SABR Day
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, February 1, 2025, when we will hold our annual SABR Day celebration! SABR Day is a way for all baseball fans to come together, regardless of where they live, and talk about the game we all love.
Regional chapters are also encouraged to plan their own SABR Day events (virtually or in person) throughout the months of January or February to celebrate the start of a new baseball season.
Chapter leaders, please email Jacob Pomrenke as you finalize your SABR Day plans so we can update our comprehensive schedule of events, which are posted below.
Please note: Not all local SABR Day events will take place on February 1, so please check the date to be sure.
Atlanta, GA (Magnolia Chapter)
The SABR Magnolia Chapter is happy to announce our SABR Day 2025 lineup for Saturday, February 1. Please mark your calendars!
SABR Day in Atlanta will be held from 1:00-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Public Library, 5234 Lavista Rd, Tucker, GA 30084.
We are happy to announce the following lineup for SABR Day 2025:
- 1:00-1:15 – introductions and announcements
- 1:15-2:10 – Kevin McAlpin, former Braves Radio Network personality
Kevin has entertained Braves fans for the past 12 years with his work on 93.7/680 The Fan. Beginning in 2012 he worked as the network’s beat reporter, covering the team’s progress from February to October each year. Beginning in 2020 Kevin moved into the role of pregame and postgame host where he filled his duties admirably, and sometimes late into the night. Few have been closer to the Braves than Kevin, and he will share his experiences and insights on a life in baseball. - 2:15-2:30 – Brent Ingram and his T206 obsession
New Magnolia member Brent Ingram will talk about baseball cards — specifically his recent quest to collect the entire T206 set, over 500 cards originally issued between 1909 to 1911. Brent will share a few of his stories from deep within the hobby. We’ll talk about hard-to-find cards, rounded corners, card backs, and maybe even a Wagner mention. If you’re a card collector, you can’t miss this. - 2:40-3:10 – Gordon Warren and YouTube
New Magnolia member Gordon Warren will talk about growing his baseball-themed YouTube channel, “The Athlete Archives,” launched in 2023. Gordon’s channel is grass-roots baseball research at its best. We’ll discuss his process of discovery and story writing, as well as his interest in those slightly less-than-famous ballplayers. We’ll also learn about what it takes to get your own channel off the ground. - 3:20-4:15 – Dave Washburn and Baseball Jeopardy
Chapter member and resident trivia master Dave Washburn will once again channel his inner Alex Trebek to bring us a Jeopardy-style trivia game. This was a big hit last year and we’ll finish the day with it again this year – so start practicing how best to answer in the form of a question.
Mark your calendars and save the date for February 1, 2025. We will follow up with more SABR Day details as we get closer to the event.
— Craig Brown
SABR Magnolia
Austin, TX (Rogers Hornsby Chapter)
Join the Rogers Hornsby Chapter in Central Texas for a virtual Zoom meeting to celebrate SABR Day at 1:00 p.m. Central on Saturday, February 1, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Texas Rangers social media manager and Texas State graduate Remle Herzberg will be our guest speaker.
To register for this meeting and to receive the Zoom details, please click this link: https://txstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/1HYu_mO8SBKYf0FhiFH_6g
On January 4, 2025, the Hornsby Chapter held its 19th annual Bill Gilbert Winter Meeting at Texas State University in San Marcos. Austin-born former Major League pitcher Ross Ohlendorf; the new voice of the Round Rock Express; special memories shaped by baseball, the chapter’s mock Hall of Fame vote and a new way to evaluate catchers filled the meeting.
With the start of the 2025 season about three months away, more than 30 chapter members and guests joined the winter meeting in person at Texas State University and on Zoom. We paid tribute to the late Bill Gilbert, who was the driving force in creating the Hornsby Chapter and the Larry Dierker Chapter in Houston.
Click here for a full recap and photos at SABRhornsby.org.
Baltimore, MD (Babe Ruth Chapter)
Baltimore/Babe Ruth Chapter SABR Day
When: Monday, February 17, 2025, 9:45 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Where: The PEABODY HEIGHTS BREWERY, a site with tremendous baseball history attached to it. The brewery, at 401 East 30th Street, is located on the former site of Oriole Park V, also known as Terrapin Park, which was the home of the Federal League Baltimore Terrapins from 1914 to 1915, and the International League Orioles from 1916 to 1944. The Brewery also is across the street from the site of Oriole Park II and IV, where the American League Orioles played in 1901 and 1902.
