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January 2010 meeting: MLK Day Hot Stove, Monday 01/18/2010

Written by SABR Boston
Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:24
(From left: Monbouquette, Perez and Tye. Photo by Daigo Fujiwara. MORE PHOTOS) Larry Tye is the author of the best-selling biography of Satchel Paige. An avid baseball fan, Larry now runs a Boston-based training program for medical journalists. Everyone who has read his work knows he will give us an interesting and lively discussion about one of baseball’s most enduring characters and greatest pitchers of all time. (17:34) Download Bill Monbouquette, a pitcher for the Red Sox from 1958 to 1965, will also be here. Need we say more? Bill has the reputation of being a no-nonsense guy who tells it like it is. He has attended meetings before and we look forward to hearing is take on baseball, then and now. (44:26) Download Fernando Perez is not your run-of-the-mill professional athlete. A speedy outfielder who made his big-league debut in early September 2008 and went on to play in both the ALCS and World Series. He appeared in 18 games for the Rays after missing much of the campaign with a wrist injury. The 25-year-old New Yorker is not only a big part of the Rays’ future, he also holds a degree in American Studies and Creative Writing from Columbia University. He sat down with Boston Chapter co-chair David Laurila in September 2008 to talk about his views on both baseball and life. (34:09) Download Bob Brady of Boston Braves Historical Association on Braves Field. Watch full version on YouTube Sons of Sam Horn thread on the event is here. The Boston Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research announces their Hot Stove Winter Meeting on Monday, January 18, 2010, 11am to 4pm at The Baseball Tavern, second floor meeting room, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston – one block from Fenway Park. Once again we have a stellar lineup of presentations by an all-star cast. DATE: Monday, January 18, 2010 TIME: 11 AM to 4:30 PM LOCATION: The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston MAP There will also be the lunch buffet for $10 provided by The Tavern. Please let us know if you are interested so I can provide the cook with a head count. A $5 donation to help defray meeting costs is humbly requested. We also have received a donation of books for the raffle from our compadres to the south. The Southern New England Chapter has kindly given us three boxes of high quality baseball reading material, so bring your donations to add to the inventory and plan on returninghome a few new ones as well. We have a few time slots available for Ten-Minute Presentations. Let me know if you are interested. Stay tuned for more information as it become available. The meeting looks to be a one-day Hot Stove League Convention extraordinaire. We hope you can be there on January 18 – the birthday of 36 players, including Curt Flood, Charlie Eden, Pinky May and Eddie Moore who played 54 games for the Boston Braves in 1926. All we are unable to come up with is the ghost of Babe Ruth – keep in mind that January 20 is the 90th anniversary of his departure from Boston to New York – and we all know the rest of the story. If you have not been to a meeting at The Tavern, be advised that it is located one block from Fenway Park. There are parking lots in the area, or it is otherwise advised to take public transportation as the best way to get there. The Tavern is nearest the Kenmore or Fenway stations on the Green Line.
Last Updated on Friday, 22 January 2010 10:50

2009 Fall Meeting: November 7, 2009

Written by SABR Boston
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 12:15
(Justine Siegal (middle) and Jeff Natale (right) with SABR Boston's co-chair David Laurila) (MLB.com's Red Sox beat writer, Ian Browne) The Boston Chapter fall meeting was held on Saturday, November 7, 2009. The November 7, 2009 meeting at The Baseball Tavern was a memorable occasion. Justine Siegal, Jeff Natale and Ian Browne were entertaining, informative and we were honored by their presence at the meeting. We hope in the future to have them back. More photos can be found on SABR Boston's Flickr page. DATE: Saturday, November 7, 2009 TIME: 10:30 AM to 4 or 5 PM LOCATION: The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston MAP If you have not been to a meeting at The Tavern, be advised that it is located one block from Fenway Park. There are parking lots in the area, or it is otherwise advised to take public transportation as the best way to get there. The Tavern is nearest the Kenmore or Fenway stations on the Green Line. Jeff Natale, Red Sox minor league prospect who spent this past season with AAA Pawtucket Red Sox, will be there to pick up where he left off at a meeting a few years back when he impressed everyone with his knack for telling great stories. We will have Justine Siegal, from the Brockton Rox who will have her own unique stories to tell about her experiences with professional baseball. Also see: NCAA Champion magazine, 2009 Fall profile MLB.com's Red Sox beat writer, Ian Browne will also give a talk about the team he covers, along with what goes into the job of a beat writer. You can follow his twitter feed at @IanMBrowne. Also: the "1950 Red Sox Panel." Herb Crehan with an advance preview of the up-coming publication of Red Sox players of the 1950s by Chapter members . Research presentations: Jim Kaplan Spahn-Marichal, 1963 Mark Kanter – How Bad　Does a Pitcher have to be and still be a Closer? Jay Hughes – Baseball Literature for Children and Young Adults Ttrivia contest by Mark Kanter There are three enthusiastic research presenters lined up as well as Lunch buffet is available as usual. And as always, there will be many baseball items on the raffle table! All of the Boston Chapter meeting are open to public (though we highly recommend becoming the SABR member) and a $5 donation is humbly requested. It is a great place to network with other people who are interested in learning more about baseball. Everyone's expertise are unique, so bring your own baseball knowledge/expertise! If you are a new SABR member and have not yet attended a Chapter meeting, this will be a great meeting for you! Don't be shy. Bring a friend for moral support, and we are sure you will be glad you did. For information please contact: jhulbert@earthlink.net Joanne Hulbert, co-chair SABR Boston Chapter
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 December 2009 21:06

