This Week in SABR: May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025/in This Week in SABR /by wpadmin

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

SABR 53: Hotel block, merch, ticket deadlines expire tonight
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Join SABR’s Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter for a vintage ballgame and celebration
Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame
1 week left to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship
Vote now for SABR 19th Century Overlooked Legend of the Year

SABR 53: Hotel block, merch, ticket deadlines expire tonight

We hope you’ll join us at SABR’s 53rd annual convention, which be held on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. A few important deadlines have now arrived, so make sure to register today:

Pre-order SABR 53 merch and game tickets: Avoid the rush at registration, and pre-order your SABR 53 convention logo polo shirt, T-shirt, baseball cap, or lapel pin online! The deadline to pre-order is May 30, 2025. Items will be available to be picked up when you arrive at the SABR convention. We cannot ship any pre-ordered items after the convention. New purchases will not be available on-site; the merch table is for pre-ordered items only.
Ballgame/tour tickets: Ticket orders for the following optional events also must be placed by May 30, 2025: Frisco RoughRiders game on Thursday, June 26; Globe Life Field ballpark tour on Friday, June 27; Texas Rangers game on Friday, June 27.
Hotel block: The special SABR group rate at the Westin DFW Airport of $169/night plus tax (single/double occupancy) is only available to registered convention attendees. Please note: The cut-off date to book your room at the SABR group rate is May 30, 2025. The hotel offers a free 24/7 hotel shuttle to and from Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport. Note: After you register for the SABR 53 convention, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with details on how to book your hotel room at the SABR group rate. There are a limited number of rooms in our group block, so be sure to register for SABR 53 early!

Full registration or single-day registration for SABR 53 can be purchased online in advance or on-site during convention registration hours beginning on Wednesday, June 25 at the Westin hotel. Click here for complete details on SABR 53 registration rates.

SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love — including Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Iván Rodríguez, and Rangers World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young — alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.

Schedule: Click here to view the full SABR 53 schedule.
Featured Speakers: Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.
Research Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Research Presentations.
Poster Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Poster Presentations.
Committee Meetings: Click here for the schedule of Committee Meetings.
Exhibitors Room: Click here to learn about our Exhibitors Room vendors.
Transportation Tips: Click here for Dallas-Fort Worth transportation tips and area attractions.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register today!

SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-47-5, $24.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-46-8, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 160 pages

Stan Musial uncoiled from his famous corkscrew batting stance and hit line drives for 22 big-league seasons. The outfielder-first baseman from Donora, Pennsylvania, spent his entire major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remains a beloved figure in his adopted hometown. Musial won seven batting titles and accumulated 3,630 hits. This book of essays and memorable games from Musial’s career is a collaborative effort of 34 SABR members, celebrates one of baseball’s greatest players.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.

Join SABR’s Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter on May 31 for a vintage ballgame and celebration

All baseball fans are invited to celebrate 150 years of major league baseball in St. Louis with the Bob Broeg SABR Chapter!

To celebrate, the local SABR chapter is hosting an 1875-style vintage baseball game and living history festivities beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 31 at Lindell Field in Forest Park, Missouri. The event is open to everyone.

The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum, and other vendors will have historical and memorabilia exhibits on display. Pregame festivities and live music begins at 12:00 p.m., with the ballgame starting at 1:00 p.m.

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

Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame

On Wednesday, May 21, SABR brought together a group of experts for a special webinar to discuss Commissioner Rob Manfred’s recent decision to remove Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox, and others from baseball’s permanently ineligible list. The discussion also focused on sports gambling and the players’ newfound eligibility for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Our panelists included:

Don Van Natta Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, ESPN
Keith O’Brien, best-selling author of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Jay Jaffe, FanGraphs senior writer and author of The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques
Moderator: Jacob Pomrenke, SABR Black Sox Scandal Research Committee

Click here to watch a video replay on YouTube.

Early registration open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville

Early registration is open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on August 7-9, 2025, at the Galt House Hotel, 140 N. 4th St. in Louisville, Kentucky. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.

Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before July 7, $195 afterward. Students: $65 before July 7, $75 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before July 7; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s Education Forum at the Galt House, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Roots 101 African American Museum, Friday’s Louisville Bats baseball game at Slugger Field, or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Galt House. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
Hotel: A special group rate at the Galt House Hotel of $159/night (plus tax) is available to registered convention attendees. To book your room, click here or call 502-589-5200. The Galt House Hotel is located at 140 N. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40202.
Schedule: Click here to view the 2025 Malloy Conference schedule.
Information Packet: Click here to download the Malloy Conference informational packet (PDF)
Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, learn more or apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2025 Malloy Conference. Deadline: June 6, 2025.
Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.