Street parking is free that day. A few additional spaces are available at the brewery.
Speakers, registration, lunch and more details will be announced soon, so stay tuned!
Boston, MA (Boston Chapter)
A reservation has been made for Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. noon at the Bleacher Bar on Lansdowne Street, for the annual Boston Chapter SABR Day gathering. All baseball fans are welcome to join us!
We have traditionally met at the long table in the far corner, and I do hope we’ll end up there as usual. If you plan to order food and drink, you can check out the Bleacher Bar menu online ahead of time. As usual, there is a lot to talk about, and we do have a few matters of interest that have been brought forth by a few Chapter members. Bring along your interests. Please send an email to let Joanne Hulbert to let us know if you plan to attend.
Surely, we know all there is to know about how the Sox can win this year’s World Series. Some one of us has the solution. Bring your ideas along!
On a trivial note, there have been six players who played for Boston who were born on February 1. As for me, only one name is familiar. I have the baseball story for 1925 in hand, and also, we all know what the story was for the Sox 50 years later in 1975. (Yikes, 50 years ago…) But going back 50 years from 1925, to 1875 – the Boston Base Ball Association filed their business report on Feb. 1, 1875. Interesting numbers, to say the least.
Conversation is circulating among Chapter members about establishing a new Chapter leadership organization. One suggestion has been for a “Board of Directors” consisting of about 6 persons. There have been some positive opinions batted around, and the subject will surely be lively. Bring your ideas about what direction you think the Chapter’s future should take in 2025.
— Joanne Hulbert
Chicago, IL/Milwaukee, WI (Emil Rothe/Ken Keltner Chapters)
Celebrate SABR Day 2025 with the Emil Rothe and Ken Keltner chapters on Saturday, February 1 at The Brat Stop, 12304 75th Street in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It’s a day for all baseball fans to come together, regardless of where they live, and talk about the game we all love. Festivities will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Our guest speakers will be announced soon. RSVP today and invite friends. This event is open to members and non-members.
Cleveland, OH (Jack Graney Chapter)
The Jack Graney Chapter in Cleveland will hold its SABR Day meeting on Saturday, February 1 at the Goldhorn Brewery on E. 55th St. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Details will follow after the holidays but we will have a Talkin’ Baseball lunch, followed by our meeting with a collection of great speakers.
Columbus, OH (Hank Gowdy Chapter)
Our planned agenda is the following :
- 9:15 a.m.: Coffee and Donuts
- 9:30: Welcoming Message by Blake Sherry
- 9:40: Guest Speaker – “Life as a MLB Umpire“ – Tim Timmonds, retired MLB Umpire
- 10:30: Guest Speaker – “Baseball Cards” – Brian Resnik
- 11:00: Break (Book giveaway #1)
- 11:10: Treasurer’s Report by Mike Green
- 11:15: Trivia Contest by Brian Resnik
- 11:45: Guest Speaker – “Al Rosen, the Hebrew Hammer” – Joe Wancho
- 12:15 p.m.: “Back to the Future: Baseball Rekindles Its Romance With Gambling” – Kevin Braig
- 12:55: Closing (Book giveaway #2)
- 1:00: Adjourn/ Lunch w/ fellow members at BW3
Concord, NH (Clyde Sukeforth Chapter)
The Clyde Sukeforth Chapter (ME/NH) in conjunction with the Gardner-Waterman Chapter (VT) presents three virtual meetings to celebrate SABR Day on Saturday, February 1, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Tim Virgilio: Signatures For Soldiers
9:00-10:00 AM Eastern
In 2014, Tim Virgilio felt called to a purpose. Burdened by the plight of homeless veterans and conscious of the struggles faced by those with service-inflicted disabilities, he knew he needed to do something. A lifelong baseball fan and autograph collector, as well as someone with a deep respect for the military and an appreciation of our country’s military veterans, he turned to what he knew. What started as a labor of love, Tim reached out to baseball players to see if they would be willing to sign baseball cards he had collected through the years, promising to give 100% of the sale proceeds to help homeless and disabled veterans. The next step was to find a worthwhile organization to contribute to, where the money would do the most good. For the last several years Military Missions in Action was that organization with Signatures for Soldiers having donated over $140,000 to help veterans in need. In late 2021, Tim’s partner at Military Missions in Action tragically passed away. Committed to carrying on the mission that Mike and he had, Signatures for Soldiers became its own nonprofit charity in early 2022. Today, the mission continues.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting with Tim Virgilio:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-2trzwsHdMaE-yeqyW7GIVnN2gSopEg
Vanessa Ivy Rose: Hall of Fame DNA: The Legacy of Baseball Legend Turkey Stearnes
12:00-1:00 p.m. Eastern
According to baseball statistics and five Hall of Fame inductions, Turkey Stearnes is one of the all-time greats, yet many people have never heard his name. In her book entitled “Hall of Fame DNA: The Legacy of Norman Turkey Stearnes”, Vanessa Ivy Rose (author, podcast host of ABC’s “Reclaimed: The Forgotten League” and educator) gives the play-by-play to inform and inspire audiences. During her presentation, Vanessa details what makes her grandfather an unforgettable legend, both on and off the field.
