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Sixteen members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter gathered at the Sports Cafe, located at 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton on Monday, October 23, 2017. Chapter president Brian Flaspohler called the meeting to order. Items noted in “Today in Baseball History”: 1920 – The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight […]

Last Saturday, August 22, 2015, we had a standing-room-only crowd at Union Station for the Larry Dierker Chapter’s annual visit to Minute Maid Park. We had 70 members and friends on hand and we welcomed new SABR member Janine Schneider to our chapter. Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow and Manager of Baseball Operations Brandon Taubman spoke […]

Larry Dierker Chapter SABR Members: This past Monday, June 22, 2015, 28 chapter members met and thoroughly enjoyed a presentation by former Houston Astro Charlton Jimerson which was both historical and inspirational. Carlton grew up under the worst possible circumstances in Oakland, California and he didn’t pull any punches when discussing his dysfunctional family. With […]

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, the Bob Broeg St. Louis SABR Chapter hosted its third annual Research Conference at the Emerson Library on the campus of Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Six speakers presented a variety of subjects, hoping to capture the Jim Rygelski Research Award bestowed by the local chapter. The award is […]

Twenty-eight members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter assembled at the Sports Cafe, located at 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton on Monday, August 26, 2019. Chapter president Rick Zucker called the meeting to order. As always, our meeting started with everyone introducing themselves. Increased attendance at last month’s meeting seemed to cause the […]

The Larry Dierker SABR Chapter had a big turnout at our monthly meeting on Monday, January 15, 2018, at the Spaghetti Western restaurant in Houston, with 40 members and friends including new member Scott Barzilla who also provided our trivia quiz. Thanks, Scott. Since we were unable to participate in the Astros FanFest last Saturday, […]

Here are the SABR Bookshelf listings for Fall 2017. 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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2014 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Click here to view the 2014 Gold Glove Award winners. For the second consecutive season, the SDI was used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove […]