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PETE VAN WIEREN (1944-2014) served 33 years as a sportscaster for the Atlanta Braves. Van Wieren retired after the 2008 season following a long, illustrious career as a Braves television and radio broadcaster. Along with partners Caray and Ernie Johnson Sr., Van Wieren developed a nationwide following when the Braves’ telecasts were broadcast across the […]

Jean-Pierre Caillault has been a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Georgia for 32 years. He joined SABR in 1984, when, as a PhD student at Columbia University, he made his first SABR presentation to the Casey Stengel Chapter (NYC) at the Shea Stadium Diamond Club. He has since written articles for Baseball Digest […]

High and InsideThe Newsletter of the BioProject CommitteeSociety for American Baseball Research (SABR)May 2020 Past newsletters Editor: Andrea Long The BioProject on Social Media From the Directors Update on BioProject Submissions From the Editor Project Poobahs   Let’s be Sociable! ©Nabisco We’re not baked and savory, but we are every bit as appealing as a […]

The Spring meeting of the SABR-Quebec Chapter took place on Saturday April 30, 2016. Our guest was Jean Allard. Jean has been working in baseball for more than 25 years as a public address announcer at various baseball venues in Quebec and around the World. He is also a specialist on Quebec-born baseball players who […]

Paying scant attention to ongoing hockey and basketball playoffs, 34 SABR members and guests on June 10, 2023, basked in a day of baseball, baseball, baseball. They were at the Lajoie-Start Southern New England SABR Chapter’s annual spring meeting, and enjoyed the day listening to research presentations, hearing guest speakers, and talking about the diamond […]

A group of 13 members and guests of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter gathered at Iron Works BBQ in Austin to discuss baseball and eat meat.  Both were accomplished in mass quantities. Topics included the surprising performances thus far in the 2013 season by the Houston Astros (positive surprise), Los Angeles Angels (negative), Washington Nationals (negative), Pittsburgh […]

Fifteen members and guests of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter met Saturday, June 25 at Salt Lick in Round Rock, Texas, for BBQ and then enjoyed an evening of baseball at Dell Diamond. There was a large crowd at the game, partly due to it being Nolan Ryan bobblehead night. Although it was hot, our seats were in […]

On the evening of Saturday, September 24, 2016, fourteen Rogers Hornsby Chapter members and guests enjoyed pre-game BBQ at the Salt Lick restaurant followed by Game One of the “Mexican Baseball Fiesta” at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.  The “Fiesta” featured the Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles) versus the Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Hermasillo […]

Seventeen members and guests of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter enjoyed the Sunday, July 20 game between the Iowa Cubs and Round Rock Express at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. Most of the group enjoyed a pre-game meal in the Intel Club and were then joined by the others for desserts, snacks and soft […]

Here are the SABR Bookshelf listings for Spring 2020. To get your NEW book listed on The SABR Bookshelf, make sure a review copy is sent to: The SABR Bookshelf, Cronkite School at ASU, 555 N. Central Ave. #416, Phoenix, AZ 85004. An e-book file will also suffice; please send the e-book in PDF, EPUB […]