Vanessa Ivy Rose is an author, storyteller and educator from the metro Detroit area. In honor of her grandfather’s baseball legacy, she has hosted ABC’s podcast “Reclaimed: The Forgotten League”, she has been interviewed by various newspapers, podcasts and was featured on Fox Sports Detroit’s “Inside the Tigers: Stars Forever”. She also creates (and hosts) webinars and has spoken at several baseball conferences including the “Detroit Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial” and “Women in Baseball”.
As an athlete, Vanessa has been featured in Sports Illustrated, she played basketball in Barcelona, earned a Division-1 scholarship and her Albion College team is part of the Athletic Hall of Fame. Vanessa has a Bachelor of Arts from Albion College in Communication, as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching (Secondary Education: English and History) from Oakland University.
Having taught in public education for seventeen years (in both alternative and traditional schools), she enjoys helping her American Literature and Creative Writing students find their authentic selves through exploring academic writing, media, history and literature. They often remark that she’s like no other English teacher they’ve had previously (due to the fact that she was a collegiate basketball athlete and has a dope sneaker collection). Knowing the importance of building community in order to create meaningful change and to cultivate joy, she also coaches Varsity boys basketball, has been a facilitator for The Institute of Healing Racism and the Student Global Leaders workshop, a member of Global Champions and the Global Education Team. In 2017, she was recognized as a “Diversity Champion” by the Race Relations and Diversity Task Force. With over eleven years of experience in the realm of Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices, Vanessa has decided to use the knowledge she has acquired through learning and unlearning. Writing through a social justice lens, she’s ready to level up when it comes to spreading knowledge and truth.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYldOCsqzwvHdZ9LUG3OvYk8Vr2BEZLTSse
Donna L. Halper: Women in Baseball
7:00-8:00 PM Eastern
While most histories of baseball focus on men, the truth is that women were involved in baseball as far back as the 1870s. Some formed high school and college teams, some were umpires or baseball writers, some were semipro players on “Bloomer” teams, and some even competed against men’s teams. And while many male sportswriters mocked them, these pioneering women persisted in playing the sport they loved, and as you will see, some of them earned the respect of a culture that didn’t usually welcome female athletes. In this presentation, Dr. Donna Halper will discuss the lives and accomplishments of some of the women who loved baseball, including Amanda Clement, Ina Eloise Young, Lizzie Arlington, Maud Nelson, Lizzie Murphy, and Carrie Kilbourn.
Donna L. Halper has spent four decades as a professor of media studies, working at several Boston-area universities. She joined SABR in 2011, and her research focuses on women and minorities in baseball, the Negro Leagues, and “firsts” in baseball history. A former radio deejay, credited with having discovered the rock band Rush, Dr. Halper reinvented herself and got her PhD at age 64. In addition to her research into baseball, she is also a media historian with expertise in the history of broadcasting. She has contributed to SABR’s Games Project and BioProject, as well as writing several articles for the Baseball Research Journal. She was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2023.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting with Donna Halper:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/qE0EWn2JR7WCkBEcMfq0CQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Detroit, MI (Southern Michigan Chapter)
The Southern Michigan Chapter will host a virtual SABR Day meeting from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, February 1, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Stay tuned for more details on our guest speakers and panelists.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eTpuCkRgRn2k6Ztdy_-T6g
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Chapter)
Mark your calendars for the Rocky Mountain Chapter’s annual SABR Day Gathering, which will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the Stanley Marketplace Beer Hall in Aurora, Colorado. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Festivities will start at 9:30 a.m. and run until 12:30 p.m. We hope to see you all there!