The Home Run Derby Party, July 13, 2009

Written by SABR Boston
Monday, 13 July 2009 00:00
The word is out, the menu is all set and the speakers are on the lineup card. The Home Run Derby Party at The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston is coming together. The July 13, Monday night gathering begins at 6PM, and dinner will be served around 7 PM. Feel free to arrive at any time. We will forgo any formalities as we talk baseball into the evening and keep an eye on the Home Run Derby. The weather gods have cooperated, the rain has finally stopped in New England, so the meeting on the open-air upper deck will not be threatened with a rain delay. The Boston Chapter will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pumpsie Green's arrival with the Red Sox and we'll hear commentary from John Holway about baseball and integration and Bill Nowlin, who has interviewed Pumpsie. Saul Wisnia will have copies of his new book, "For the Love of the Boston Red Sox" so plan on acquiring an addition to your library. Let me know if you are planning on attending for dinner, so that we'll be sure to have enough food, and we hope to see you there on Monday night. Joanne Hulbert, co-chair SABR Boston Chapter

2009 Spring meeting: Saturday, April 11, 2009

Written by SABR Boston
Saturday, 11 April 2009 00:00
What better way to celebrate the start of the baseball season than a gathering from 10:30 am to 4 pm at The Baseball Tavern on Saturday, April 11, 2009! The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, one block from Fenway Park is the place to be on this first weekend after Opening Day. We have a great program coming together featuring contributors of the soon-to-be published "Lefty, Double-X and the Kid, A Team in Transition." We expect to have copies of the book available. Other speakers will be Paul Zinn, author of "The Major League Pennant Races of 1916:The Most Maddening Baseball Melee in History" and Gabriel Schechter who recently published "This Bad Day in Yankee History" - days, he will tell us, that were often very GOOD days in Red Sox history. There will be several presentations by Boston-area students as well. There are still a few potential speakers who are trying to free up their busy schedules in order to attend the meeting, so stay tuned for any later additions. Lunch is available at The Tavern, and the Red Sox-Angels game begins after the meeting. Plan on sticking around for more baseball.
Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2009 20:59

