This Week in SABR: March 8, 2019

March 8, 2019/in This Week in SABR /by admin

Live from the eighth annual SABR Analytics Conference, 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 8, 2019:

Check out early highlights from the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference

Can’t make it to Arizona for the SABR Analytics Conference? Visit SABR.org/analytics for full coverage of this exciting event that brings together the top minds in the baseball analytics community in 2019. You’ll feel like you’re wandering through the Hyatt Regency Phoenix with stories and multimedia clips from the great panel discussions and research presentations on our schedule, photo galleries, and much more.

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 today and throughout the weekend. 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 consists 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: On-site registration is 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.
Hotel: Our host hotel is the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 North Second Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Visit phoenix.regency.hyatt.com or call (602) 252-1234 to learn more. Please note: The SABR group rate is no longer available.
Digital program: Click here to download the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference digital program.
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: Click here for the presentation schedule and participating schools 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.

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, 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’s Greg Cain, Travis Petersen, Cory Schwartz, and Daren Willman (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.

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. tonight, 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.

Jane Leavy to receive 2019 Seymour Medal at NINE Conference banquet on Saturday

2019 Seymour Medal winner Jane Leavy will receive her award at the banquet of the 26th annual NINE Spring Training Conference on Saturday, March 9 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Tempe, Arizona.

The banquet includes the Seymour Medal ceremony, dinner, and the NINE keynote address by SABR member Curt Smith, the author of many baseball books, including most recently The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House, and a former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush.

To learn more about the NINE conference, or to view the full schedule, visit nineconference.com.

Leavy won the Seymour Medal — which honors the best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar year — for The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, published by HarperCollins.

The Seymour Medal, named in honor of Dr. Harold Seymour and Mrs. Dorothy (Seymour) Mills, was first awarded by SABR in 1996. To be considered for the medal, a work must be the product of original research or analysis. The winning book shall significantly advance our knowledge of baseball and shall be characterized by understanding, factual accuracy, profound insight and distinguished writing.

To see a list of previous Seymour Medal winners, click here.

**John Zinn’s Charles Ebbets wins 2019 SABR Ron Gabriel Award**

SABR is pleased to announce that John G. Zinn’s Charles Ebbets: The Man Behind the Dodgers and Brooklyn’s Beloved Ballpark, published by McFarland & Co., has been selected as the winner of the Ron Gabriel Award in 2019.

Zinn, from Verona, New Jersey, is the chairman of the board of the New Jersey Historical Society. He also won the Gabriel Award in 2014 with Paul G. Zinn for Ebbets Field: Essays and Memories of Brooklyn’s Historic Ballpark, 1913-1960. He will be honored at the SABR 49 convention, June 26-30, 2019, in San Diego.

The Ron Gabriel Award annually honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include but are not limited to magazine and journal articles, previously unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple authors, unpublished research papers, written versions of oral presentations, books, databases and websites.

Honorable mention was given to the following:

David Krell, “September 18, 1941: The Aurora Borealis Game at Forbes Field,” SABR Games Project
Steven C. Weiner, “October 4, 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers win first World Series as ‘Next Year’ finally arrives,” SABR Games Project
Fred and Scott Kipp, The Last Yankee Dodger: Fred Kipp from Brooklyn to LA and the Bronx (self-published)
J. Christopher Schutz, Jackie Robinson: An Integrated Life (Rowman & Littlefield)

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

Announcing nominees for 2019 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award

SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee established the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award — “The Dorothy” — named in honor of Dorothy Seymour Mills and her lifetime of contributions to promoting women’s baseball.

Here are the nominees for the 2019 award, which will be presented at the committee’s annual meeting at the SABR 49 convention this summer in San Diego:

Ila Borders
Amanda Clement
Lillian Hopkins
Effa Manley
Penny Marshall
Rachel Robinson
Justine Siegal
Janet Marie Smith
Connie Wisniewski

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

For more information on the award, click here. To learn more about baseball historian Dorothy Seymour Mills’s life and career, click here.

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.

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.

2 new SABR biographies published

Two new biographies were posted this week as part of the SABR Baseball Biography Project, which brings us to a total of 4,837 published biographies. Here are the new bios published this week:

Slim Love, by Chad Moody
Marv Throneberry, by Alan Raylesburg

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.

5 new stories published by the SABR Games Project

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

April 18, 1929: Babe Ruth celebrates ‘honeymoon’ with a home run, by Chad Osborne
September 28, 1943: George Kell debuts in Connie Mack’s all-rookie lineup, by Stephen V. Rice
September 28, 1948: Cleveland celebrates Good Old Joe Earley Night, by Joseph Wancho
September 2, 1970: Expos topple Pirates on John Boccabella walk-off home run, by Gary Belleville
July 26, 2013: Ohlendorf’s pitching, Zimmerman’s walk-off homer lift Nationals over Mets, 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.

Listen to a new episode of the SABR Media Committee’s Baseball Buffet podcast

SABR’s Baseball and the Media Committee welcomes you to The Baseball Buffet, our monthly roundtable podcast focusing on recent baseball events, the media’s coverage of the national pastime, and more.

Our buffet of baseball commentators include Andie Giafaglione, Thom Henninger, Chuck Hildebrandt, Stuart Shea, and host Jim Walker. Each podcast runs about 20-25 minutes, a length which fits quite nicely as a quick listen into your own lunch schedule.