This year’s speakers will include MLB agent Tad Yo and former Rocky Mark Knudson, after which we will hold our annual trivia contest followed by our traditional game of catch.
Learn more: https://rmsabr.org/events/sabr-day-2025/
Harrisburg, PA (Mathewson-Plank Chapter)
The Mathewson-Plank Chapter of SABR will hold an in-person SABR Day event on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Columbia Public Library, 24 S. 6th Street Columbia PA 17512. The event will run from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Chapter members Mark Stewart and Rich Heinick will each give a presentation that should last 45 minutes to an hour. Mark Stewart will talk about baseball before the 1860s. Rich Heinick will give a power point presentation titled “History Isn’t Always Pretty: Pennsylvania’s Involvement in the Segregation of Base Ball in 1867”.
Following the presentations R.J. Lesch will conduct a trivia contest. Afterwards, there will be a show & tell where members will share items from their baseball memorabilia collections and talk about them as well. If you wish to bring an item from your collection, please do so.
A light lunch and beverages will be provided.
The cost will be $20 per person. Attendance is not limited to SABR members and in fact, is a fantastic way to introduce your friends to SABR. You are welcome to bring a friend, partner or spouse. The only requirement is that they enjoy baseball. However, due to space limitations we can only accommodate the first twenty five people who reply. Payment can be made at the event with cash or check (made out to Frank Collins).
Please RSVP to Frank Collins (fpvj3952@dejazzd.com) by January 20 if you plan to attend and if you are bringing a guest or guests, so that we know how much food to order. If you and your guest(s) are among the first 25 RSVPs, you will be notified by email on January 21.
Houston, TX (Larry Dierker Chapter)
The next Larry Dierker Chapter meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. CT on Monday, January 20 at the Spaghetti Western restaurant, 1608 Shepherd Drive in Houston. All baseball fans are invited to attend.We will also have Zoom capability for those out of town, etc. Please contact Joe Thompson at splendorajoe@gmail.com for details. Our guest speaker will be Astrodome expert and historian Mike Acosta, who will speak on the 60th anniversary of the Astrodome in 2025.
Kansas City, MO (Monarchs Chapter)
Roger Erickson (rogererickson59@icloud.com) is still looking for a research presentation or two, so please contact him if you have interest.
We are meeting a week earlier than the national SABR Day to avoid the Royals Winter Carnival.
Little Rock, AR (Robinson-Kell Chapter)
The Robinson-Kell SABR chapter will celebrate SABR Day with a meeting on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. at First Southern Baptist Church in Bryant, Arkansas. The address is 604 South Reynolds Road. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
The meeting will be at the left end of the building when entering the parking lot. Snacks and soft drinks will be provided. We do have to pay to use the room for non-church events, so $5 donations are encouraged. Please RSVP to Madison McEntire if you plan on attending so we can ensure there are enough snacks and drinks.
The guest speaker at our meeting will be Mike Loggins. Loggins was an All-American outfielder for the Razorbacks from 1983-1985. In 2985, he was named an All-American and earned All-Southwest Conference honors in both 1984 and 1985. He finished his career with a .335 batting average, 159 hits, 261 total bases, 132 runs, 108 RBIs and 19 home runs. The Crossett (Ark.) native was a valuable offensive threat for the Razorbacks while locking down the outfield for three seasons. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1985 draft and played seven seasons in professional baseball.
We also have time for 3 or 4 baseball presentations. If you would like to present, please contact Madison at the email above.
Louisville, KY (Pee Wee Reese Chapter)
The Pee Wee Reese Chapter will celebrate SABR Day on Saturday, January 25, 2025 from 9 AM-12 PM at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Our guest speakers will be:
- Greg Galiette – President of our Triple-A Louisville Bats. He will share memories of Louisville baseball going back to the Redbirds of the 1980s and discuss plans for the Bats 2025 season.
