The National Pastime Archives
Since 2009, The National Pastime has served as SABR’s convention-focused publication. Published annually, this research journal provides in-depth articles focused on the respective geographic region where the National Convention is taking place in a given year. From 1982 to 2008, the magazine was intended as a more literary outlet for SABR members to publish their research, in comparison to the more statistically inclined Baseball Research Journal.
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(Note: Some TNPs are still being digitized and are only available as PDF downloads. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view those files.)
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Additional The National Pastime Archives
PDF files
Click on a link below to download selected PDF files from SABR’s The National Pastime archives:
- 2025: TNP: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
- 2024: TNP: Baseball in the Land of 10,000 Lakes (Minneapolis)
- 2023: TNP: Heart of the Midwest (Chicago)
- 2022: TNP: Major Research on the Minor Leagues
- 2021: TNP: The Future According to Baseball
- 2020: TNP: A Bird’s-Eye View of Baltimore
- 2019: TNP: Pacific Ghosts (San Diego)
- 2018: TNP: Steel City Stories (Pittsburgh)
- 2017: TNP: Baseball in the Big Apple (New York City)
- 2016: TNP: Baseball in the Sunshine State (Miami)
- 2015: TNP: North Side, South Side, All Around the Town (Chicago)
- 2014: TNP: Baseball in the Space Age (Houston)
- 2013: TNP: From Swampoodle to South Philly (Philadelphia)
- 2012: TNP: Baseball in the North Star State (Minnesota)
- 2011: TNP: Endless Seasons (Southern California)
- 2010: TNP: Baseball in the Peach State (Atlanta)
- 2009: TNP: Monumental Baseball (Washington, DC)
- 2008: TNP #28
- 2007: TNP #27
- 2006: TNP #26
- 2005: TNP #25
- 2004: TNP #24
- 2003: TNP #23
- 2002: TNP #22
- 2001: TNP #21
- 2000: TNP #20 (this issue is mislabeled as #19 on copyright page)
- 1999: TNP #19
- 1998: TNP #18
- 1997: TNP #17
- 1996: TNP #16
- 1995: TNP #15
- 1994: TNP #14
- 1993: TNP #13
- 1992: TNP #12
- 1991: TNP #11
- 1990: TNP #10
- 1989: TNP #9
- Spring 1988: TNP Vol. 7, No. 1
- Winter 1987: TNP Vol. 6, No. 1
- Spring 1986: TNP Vol. 5, No. 1
- Winter 1985: TNP Vol. 4, No. 2
- Spring 1985: TNP Vol. 4, No. 1
- Spring 1984: TNP Vol. 3, No. 1
- Fall 1983: TNP Vol. 2, No. 1
- Fall 1982: TNP Vol. 1
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