Listen now to the February 2019 episode: Our buffet of baseball commentators share some Spring Training reflections; look at possible changes to the national pastime to help it pass the time more quickly; and conclude, as always, with our last bites. (25:07)

You can now listen to Baseball Buffet on your favorite podcast apps! Have every episode delivered each month fresh, hot and spicy, just the way you like it, on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, and such popular aftermarket apps as The Podcast App (Android & iOS); and Overcast, Castro, and RSSRadio (all iOS only). Just open your preferred app, search for “Baseball Buffet”, and subscribe today to listen. Each new monthly episode will be delivered to your podcast app the second it’s released. Plus, every previous episode of Baseball Buffet will always be there for you whenever the hunger for hardball talk strikes. And you can always enjoy the show on your computer by visiting SoundCloud.com and searching for Baseball Buffet.

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
Sophia Maria Andricopulos	Chapel Hill, NC	Juan Lopez	Miramar, FL
Gene Baccaglini	Columbia, MD	Yoshiki Masaki	Tokyo, JPN
Robert Bergeson	Sherman Oaks, CA	Joe Mayer	Easton, PA
Walter Biskupski	Indianapolis, IN	James McEneany	Sayville, NY
Taylor Figliozzi	Garden City, NY	Mac McKinnie	La Jolla, CA
Vincent Gutierrez	Carson, CA	Mike Monson	El Cerrito, CA
Eli Hays	Phoenix, AZ	Dean Neubauer	Horseheads, NY
Jason Henry	Cedar Rapids, IA	Terrance Shivers	Columbus, OH
Thomas Holmes	Hudson, FL	Richard Shouse	Athens, GA
Aaron Hutchison	Minneapolis, MN	Creg Stephenson	Theodore, AL
Thomas Johnston	Englewood, OH	David Tofani	Whitehall, PA
Wayne Kermode	Amityville, NY	Navneet Vishwanathan	Washington, DC
Stephen Kerr	Austin, TX	Brandon Weaver	Grand Bay, AL
Chaehyun Lim	Busan, JPN	David Zack	Henderson, NV

Research Committee news

Here are the new research committee updates this week:

Women in Baseball: Announcing nominees for 2019 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Regional Chapter news

Here are the new regional chapter updates this week:

Detroit Chapter: March 2019 newsletter (Detroit, MI)
Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter: March 2019 newsletter (Chicago, IL)

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 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 16: Sweet Lou Johnson Lexington Chapter meeting (Lexington, KY)
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)
March 26: Jack Graney Chapter meeting (Akron, OH)
March 27: Banks-Bragan DFW Chapter spring meeting (Arlington, TX)
March 27: Magnolia Chapter “Fourth Wednesday” monthly meeting (Tucker, GA)
March 28: Gardner-Waterman Vermont Chapter Opening Day meet-up (Burlington, VT)
March 30: “Boys of Summer” historic cemetery baseball tour (Atlanta, GA)
March 30: Jim Tootle: “We Shall Remember Them: Hank Gowdy” presentation (Columbus, OH)
March 30: Hanlan’s Point Chapter spring meeting (London, ON)
March 31: South Florida Chapter meeting (Coral Gables, FL)
March 31: Gardner-Waterman Vermont Chapter spring meeting (Burlington, VT)

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:

Tyler Kepner: Even as Tom Seaver’s health deteriorates, his legacy remains true (New York Times)
Ben Lindbergh/Rob Arthur: What we learned from our unprecedented access to 73,000 never-before-seen MLB scouting reports (The Ringer)
WDET: Effort under way to save Hamtramck Stadium with help from Jack White (WDET)
Ted Berg: MLB needs catchers in spring training, but doesn’t want to pay them (USA Today)
Ginny Searle: Could Mike Trout’s amazing rookie season have happened in MLB today? (Baseball Prospectus)
Gerald Schifman: How teams are maximizing minor-league options (Baseball Prospectus)
Ken Rosenthal: Outsiders turned insiders are bringing a fresh, unconventional approach to pitching (The Athletic)
Sahadev Sharma: What’s cooking in the Cubs’ Pitch Lab? (The Athletic)
Bryan Grosnick: Which teams should try the ‘Opener’ in 2019? (Baseball Prospectus)
Rob Mains: Why roster turnover has skyrocketed in MLB (Baseball Prospectus)
Mark Simon: Running on Bryce Harper’s arm (ACTA Sports)
Nate Taylor: The often-forgotten legacies of the Negro Leagues’ three female players (The Athletic)
Bob Collins: Ila Borders walks with baseball’s greats (Minnesota Public Radio)
David Kagan: The physics of fungoes (The Hardball Times)
Jeff Kallman: Eight million New Yorkers called him ‘Marvelous Marv’ (Throneberry Fields Forever)
David Gottlieb: Mariners analytics team is changing the game (MLB.com)
Tom Shieber: Baseball on the Saturday Evening Post cover (Baseball Researcher)
Shane Tourtellotte: The Drysdale and Hershiser streaks in parallel (The Hardball Times)
John Paschal: The dimensions of nostalgia: an account of how it is (The Hardball Times)
Paul Moehringer: A different way to present historical lineups (The Hardball Times)
Jayson Jenks: Why do baseball managers wear uniforms and when did football coaches stop wearing suits? (The Athletic)
Nick Vossbrink: Production changes at Topps (SABR Baseball Cards Blog)
Jason Schwartz: Uncommon common: Dave Hoskins (SABR Baseball Cards Blog)
Jeff Katz: Jewels in the Dross (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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