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory’s Teaching Artist and “Barnstormer”, and new SABR Member Brian West will present a selection of his historical baseball performances to us.
- Gary Cieradkowski – artist and author of the popular “Infinite Baseball Card Set” baseball blog will be back to talk about his newest projects and share his latest research.
- Chapter member Greg King, host of the Cave Hill Cemetery sports tour, will present on an athlete who could have become a Louisville baseball legend, “Injun’ Joe Guyon”.
- Fellow chapter member Wendell Jones will talk about his book, “The Louisville Grays and the Myth of Baseball’s First Great Scandal”. The book, which came out last May, goes over the scandal that led to the downfall of Louisville’s first major league team and then explains why maybe it didn’t go down the way everyone thinks it did.
The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory team will announce upcoming events at the museum for the year, and we will have news about an opportunity to partner up with SABR.
And of course, it wouldn’t be SABR Day without the annual Jack Sullivan Impossible Trivia contest, with a prize going to the winner.
We will have several other things going on, starting with a breakfast of donuts from Nord’s Bakery. We will also have door prizes, including tickets to a 2025 Bats game.
There will be baseball books for sale, with proceeds going to the chapter funds. If you have any books or baseball items that you would be willing to donate to the sale, please bring those along, and hopefully you can find something new to replace them with on your bookshelf. Prices will range from $5 to $10.
We also ask that for SABR Day you consider bringing a donation to give to the Pee Wee Reese Chapter. We have a lot of programs and events we’re hoping to work on in the upcoming year, and we can’t do them without the funds you give. Thank you!
Middletown, CT (Smoky Joe Wood Chapter)
On Saturday, February 1, join the Smoky Joe Wood Connecticut Chapter as we observe SABR Day with a chapter breakfast at the Athenian Diner in Middletown, Connecticut at 10:00 AM. The Hall of Fame vote will be out, so we’ll have a discussion on the results. All baseball fans are welcome to join us.
Minneapolis, MN (Halsey Hall Chapter)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E_AN9sX1SRinORXcq1e3zg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Nashville, TN (Rice-Russell Chapter)
The Rice-Russell Nashville Chapter will hold a virtual SABR Day meeting from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Central on Saturday, February 1, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Author Alan Gaff will join us to discuss his latest book, Baseball’s First Superstar: The Lost Life of Christy Mathewson, which is set for release on the day of our meeting.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtdeyqqTgvHtKhgIQkOqDZLWt_ymC076KN
New Orleans, LA (Schott-Pelican Chapter)
The next meeting of the Schott-Pelican (New Orleans) Chapter of SABR will take place on:
Saturday, January 25, 2025
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Holiday Inn Metairie
2261 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA
All baseball fans are invited to attend. This will be a hybrid meeting, both in-person and on Zoom.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8RUYwcblScy_9453i7PeiA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, comments, or would like to give a presentation on any baseball topic, please contact Richard Cuicchi.
New York, NY (Casey Stengel Chapter)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/An_RjmpVSn62pkm9H1HUfA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Norfolk, VA (Bud Metheny Chapter)
SABR’s Bud Metheny Chapter in Virginia’s Eastern Shore will hold a virtual SABR Day meeting at 2:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 22, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Jack Bales will deliver a presentation on William Hulbert – President of the Chicago White Stockings and the National League in late 1800s. His presentation will focus on “How William Hulbert Abused His Power to Get What He Wanted”.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeuvpj4pHteopj8i638WaOfX61cYBxQS
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Ottawa, ON (Frank Shaughnessy Chapter)
Mark your calendars for 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, February 1, because the Frank Shaughnessy Chapter in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario has a great event planned for SABR Day. Author Justin McKinney, who wrote the fantastic book Baseball’s Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League, will be joining us via Zoom at 10 a.m. ET to talk about his next book project. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Click here to register for this Zoom meeting in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YPh60–ERtmK3k-U9LKWvg
Justin will tell us all about Billy Geer, the 19th century baseball equivalent of Frank Abagnale of Catch Me If You Can fame. Geer bounced around the major leagues but he’s most known for being one of the most prolific cheque forger in American history, passing bad cheques all over the United States and even as far away as Europe and South America under one of his many aliases. It’s a fascinating tale told by a master storyteller in Justin, and I hope you’ll join us!
