SABR Analytics Conference registration.

Members of the Baseball Industry Network can attend the reception separately for $32. To sign up for the Networking Reception at EventBrite, click here.

Ben Rose joins SABR as Director of Development

SABR is pleased to welcome Ben Rose as its new Director of Development. In this role, which begins on March 1 and is based at the SABR office in Phoenix, Arizona, he will spearhead fundraising activities as our 501(c)3 nonprofit organization continues to grow.

Rose spent the past 10 years with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a nonprofit focused on utilizing youth sports to teach life lessons. At PCA, he first served as Executive Director of the Houston chapter before transitioning to Director of Field Operations helping to lead PCA’s national efforts. He has also worked with the the Houston Astros, MLB Advanced Media, the Arizona Fall League, and the NFL’s Houston Texans. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and holds a Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership from Rice University.

To contact Ben Rose, send an e-mail to brose@sabr.org.

SABR Digital Library: The Team that Couldn’t Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers

Add a brand-new baseball book from the SABR Digital Library to your collection this season:

The Team that Couldn’t Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers
Edited by Steve West and Bill Nowlin
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-9438-1693-4, $29.95
ISBN (e-book): 978-1-9438-1692-7, $9.99
414 pages, 8.5″ x 11″

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 Team That Couldn’t Hit for FREE from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, Kindle/MOBI and EPUB formats.
Paperback: Get a 50% discount on the The Team That Couldn’t Hit paperback edition from the SABR Store ($15.99 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.

Last chance to vote in 2019 Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend primary election

2019 is here and it’s time to start the ball rolling as we choose our Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend of the year.

Last year, Dummy Hoy (pictured at right) joined previous winners Pete Browning (2009), Hall of Famer Deacon White (2010), Harry Stovey (2011), Bill Dahlen (2012), Ross Barnes (2013), Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams (2014), Tony Mullane (2015), Jack Glasscock (2016), and Bob Caruthers (2017) as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legends.

The preliminary voting process, which we call the Overlooked Primary Election, will consist of each voter selecting 10 names from the list of 25 candidates. The top 10 will be presented to the SABR membership later this spring, when all members will be able to vote in the final election. The winner will be announced at the SABR 49 convention this summer in San Diego.

Click here to download a PDF file with the 25 candidates for 2019 and a brief explanation of their baseball accomplishments and/or contributions to our national pastime.

The voting in the Overlooked Primary Election will end at 11:59 p.m. MST on Monday, March 4, 2019.

To vote in the Primary Election, you must be a member of the Nineteenth Century Committee. Click here to join the group and then you can request a copy of the ballot from Adam Darowski.

Los Angeles chapter expands on BasebALZ program with Alzheimer’s patients

Members of SABR’s Allan Roth Chapter conducted its fifth meeting with Alzheimer’s Los Angeles on Sunday, February 24, and we put a couple of new wrinkles in the mix, which were very successful.

Inspired by the St. Louis and Austin SABR chapters’ popular BasebALZ program, the Los Angeles-based Allan Roth Chapter has partnered with Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles to bring reminiscence therapy to patients and caregivers.

This month’s theme was the Los Angeles Dodgers, and we presented the history of Dodger Stadium (by SABR member Jeff Hubbard) and the history of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry (myself). Jeff and I wore each team’s regalia in keeping with the theme (he wore a Drysdale jersey while I wore a McCovey jersey).

Click here for the full recap and to view more photos at SABR.org.

— Jon Leonoudakis

Early registration is now open for SABR 49 in San Diego

We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a spectacular SABR 49 convention this summer in San Diego. Conference and hotel registration is now available at SABR.org/convention.

Click here for more information on the SABR 49 All-Inclusive Package, Early-Bird Registration, and optional sessions. Click here to register for SABR 49.

Registration: Click here for complete information on the SABR 49 All-Inclusive Package, Early-Bird Registration, and optional sessions. Or click here to register for SABR 49! We’re again offering a special All-Inclusive Package for the annual SABR convention. For the $369 all-inclusive rate, SABR members can get:
— Full registration to SABR 49 in San Diego (early-bird: $289; regular rate: $319)
— 1 ticket in the Upper Infield Reserved (1B) section to the Padres vs. Cardinals game on Friday, June 28 at Petco Park ($24 value)
— 1 ticket to the Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 28 ($70 value)
— 1 exclusive SABR 49 convention logo lapel pin
— 2 complimentary Continental breakfasts on Thursday and Friday mornings*
*The Continental breakfast benefit is only available when you register for the All-Inclusive Package.
Non-members can pay $399 for the All-Inclusive Package; the deadline to register is Monday, May 6, 2019.
Hotel: The special SABR group rate at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego of $224/night (single rate) or $254/night (double rate) is only available to registered convention attendees. After you register for the SABR 49 convention, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with details on how to book your hotel room at the SABR group rate. If you do not receive your confirmation email after registering, please contact Deb Jayne at djayne@sabr.org. There are a limited number of rooms in our group block, so be sure to register for SABR 49 early!
Awards Luncheon: SABR will host a special Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 28 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The Awards Luncheon, which includes a meal, will feature the announcement of SABR’s annual awards — including the Bob Davids Award, our highest honor. One ticket to the Awards Luncheon is included in the all-inclusive package or guest tickets are available for $70 when you register for SABR 49.
Research presentations: SABR invites all members to present their research findings to their colleagues attending SABR 49. The deadline to submit your abstract was Sunday, February 24, 2019. Click here for complete details and application form.
Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, click here to learn more about a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend SABR 49 in San Diego. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 29, 2019.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register for the SABR 49 convention.

Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend SABR 49 in San Diego

With generous funding from The Anthony A. Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend SABR 49 on June 26-30, 2019, in San Diego. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250.

The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage high school and college-level student engagement with baseball research and to engender an active interest in baseball and SABR.

Download an application form: Click here to download a Yoseloff Scholarship form to attend SABR 49 in San Diego

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Jeff Schatzki at jschatzki@sabr.org no later than Friday, March 29, 2019.

Click here for complete details and submission criteria.

SABR to launch new baseball podcast in 2019: SABRcast with Rob Neyer

Baseball fans, tune in this season to SABRcast with Rob Neyer, a new weekly podcast hosted by award-winning author and longtime SABR member Rob Neyer.

SABRcast, which will launch around Opening Day in the spring of 2019, will feature insights and analysis of what’s happening in modern baseball on and off the field, plus compelling interviews with figures from around the game — and music from The Baseball Project.

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

8 new SABR biographies published

Eight new biographies were posted this week as part of the SABR Baseball Biography Project, which brings us to a total of 4,835 published biographies. Here are the new bios published this week:

Babe Dye, by Stella McTaggart (first-time author)
Edgar Renteria, by Tim Odzer
Ramón Romero, by Tom Hufford
Fern Shollenberger, by Brian Engelhardt
Jimmy Slagle, by Larry Slagle
Mike Torrez, by Jorge Iber
Herm Wehmeier, by Warren Corbett
Charlie Ziegler, by Chris Rainey

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

Search for any SABR biography: You can now visit sabr.org/bioproj_search to search for any player — or manager, executive, scout, spouse, broadcaster, or umpire — who appears in the SABR BioProject. You can also browse all of these BioProject categories and a lot more, including 300-game winners, Hall of Famers, 1960s All-Stars, or Negro Leaguers, at our Browse page: sabr.org/bioproj/browse.
Read all bios from From Spring Training to Screen Test book online: In From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors, published by SABR in 2018 and edited by Rob Edelman and Bill Nowlin, we told the stories of the stars and supporting players on baseball diamonds who also became stars and supporting players in the movies, on Broadway, in vaudeville and, eventually, on television and in concert halls. All of the biographies in From Spring Training to Screen Test are now available to be read online at the SABR BioProject. Click here to download a free e-book edition or get 50% off the paperback edition of From Spring Training to Screen Test.

