Watch SABR panels at 2012 MLB All-Star FanFest

SABR was in Kansas City for the 2012 MLB All-Star FanFest!

SABR members participated in a variety of panels throughout the All-Star weekend. To learn more about the All-Star FanFest, held July 6-10, 2012, at the Kansas City Convention Center, visit http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2012/index.jsp?content=fanfest.

Watch our SABR FanFest panels at YouTube.com/SABRvideos or by clicking play below.

Women’s Baseball Panel
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Saturday, July 7
  • Amanda Rykoff, moderator
  • Leslie Heaphy, historian and author
  • Justine Siegal, Executive Director, Baseball For All
  • Wendy Lewis, MLB Senior Vice President, Diversity and Strategic Alliances

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2Sv4iA0tM


Negro League Legends
3:00-4:00 p.m. Saturday, July 7
  • Larry Lester, moderator
  • Bob Motley, umpire
  • Robert Paige, son of Satchel Paige

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tieNmOpev9A


Negro League historians
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sunday, July 8
  • Larry Lester, moderator
  • Peter Gorton, panelist
  • Todd Peterson, panelist
  • Leslie Heaphy, panelist

Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23357331


Kansas City Baseball History
2:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 8
  • David Starbuck, moderator
  • Roger Erickson, author
  • Jay Hankins, Kansas City A’s
  • Larry Lester, Kansas City Monarchs

Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23357333


SABR Panel
4:00-5:00 p.m. Monday, July 9
  • Cory Schwartz, moderator
  • Vince Gennaro, SABR President
  • John Thorn, MLB Official Historian
  • Roland Hemond, 3-time MLB Executive of the Year

Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23357329


SABR Trivia
3:00-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 10
  • Cory Schwartz, host

Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23357335




Originally published: July 5, 2012. Last Updated: July 5, 2012.