Paterson, NJ (Elysian Fields Chapter)
The Elysian Fields Chapter’s SABR Day event will take place from 12:00-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the Muth Museum of Hinchliffe Stadium, 186 Maple Street in Paterson, New Jersey. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Free parking in the parking deck at 1 Jasper Street. Walk through Hinchliffe Stadium to the Muth Museum.
- 12:00 p.m.: Social hour and time to explore the museum
- 1:00 p.m.: Screening of Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story
- 2:30 p.m.: Panel discussion with Luke Epplin, Joseph Thomas Moore, and Claire Smith, and moderated by Dave Kaplan
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Philadelphia, PA (Connie Mack-Dick Allen Chapter)
This year’s SABR Day event, hosted by the Connie Mack-Dick Allen Chapter in Philadelphia, will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Immaculata University’s Faculty Center conference room, 1145 W. King Rd., Malvern, PA 19345.
Fee: No fee for this year’s conference. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Breakfast and Lunch: The chapter will provide bagels and coffee for breakfast. Bring your own lunch.
Directions for parking: Enter campus from King Road and turn onto Alumnae Drive. Park by the Athletic Fields. Walk to the Faculty Center Conference Room by walking between the Parsons Science Pavilion and Alumnae Hall. Faculty center is directly ahead, and the conference room is on the bottom floor. We’ll have signage set up. Map Link: https://www.immaculata.edu/con
Schedule (subject to change):
9:00-9:40: Phil Williams – 1914 World Series Ticket Scandal
9:40-10:20: Frank Klose – Ballpark Funding
10:20-11:00: Tony Bracalli – Learning from the Ballparks of the Appalachian League
11:00-11:40: Bob Warrington – The Forced Sale of the Phillies in 1943
LUNCH – Trivia and Chapter Business
12:40-1:20: Brian Michael – Barrier Breakers Exhibit Update
1:20-2:00: Mark Kanter – South Korean Baseball
2:00-2:40: Mike Walsh – Phillies vs Giants (July 16, 1966)
2:40-3:20: Scott Hengst – Origins of the Lambertville Logan Club (1865-66) or the Playing Days of David Zearfoss
We’ll also likely have a Zoom component for those unable to join in person.
Pittsburgh, PA (Forbes Field Chapter)
The Forbes Field Chapter invites all baseball fans to join us for our SABR Day meeting from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
Please enter through the ballpark’s administrative entrance at the corner of Federal Street and General Robinson Street, directly across from the North Shore Tavern. Security staff will direct you to the Business Center meeting room. We are charging an attendee admission fee of $5 that will go toward Pirates Charities. You do not need to be a SABR member to attend.
For questions and to RSVP, please contact Mark Woods.
FORBES FIELD CHAPTER SABR DAY AGENDA
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
- 9:00am – 9:15am – Mark Woods/Jim Trdinich – Welcoming Remarks
- 9:15am – 10:00am – Ed Damer – “The Boys of Beltzhoover”
- 10:00am – 10:30am – Bennett Weinschenk – “Not Enough People Know About the Pittsburgh Drug Trials”
- 10:30am-11:00am – Larry Kreger – “Baseball Between the Covers: A Selection of Off-Season Readings”
- 11:00am – 11:45am – Jack Kucek – “One Day One Person in One Moment Can Change Your Life Forever”
- 11:45am – 12:15pm – Tom Carroll – “A Young Pitcher’s Journey with The Big Red Machine”
- 12:15pm – 1:15pm – LUNCH BREAK
- 1:15pm – 2:00pm – Scott Harris – The Man Behind the Lens: Charles “Tennie” Harris.
- 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Tom Hetrick – “MISFITS! Baseball’s Worst Ever Team or Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns”
- 3:00pm – 3:45pm – Bob Ross – “The 1890 Players League and its Ballparks”
- 3:45pm – Mark Woods – Closing remarks.
Portland, OR (Pacific Northwest Chapter)
Members of SABR’s Pacific Northwest Chapter will celebrate SABR Day on Saturday, February 1, 2025, with a casual brunch at 11:00 a.m. at McMenamins Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. To RSVP, please contact Bob Russon.