8 new stories published by the SABR Games Project

Eight new game stories were posted this week as part of the SABR Games Project. Here are the new game stories:

June 27, 1973: Cardinals clobber Pirates as Torre hits for the cycle, by Mike Huber
September 10, 1974: Cardinals’ Lou Brock sets single-season record with 105th stolen base, by Joseph Wancho
July 25, 1990: George Brett hits for second career cycle, by Mike Huber
September 7, 1993: Hard-hittin’ Mark Whiten hits four home runs for Cardinals, by Joseph Wancho
October 11, 1997: Grissom speeds home to give Indians an extra-innings win in Game 3 of ALCS, by Joseph Wancho
May 13, 2007: Mother’s Day Miracle lifts Boston over Baltimore, by Chuck McGill
April 16, 2009: Indians throttle Yankees in grand opening of new Yankee Stadium, by Joseph Wancho
September 26, 2018: Milwaukee Brewers clinch postseason berth as Yelich sets record, by Laura H. Peebles

New Games Project stories can be found at SABR.org/gamesproject/recent. Find all published Games Project articles 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.
Read all stories from the Pittsburgh Pirates greatest games book at the SABR Games Project: In Moments of Joy and Heartbreak: 66 Significant Episodes in the History of the Pittsburgh Pirates, published by SABR in 2018 and edited by Jorge Iber and Bill Nowlin, we explored some of the most memorable games in Bucs history. All of the stories from Moments of Joy and Heartbreak can now be found online at the SABR Games Project. Click here to read all of the game stories from this book. To download your free e-book copy or order the paperback edition with a 50% discount, click here.

Listen to an archived episode of Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM, a radio show hosted by SABR President Vince Gennaro, is back for the Hot Stove League offseason at a new time, 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET on Sundays, on MLB Network Radio.

There is no new show this week, but you can listen to archives of recent episodes on-demand on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App. Click here to learn more.

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.

2019 Southern Association Conference begins tomorrow in Birmingham

SABR’s Rickwood Field Chapter will co-host the 16th annual Southern Association Conference on Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dedicated to the preservation of the history of the Southern Association and the history of baseball in the South, the conference will take place from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at historic Rickwood Field, located at 1137 2nd Avenue West, Birmingham, AL 35204.

The cost is $35 per person, and a snack breakfast and full lunch is included. Contact Clarence Watkins with questions or if you are interested in giving a presentation.

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

We’ve heard your feedback: Some of you have said you look forward to “This Week in SABR” every Friday, but sometimes there are just too many compelling articles and announcements to read every week. We’re not complaining — hey, keep up the great work! — but we know the feeling. So in an effort to make the length of this newsletter more manageable to read, we’ll summarize some of the repeating/recurring announcements in a special “In Case You Missed It (ICYMI)” section of “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: https://sabr.org/content/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 (SABR.org/directory).

Name	Hometown	Name	Hometown
Eric Beato	Milton, MA	Ted Markus	Houston, TX
Paul Bienstock	Brooklyn, NY	Jill Matusiak	Bayonne, NJ
Mark Bologna	New Orleans, LA	Alex Moir	Belle River, ON
Kyle Breschini	San Francisco, CA	Jeff Paulson	Hercules, CA
Agustin Brizuela	Denton, TX	August Perrotti Jr.	Ocoee, FL
Greg Brown	Pittsburgh, PA	Jary Pruitt	San Antonio, TX
John Dellaportas	New York, NY	Adam Ross	Cherry Hill, NJ
John Dunn	Buffalo, NY	Russ Schafer	Mt. Prospect, IL
John Fisher	New York, NY	Paul Schrage	Scottsdale, AZ
Salvatore Gaglio	San Antonio, TX	Ryan Sheahan	Doylestown, PA
Leslie Gerdin	Cambridge, MN	Destinee Sparks	Moreno Valley, CA
John Gilstrap	Visalia, CA	Savannah Thomas	Tempe, AZ
Neva Hill	Oklahoma City, OK	Frank Wakefield	Franklin, KY
Alan Holst	Beaverton, OR	Tim Welch	West Amherst, NY

Research Committee news

Here are the new research committee updates this week:

Nineteenth Century: Voting is now open for the 2019 Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend primary election

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

Regional Chapter news

Here are the new regional chapter updates this week:

Allan Roth Chapter: February 25 BasebALZ meeting recap and photos (Los Angeles, CA)
Sweet Lou Johnson Lexington Chapter: February 23 meeting recap (Lexington, KY)
SABR Day highlights! Check out more stories and photos from SABR Day events around the globe at SABR.org/sabrday

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

SABR Events Calendar

Here is a list of upcoming events on the SABR calendar:

March 2: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Minneapolis, MN)
March 2: Kekionga Chapter meeting (Fort Wayne, IN)
March 2: Hank Gowdy Chapter Hot Stove meeting (Columbus, OH)
March 2: 2019 Southern Association Baseball Conference (Birmingham, AL)
March 2: Ted Williams Chapter meeting (San Diego, CA)
March 2: Talkin’ Baseball: Don Jensen (Columbia, MD)
March 4: Halsey Hall Chapter research committee meeting (Brooklyn Center, MN)
March 6: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter monthly meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
March 6: “The Fix” panel discussion on Black Sox Scandal (Minneapolis, MN)
March 6: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter: “Peeps at the Peeb” monthly meeting (Baltimore, MD)
March 6: Johnny Tallant’s Hot Stove League meeting (Cumming, GA)
March 8-10: 2019 SABR Analytics Conference (Phoenix, AZ)
March 9: SABR Seymour Medal banquet at NINE Conference (Tempe, AZ)
March 11: SABR Board of Directors spring meeting (Phoenix, AZ)
March 11: Casey Stengel Chapter meeting (New York, NY)
March 13: Bob Davids Chapter Monthly Hot Stove Dinner (Arlington, VA)
March 16: Dusty Baker-Sacramento Chapter monthly lunch (Folsom, CA)
March 18: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter monthly meeting (St. Louis, MO)
March 18: Larry Dierker Chapter monthly meeting (Houston, TX)
March 19: Bob Davids Chapter Maryland Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
March 19: Bergino: “After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets” (New York, NY)
March 20: Seymour-Mills Chapter meeting (Naples, FL)
March 20: Rocky Mountain Chapter monthly lunch (Denver, CO)
March 20: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter “Called Shot” monthly meeting (Baltimore, MD)
March 21: Magnolia Chapter “Third Thursday” monthly meeting (Sandy Springs, MD)
March 23: Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter meeting and Black Sox Scandal panel (Middletown, CT)

All SABR meetings and events are open to the public. Feel free to bring a baseball-loving friend … and make many new ones! Check out the SABR Events Calendar at SABR.org/events.

Around the Web

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

Jay Jaffe: Bryce Harper gets his record-setting deal (FanGraphs)
Mike Petriello: This is the next-level technology changing baseball (MLB.com)
Dave Sheinin: Orioles’ analytics-driven regime is already shifting the team’s culture (Washington Post)
David Laurila: Q&A with Indians’ Josh Tomlin on what he learned at Driveline Baseball (FanGraphs)
J.J. Cooper: Atlantic League expected to add robot umpires, mound changes in 2019 (Baseball America)
Alaa Abdeldaiem: Salem Red Sox will have first all-female broadcasting booth in pro baseball (Sports Illustrated)
Sheryl Ring: On MLB’s new pitch clock and ‘icing’ the pitcher (FanGraphs)
Matthew Trueblood: Heads-up hacking: 1-1 is a hitter’s pitch but a pitcher’s count (Baseball Prospectus)
Mark Simon: Bill James player projection updates (ACTA Sports)
Kevin Blackistone: Integration brought an unsurpassed legion of talent to baseball in the 1950s (Washington Post)
Annie Maroon: Embracing inefficiency: when we like pitchers hitting (The Hardball Times)
Terry Cannon: Baseball Reliquary announces candidates for 2019 Shrine of the Eternals (Baseball Reliquary)
Ken Schultz: Ted Williams and the unwritten rules of celebration (The Hardball Times)
Vince Guerrieri: A baseball strike couldn’t stop Cleveland’s Strat-o-Matic All-Star Game (Deadspin)
Richard Pollitt: Remembering Negro Leagues star Judy Johnson, ‘an amazing guy’ (Delmarva Now)
Bill Deane: Newcombe among baseball’s great what-ifs (WordPress)
Tim Jenkins: Seals on the Homefront (SABR Baseball Cards Blog)
Jason Schwartz: Putting the “old” in old cardboard: 50 years of manager cards (SABR Baseball Cards Blog)

Read these articles and more at SABR.org/latest.

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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