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Forty-three members and guests attended the Larry Dierker Chapter monthly meeting on Monday, December 3, 2018, at the Spaghetti Western Restaurant on Shepherd Drive in Houston. Scott McCay introduced our speaker, Ben Reiter, the Sports Illustrated writer who predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series back in 2014. Ben was kind enough to […]

Thirty-eight members and guests of the Larry Dierker Chapter met on Monday, February 17, 2020, at the Spaghetti Western restaurant in Houston for an enjoyable evening of presentations and discussions. In his introductory remarks, Chairman Bob Dorrill noted the passing of Raymond Lacy, a Negro Leagues player who had spoken to our chapter a few […]

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 […]

On Saturday, August 20, 2016, the Bob Broeg St. Louis SABR Chapter hosted its second annual Research Conference at the Indian Trails Branch of the St. Louis County Library in St. Louis, Missouri. Four speakers presented a variety of subjects, hoping to capture the Jim Rygelski Research Award bestowed by the local chapter. The award […]

On Saturday, June 15, 2019, the SABR Larry Dierker Chapter held a special meeting at the Spaghetti Western restaurant in Houston. Bob Dorrill welcomed two new members, Daniel Hebert and Brooks Franciotti. He also announced that our next meeting will be on Monday, August 19, prior to the Astros game against Detroit, where we will […]

Slowed by snow and freezing rain, attendance was the only curtailed aspect of the Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter Holiday Luncheon on December 17, 2016, at Angelo’s on Main in West Hartford, Connecticut. There was a robust buffet. Ticket vouchers for the Yard Goats, Bees, and Defenders were given away. There were free books. Speakers […]

If you weren’t at St. Philip’s Parish Center, you missed a great Southern New England Lajoie-Start Chapter meeting on Saturday, November 29, 2014, in Greenville, Rhode Island. The star of the show was without question Oil Can Boyd, who was frank and articulate, if sometimes a little bit inclined to exaggerate. Oil Can answered questions […]

Here is a recap of the SABR Quebec Chapter meeting on May 5, 2012 at the Irish Embassy Pub in Montreal: Present: Jack Anderson; Jack Beausoleil; Jacques Doucet; Alain Dumas; Robert Duval; Norm King; Daniel Papillon; Bill Young (presiding) Guests: Johnny Elias (Guest speaker); Marlene Elias; Charles “Chuck” Poxon – a friend of Johnny’s and […]

The Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter held a small but vibrant meeting on Oct. 17 at Middlesex Community College. Highlights: PAUL MOEHRINGER led off with a presentation of his Pyramid Rating System. It’s an iterative system, wherein he ranks each season’s players using a standard deviation measure, eliminates the extreme value, reruns the ranking process, […]

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 […]