Rochester, NY (Luke Easter Chapter)
Save the date for the Rochester Baseball Historical Society and Luke Easter SABR Chapter Hot Stove Dinner on Saturday, January 25, 2025!
It will take place from 5PM-9PM at the Webster Golf Club. Our featured guest speakers are Jason Smorol and Dan Mason, General Managers of the Syracuse Mets and Rochester Red Wings respectively, and two of the best in the business!
Hope that you will be able to join us for what is sure to be a fun event! Full details, pricing, and ticket ordering details to follow soon.
— Ryan Brecker
rbrecker@gmail.com
St. Louis, MO (Bob Broeg Chapter)
The Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter will host a Hot Stove SABR Day event in conjunction with the Browns Historical Society on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
Thanks to the incredible work of Vice President Ed Wheatley, our guest speaker for the evening will be Chaim Bloom in one of his first public events in St. Louis. We will once again be meeting at The McPherson, 4715 McPherson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108 – parking is available in the dedicated lot across the street.
Our order of business for the evening will be as follows:
- 5:30- Doors open
- 6:00- Buffet dinner begins
- 6:40- Introduction of Randy Karraker, our moderator for the evening
- 6:45- Conversation with Chaim Bloom
- 7:45- State of our Chapter
- 8:00- Presentation of the Rygelski Award
- 8:10- Bob Tiemann Trivia
- 8:30- Event concludes
The cost for the event is $40 for SABR members, $45 for non-members, and $50 for anyone registering after January 23. In order to register, please RSVP by email to Clem Hamilton and then either (1) mail a check payable to the Bob Broeg SABR Chapter to Clem Hamilton (contact him for the address) or (2) Venmo the amount to @SABRBroeg with SABR Day in the subject.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is off-the-record and closed to working media. In other words, what is said in the room stays in the room. In order to continue to get top tier speakers, it is essential that this media policy is followed. Also this year, we will be upholding a business casual dress code (no denim!) to coordinate with the magnitude of the event. Anyone holding a ticket to the event explicitly acknowledges these policies and agrees to follow them.
San Diego, CA (Ted Williams Chapter)
Time: 10 am – 11:45 am PST
Location: San Diego Central Library, Eighth Floor, 330 Park Blvd., San Diego
Join SABR’s Ted Williams San Diego Chapter for our first meeting of the new year and a SABR Day celebration. The program will feature a representative of the Padres front office, who will provide an update on the 2025 Padres. Stay tuned for more details.
San Francisco/Sacramento, CA (Lefty O’Doul/Bay Area Chapters)
Please save Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 11:00 am-1:00 pm Pacific for a joint SABR Day Zoom meeting hosted by the Lefty O’Doul Bay Area Chapter and the Dusty Baker-Sacramento Chapter. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
We are putting together a program that will include author Larry Hausner, talking about his new book Save Baseball: A Prescription for Major League Baseball. We will also be joined by our friend Jon Leonoudakis, who’ll share news on his Lefty O’Doul documentary as well as a new project to restore Lefty’s gravesite.
We’re planning updates about the great programs SABR provides as well as news about both the Dusty Baker and Lefty O’Doul Chapters. Look for more details and the Zoom link as things are finalized.
Hope you will join us and get 2025 SABR activities off to a good start!
Seattle, WA (Pacific Northwest Chapter)
All baseball fans are invited to join the Pacific Northwest Chapter for an informal gathering at 12:30 p.m. on SABR Day, Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Maritime Pacific Brewery, 1111 NW Ballard Way, Seattle, WA.
In addition to talking Hot Stove baseball and the Baseball Hall of Fame 2025 voting results, we will toast the 1/31/1919 birthday of Jackie Robinson. Here is the link to Maritime Pacific Brewery: https://maritimebrewi
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (Roush-Lopez Chapter)
The Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez SABR Chapter, in coordination with the St. Petersburg Museum of History, will be facilitating a trolley tour of Spring Training Baseball locations at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2025 to celebrate SABR Day. In addition, this tour will be going on weekly (Saturdays) for the month of March during Spring Training.
The SABR Day tour is limited to the first 25 people who sign up. Tickets are $50 each. To RSVP, please contact Mark Drucker.
A discount on the tour and for admittance to the Tampa Baseball Museum will be available for out-of-town SABR members.
