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Nineteen members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter gathered for its monthly meeting on Monday, August 20, 2018, at the Sports Cafe, 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton, Missouri. Chapter president Rick Zucker called the meeting to order. As is tradition at our monthly meetings, the seating is a hollow square setting and the meeting […]

Eighteen members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter gathered at Lester’s Bar & Grill, located at 9906 Clayton Road on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Chapter president Brian Flaspohler called the meeting to order. Items noted in “Today in Baseball History”: 1882 – Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a […]

Under sunny skies in nice fall weather on October 26, 2019, the Houston Babies played the Barker Red Sox in a vintage baseball game during the Texian Market Days at the George Ranch in Richmond, Texas. With lots of cranks (fans) from SABR’s Larry Dierker Chapter watching, the two teams played by 1860 rules and […]

“This is great. This is great. This reminds me of when I used to listen to baseball on the radio with my dad.” — Tom, 83 years old (with tears in his eyes), BasebALZ participant “It’s what we did when I was 8 years old. It keeps you alive.” — Richard M., Alzheimer’s patient Baseball […]

Twenty-two members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter assembled on Monday, January 20, 2020, at the Sports Cafe, located at 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton, Missouri. Chapter president Rick Zucker called the meeting to order. The details of our upcoming SABR Day Hot Stove Luncheon were announced. It will be held at Favazza’s […]

Twenty-two members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter gathered at the Sports Cafe, 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton, Missouri, on Monday, March 18, 2019. Chapter president Rick Zucker called the meeting to order. First on the agenda for the evening was guest Mike Womble. Mike shared his recent research on St. Louis Cardinals […]

The Black Sox Scandal Research Committee aims to do, encourage, organize, and make accessible research that will increase our understanding of “baseball’s darkest hour” — the events surrounding the fixing of the 1919 World Series. 2019 Centennial Symposium: Listen to highlights from the SABR Black Sox Scandal Centennial Symposium, held on September 28, 2019, at […]

Welcome to the Umpires and Rules Committee. The Umpires and Rules Committee was formed in 1988 to study the impact of both on the development of the game. The primary areas of research are the biographical and career records of major league umpires. Committee members in conjunction with Retrosheet are compiling a roster of umpires, by game, by […]

Here are the SABR Bookshelf listings for Fall 2023. To get your NEW book listed on The SABR Bookshelf, send an e-book file in PDF, EPUB or MOBI format to jpomrenke@sabr.org. To ensure a listing in The Baseball Index, SABR’s online catalog of baseball research materials at www.baseballindex.org, please make sure a review copy is […]

The Jack Kavanagh Memorial Youth Baseball Research Award was established in 1999 by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) in recognition of Kavanagh’s writing and research achievements and his contributions to SABR. The Award was presented for the first time at the SABR National Convention in West Palm Beach, Florida in June 2000. The […]