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

Students, 1 week left to apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the Malloy Conference

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August 7-9, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. 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.

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter at scarter@sabr.org no later than June 6, 2025.

Click here to download an application or learn more at SABR.org.

Join SABR’s Campaign for Baseball Research!

Research isn’t just part of our name—it’s the heart of everything we do.

From our expansive Research Collection to the powerful tools and resources we offer baseball scholars and fans alike, SABR is where baseball’s past meets its future. We’re working towards our vision of becoming the essential community for baseball worldwide—and we can’t do it without you.

This spring, we invite you to join the Campaign for Baseball Research. Our goal is to raise $75,000 to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources for current and future generations of baseball enthusiasts. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to better serve our growing membership base, attract more attention for our research, and offer new research tools to all corners of the worldwide baseball community.

To donate or learn more about recent Research Collection projects and upgrades to our Research Resources, assets, and tools made possible by your donations visit sabr.org/donate/research-campaign.

Last chance to vote for 2025 SABR Overlooked 19th Century Legend of the Year

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.

All SABR members are eligible to cast a vote for the winner. The winner will be announced this summer during the Nineteenth Century Committee’s business meeting at SABR 53 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

2025 finalists: Earlier this year, committee members selected the 16 finalists for the 2025 Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend. Click here to view the finalists’ bios, compiled by project co-chairs Adam Darowski and Joe Williams. Voting in the final election will run until June 2, and will be open to all SABR members.
Vote now! Click here to access the 2025 ballot. All SABR members are eligible to vote in the election for this year’s Overlooked 19th Century Legend. You *MUST* select five candidates — ranking them from first choice to fifth choice — from among the candidates presented. You are only allowed to vote once. ALL BALLOTS MUST BE CAST PRIOR TO 11:59 p.m. PDT on Monday, June 2, 2025.

Click here for a list of past winners or to learn more about the project.

Seeking peer reviewers for upcoming Baseball Research Journals

SABR’s publications team is seeking to expand our pool of peer reviewers for upcoming editions of the Baseball Research Journal. Are you a SABR member who has been published in the BRJ, The National Pastime, or a SABR book project? Would you like to read and give feedback on 1-4 papers per year?

Please email Liz Roscher with your subjects of expertise/interests and we’ll work with you to match up with any appropriate article submissions. All reviews are double-anonymous.

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

5 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

Shan Deniston, by Kurt Blumenau
Bill Kay, by Stephen V. Rice
Tony Lloyd, by Jeb Stewart
Jerry Nops, by Bill Lamb
Marino Pieretti, by Tim Castelli

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

7 new stories published at SABR Games Project

June 1, 1901: Boston’s Buck Freeman has first two-homer game in American League history, by Bill Nowlin
May 22, 1925: Vic Aldridge, Pirates cool off first-place Giants with 10-inning win, by John Fredland
May 20, 1951: Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn lead Phillies to doubleheader sweep of Pirates, by Howard Rosenberg
May 27, 1955: Norm Zauchin drives in 10 runs as Red Sox beat Nationals, 16-0, by Bill Nowlin
June 3, 1955: At age 18, Brooks Robinson makes professional baseball debut at second base, by Kurt Blumenau
October 27, 2011: David Freese’s game-tying triple, walk-off home run keep Cardinals alive in Game 6, by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
September 24, 2024: Padres beat Dodgers and clinch postseason berth by turning game-ending triple play, by Laura H. Peebles

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

Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
Edited by Eric Poulin

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

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
Samantha Abercrombie	Huntsville, AL	Zachary Hassan	Williamsburg, VA
Conor Anderson	Santa Barbara, CA	Saul Kleinfeld	McKinney, TX
Alice Andre-Clark	Randolph, NJ	Cameron Liewer	Hazel Park, MI
Ann Duckworth	Ava, MO	Edward Mertz	Asheville, NC
Amanda Fetch	New York, NY	Elijah Morabito	Boise, ID
Erin Freeborn	Eaton, OH	Nathan Skopitz	Thornhill, ON
Shogo Harumoto	Kobe, JPN	Regina Smedinghoff	Chicago, IL

Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from the SABR Webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame; author John W. Miller (The Last Manager); Adam Darowski (“A Tour of Baseball-Reference and Stathead”); and Jimmy Scruggs (“Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, and Billy Wagner”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

June 2: SABR Board of Directors conference call (5:00 p.m. EDT)
June 2: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 4: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Will Bardenwerper (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 4: Mathewson-Plank (PA) Chapter book club with John W. Miller (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 5: Boston Chapter/Games Project meeting with John Fredland, Donna L. Halper, and Kurt Blumenau (7:30 p.m. EDT)
June 7: Roush-Lopez (FL) Gulf Coast Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (3:00 p.m. EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

May 30: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter community outreach meeting (Nashua, NH)
May 30: Halsey Hall Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Cologne, MN)
May 31: Hanlan’s Point Chapter: Beachville Baseball Event (Beachville, ON)
May 31: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter vintage ballgame (St. Louis, MO)
June 3: Bob Davids Chapter Virginia Hot Stove Dinner (Arlington, VA)
June 4: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter lunch meeting (Chicago, IL)
June 4: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter fellowship meeting (St. Louis, MO)
June 7: Lajoie-Start Southern New England Chapter spring meeting (North Attleboro, MA)
June 7: Bob Davids Chapter Washington Nationals ballgame/meet-up (Washington, DC)
June 7: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter meeting (Keene, NH)
June 7: Bob Broeg/Central Illinois joint chapter ballgame/meet-up (O’Fallon, MO)

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

Origins: May 2025 newsletter

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

Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter: Spring 2025 newsletter (Chicago, IL)
Halsey Hall Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)
Larry Dierker Chapter: May 19 meeting recap (Houston, TX)
Pee Wee Reese Chapter: Spring 2025 newsletter (Louisville, KY)

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:

Save 40% off the purchase of baseball books at University of Nebraska Press through June 13
Alex Coffey: The A’s moved over 70 years ago, but these Philadelphians are still fans (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tyler Kepner: As he nears 3,000 Ks, Clayton Kershaw shares thoughts on the future of his craft (The Athletic)
Patrick Dubuque: The Swing Path Revolution, in Early Release (Baseball Prospectus)
Mark Simon: What’s Happening To The Advantage For Right-Handed Batters vs Left-Handed Pitchers? (Sports Info Solutions)
Ben Clemens: The Math Behind the Extra Innings Home Field Disadvantage (FanGraphs)
Alex Speier: After a spectacular start, Kristian Campbell and Red Sox try to figure out why his hitting has slumped (Boston Globe)
Emma Baccellieri: Why MLB Finally Invested in Professional Softball (Sports Illustrated)
Mario Delgado Genzor: What Makes For a Good Changeup? (Baseball Prospectus)
Jay Jaffe: Carson Kelly Has Caught on With the Cubs (FanGraphs)
Derrick Goold: From ‘show shoes’ to other MLB welcome gifts Cardinals received, some with strings attached (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mike Petriello: A record by the Babe that Aaron Judge could shatter this year (MLB.com)
Hannah Keyser: Bronx backlash for Juan Soto as Mets’ star booed on Yankee Stadium return (The Guardian)
Eno Sarris: Battle of the $100 million rotations: How the Dodgers’ and Yankees’ starters stack up (The Athletic)
David Laurila: David Stearns on How Analytics Have Impacted a General Manager’s Job (FanGraphs)
Daniel R. Epstein: How Logan Webb Became a Strikeout Pitcher (Baseball Prospectus)
Davy Andrews: Pete Crow-Armstrong Just Wants a Hug (FanGraphs)
J.J. Cooper: Could This One 2025 Stat Hurt Jace LaViolette’s MLB Draft Status? (Baseball America)
Russell A. Carleton: Relievers are a Different Species (Baseball Prospectus)
Grant Brisbee: The Giants’ All-Quarter Century Team: Barry Bonds and the rest of the best since 2000 (The Athletic)
Caitlin Herrington: The Baseball Hall of Fame door opened for Shoeless Joe. What will it take to walk through? (Charleston Post and Courier)
Mark Kolier: Jim Eisenreich: hitting the baseball was the easy part (Almost Cooperstown)
Jason Schwartz: The Mystery of Faith (SABR Landmarks)

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: May 30, 2025. Last Updated: May 30, 2025.

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