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Toronto, ON (Hanlan’s Point Chapter)
Tulsa, OK (Oklahoma Chapter)
The Oklahoma Chapter will celebrate SABR Day with a virtual meeting at 2:00 p.m. Central on Saturday, February 1, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5tvt9ojPTQCP5_pEj3TeSw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Washington, DC (Bob Davids Chapter)
The Bob Davids Chapter’s annual SABR Day meeting returns on Saturday, February 1, 2025 and we will be meeting in a new location after two years of being downtown. This year’s meeting will take place at the Falls Church Episcopal Church, located on Route 7 inside the Beltway in Falls Church.
Our speaker lineup is shaping up and will include research, special guests, presentations from chapter members, and a Writers Panel with chapter members talking about their experiences with writing their books and getting published. The price of admission includes a box lunch and beverages, and we’ll be introducing a reworked version of the always popular book raffle. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4 PM.
Site: Falls Church Episcopal Church, 115 E. Fairfax St, Falls Church, VA 22046
Speakers: We have a full day of baseball planned, and our speakers will include:
– Andrew Golden, Washington Post beat reporter covering the Nationals
– Dave Appelman, Founder of FanGraphs
– Chapter Writers Panel – Paul Scimonelli (“Joe Cambria: International Super Scout of the Washington Senators”), Laura Peebles (numerous SABR Games Project articles), Gary Sarnoff (“Team of Destiny: Walter Johnson, Clark Griffith, Bucky Harris, and the 1924 Washington Senators”), Gary Mitchem (Senior Executive Editor of McFarland Press) – This panel will look at research from both the writing and the publishing points of view: How do writers get started? Why do they choose their subjects, and what are their research methodologies? What are editors looking for? What are the best ways to submit your material/concepts?
– Daniel Piazza, Chief Curator of Philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the “Baseball: America’s Home Run” exhibition on the interplay between baseball, postage stamps, and baseball cards throughout the game’s history.
– Chapter member research presentations
Transportation: The Falls Church Episcopal is located inside the Beltway in Falls Church. The entrance to parking for the church is on Route 7 (166 E. Broad St.); from the parking lot, please walk down the stairs to the main church entrance on E. Fairfax St.. The closest Metro station is the East Falls Church station and is a short (approximately one mile) Uber/Lyft/taxi ride away.
Cost: $30 for general admission. The Bob Davids Chapter is pleased to offer, for the second year in a row, a special “Rookie” rate of $20, available to students and first-time Annual Meeting attendees. Admission includes a box lunch and morning coffee service.
Registration/Payment: To register for the meeting, please send a check, payable to “SABR Bob Davids Chapter”, to Ed Baranoski, 8866 Glenridge Ct., Vienna VA 22182. Please include the names of the guests who will be attending the meeting. Alternatively, send a PayPal payment to sabrdavids@aol.com; please make Paypal payments as a friend and not as a business so that we don’t incur services charges.
RSVP: Whether you register via U.S. Mail or with PayPal, please send email to Ed Baranoski at ed.baranoski@gmail.com so that he can look for your registration and get an accurate head count. You don’t need to be a SABR member to attend this event – all are welcome!
Registration questions? Please email Ed Baranoski at ed.baranoski@gmail.com.
Please register by January 28, 2025 so we can get an accurate count for the number of box lunches.
Book Raffle: Guests are limited to bringing a single box of baseball-related items and books for contribution to the Book Raffle. Items may include SABR publications, but please do not bring annuals and media guides.
Vendors: We’ll have room for vendors this year. If you are interested in space, please contact Peter Cottrell (pbcottrell@gmail.com)
Williamsport, PA (Sebring-Stovey Chapter)
Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 1, 2025, when SABR’s Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter will hold its SABR Day meeting at 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the James V. Brown Library’s Lowry Room on the 3rd Floor. The library is located at 19 E. 4th Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Parking is available in the Market Street Parking Lot. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Our guest speaker is Dave Kennedy, who will present on “It all began in Billtown: Bonds to Moneyball.” Dave Kennedy’s photographic journey started in Williamsport in the mid 1990s and has come full circle now as the Williamsport Crosscutters team photographer.
The SABR meeting is free and open to everyone in the Williamsport area and communities.
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