2009 Winter meeting: Monday, January 19, 2009

Written by SABR Boston
Monday, 19 January 2009 00:00
Plans have come together for the January 19, MLK weekend meeting of the Boston Chapter. An interesting lineup of speakers have been brought together for this much needed mid-winter gathering featuring baseball talk and a just plain good excuse for a break from the winter weather we've been enduring. As Boston's baseball fans are well aware, there's alot going on over at Fenway Park lately - and it's not all about the ballpark renovations - and we'll be spending time with armchair analysis and second guessing. The meeting will begin at 11 AM and last until 4 PM - or a bit longer as we get long winded. A $5 donation is humbly requested The meeting will take place at The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston, second floor meeting room with its panoramic view of the right field wall of Fenway Park. Public transportation via the MBTA is encouraged. The Tavern is best reached from the Kenmore Square station on the Green line. Find Brookline Ave, take a short walk and pay homage to Fenway Park along Yawkey Way, and proceed to the intersection of Yawkey and Boylston Street, turn left and the Baseball Tavern is just beyond McDonald's. There is also parking in the vicinity of Fenway Park. Lunch is available at the Tavern. You can sign up for the lunch buffet provided by the Tavern staff, for $10, when you arrive. Two months ago, Rick Swanson sent me one of his memorable e-mails detailing his latest behind the scenes' dealings with the Red Sox organization. Anyone who remembers Rick's presentations at earlier meetings will recall his entertaining and downright mindbending talks. I predict he will not disappoint. If he mentions half of what he sent me in that latest e-mail, his talk should not be missed. He's a classic fan. We will also hear from Jared Carrabis who was named the Red Sox Nation Massachusetts Governor. He will tell us how he came to that lofty position, and he has stated he is thrilled to be invited to the meeting. We hope he'll still be thrilled after we have a little "Wait, wait, Don't Tell Me" sort of fun with him! David Lambert of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society discovered Sy Simmons, the oldest living Negro Leaguer. He will talk about the discovery and also how genealogical and historical research come together for baseball research. We will also hear from Daigo Fujiwara about the latest acquisitions of Japanese players by the Red Sox. Brian Sheehy of the New England Vintage Baseball Association has the latest news on the Irish National Baseball Team with connections to Boston. If you have an item for the raffle table, bring it along. Every little bit helps toward future programs. We hope to see you there for the upcoming mid-winter, therapeutic Hot Stove Meeting in Boston. For more information, contact: Joanne Hulbert, co-chair January 19, 2009 11 AM – 11:05 AM Introduction and Welcome 11:05 AM – 11:15 AM Tom Hannon – TheBaseballPage.com 11:15 AM – 11:35 AM Brian Sheehy & Irish National Team 11:35 AM – 11:45 AM Bob Wirz, Independent Baseball 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Daigo Fujiwara – Japanese Baseball players at Fenway Park 12:15 PM – 1 PM LUNCH 1 PM – 2 PM Rick Swanson – Red Sox Agonistes 2 PM – 3 PM Jared Carrabis – MA Governor, Red Sox Nation "Reverse” trivia quiz 3 PM –4:00 PM David Lambert – Sy Simmons 4 PM Tribute to Jim Rice Ongoing projects by Boston SABR members
Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2009 20:59

Past programs, 1999-2007

Written by SABR Boston
Thursday, 01 January 2009 00:00
The Boston Chapter, SABR, most often convenes at Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (directions and parking). That is across the lawn from the H.W. Longfellow National Historic Site, George Washington's HQ during the siege of Boston. We have also convened at Boston Public Library (info; BPL/Copley in 1910 photo), Fenway Park, and Boston University. Winter, 2007-01-15 (holiday Monday), Friends Meeting, Cambridge - Guest Speaker: Dick Bresciani, VP for Publications and Archives, Boston Red Sox - Book Presentation: Chaz Scoggins, Lowell Sun, 34-year official scorer for Boston Red Sox Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Boston Red Sox Baseball - Other presentations: Bob Tewksbury, Sports Psychology Coach, Boston Red Sox Craig Breslow, pitcher, Boston Red Sox Jeff Natale, Red Sox 2006 Minor League Offensive Player of the Year - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kantar winner, Announcement with directions Fall, 2006-11-04 , Boston University (recap) - Guest Speaker: Charles Steinberg, Vice President for Public Affairs, Boston Red Sox - Book Presentations: Seth Mnookin, Feeding the Monster David Laurila, Interviews from Red Sox Nation - Research Presentations: Allison Binns, "The Short-Term Effect of Salary Arbitration on Performance" reprising award-winning presentation at the 2006 Annual Convention Ron Anderson on George Scott Joanne Hulbert on William Selden, the greatest pitcher from Boston you never heard of Bill Nowlin on places the Red Sox have played - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Joe Benedetti Spring, 2006-05-20 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square Sabermetrics Conference with - John Thorn on stats and story - Andy Andres and Tufts U. students on sabermetrics for academic credit - several sabermetrics presentations program and information Winter, 2006-01-16 (holiday Monday), Friends Meeting, Cambridge - Guest Speaker: Ray Fagnant, Boston Red Sox New England Scout - Book Presentations: Peter Nash, Boston's Royal Rooters Tim Gay, Tris Speaker: The Rough and Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend - Research Presentations: Mike Fields, "The 'Moneyball Effect': Inefficiencies in the Free Agent Market" Paul Wendt, "Rosters & Lineups: Boston's three teams, 1900-1901" Seamus Kearney, "Gardner Day at Fenway --Ted Williams and the World's Largest Chair" Joanne Hulbert, "The Boston Obsession" Bill Nowlin, "Baseball and Baked Beans in Boston" - Raffle - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Fall, 2005-11-05 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge 1975 Red Sox 30th Anniversary Symposium - Guest Speaker: Bob Montgomery, 1975 Red Sox catcher, later announcer - Research Presentations: David Southwick, "The '75 Red Sox Project" ( about the book ) Herb Crehan, "Spring Training Expectations, 1975" Mark Kanter, "Return of the Hero: Tony C. in '75" Sam Bernstein, "1975 Red Sox Role Players" - lunch: Hot Dogs and Chili con Kearney - Raffles and Silent Auction - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Bob Mazur Spring, 2005-03-26 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge - Research Presentations: Joanne Hulbert, " Boston's Original Opening Day: Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer ... and Baseball " Bill Nowlin, The Kid (by the San Diego Chapter, SABR) Cecilia Tan, "Measuring Greatness: Methodologies and Quantification of an Impossible Subject" Leigh Grossman, The Red Sox Fan Handbook: Everything you need to know to be a Boston Red Sox fan ... or to marry one! Mickey 'The Lip' Tangel, "Treasures of a Vintage Base Ballist" (multi-media) - lunch: Hot Dogs and Chili con Kearney - Raffles and Silent Auction - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter - Program with directions Winter, 2005-01-15 , Boston University - Guest Speaker: Leigh Montville, Why Not Us?: The 86-year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans From Unparalleled Suffering To The Promised Land Of the 2004 World Series (Public Affairs, 2004) Read chapter 10, My Story - Research Presentations: Andy Andres, Ph.D., "Steroids and Baseball" Dick Johnson, The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodger Baseball (Houghton Mifflin, 2004; co-author, Glenn Stout) Tim Grassey, "The Significance of Defense and Defensive Statistics" - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter - Program with directions Winter, 2004-01-17 , Hall of Fame Room, Fenway Park - Guest Speaker: Howard Bryant, baseball writer, The Boston Herald Author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston (Routledge, 2002) - Research Presentations: Charlie Bevis, Sunday Baseball (McFarland, 2003) --2004 is the 75th anniversary of legal pro baseball on Sundays in Boston Bill Nowlin on 1904, win pennant and continue as world champion Philip Lowry on extra-late and extra-long games David Southwick, "Chapter Project: the 1975 Boston Red Sox" Paul Wendt, "Historical Newspapers at Harvard University (and elsewhere)" - Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Paul Wendt Summer, 2003-09-13 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square Ted Williams Symposium. Read the pdf Program to learn what you missed! Winter, 2003-01-18 , The Players Club, Fenway Park - Guest Speaker: Gordon Edes, baseball writer, The Boston Globe - Research presentations: Mark Kanter, "Rick Wise's Two Great Games, 1971" Frank D'Urso, "A Baseball Tour of Boston, 2002" Joanne Hulbert, "Literary Explorations in Baseball" Seamus Kearney, "Thrill of the Grass" (a story, performed) - Trivia Quiz by Dixie Tourangeau winner, Joe Benedetti - Several participants continued at a walkable pub. 2002 The Boston Chapter hosted the 32d Annual Convention of SABR in June. There was no Spring Regional and the traditional "Fall" event was in January 2003. Fall, 2001-10-27 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square - Guest Speaker: Johnny Pesky, former player, manager, and coach - Research Presentations: Mike Foster, "Spring Training in Hot Springs, 1912" David Southwick, Boston Red Sox Stories and Boxscores (website) Kerry Keene, 1951: When Giants Played (book) - Institutional Presentations: Dick Johnson, "The Sports Museum of New England" ( SMNE ) Bob Brady, "The Boston Braves Historical Association" ( about BBHA ) - Trivia Quiz by Dick Thompson, world-class triviist Spring, 2001-04-07 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge - Guest Speaker: Dick Bresciani, Public Relations, Boston Red Sox - Research presentations: Glenn Stout, tips on using Boston Public Library (BPL) Glenn Stout, Red Sox Century Bill Ryczek, Blackguards and Red Stockings, When Johnny Came Sliding Home, and what next? Bill Nowlin, "Cubaball" (baseball tour of Cuba) - SABR Presentation: "The SABR Website" by F.X. Flinn, Chair, Internet Committee, SABR - Several participants continued at a walkable pub. - Advance announcement Fall, 2000-10-21 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square - Guest Speaker: Ken Coleman, radio announcer (Cleveland and Boston, retired) - Book Presentations: Luke Salisbury, The Answer is Baseball, The Cleveland Indian, and Blue Eden Ty Waterman, The Year the Red Sox Won the World Series Kerry Keene, 1960: The Last Pure Season - " The good old days and the beauty of SABR " notes on the presentation by Luke Salisbury (Vice President, 1987-88) - Bill Nowlin, Oral History with example interview of Mike Palm - Advance announcement Spring, 2000-04-01 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge - Guest Speaker: Mary Pratt, AAGPBL player & school sports administrator - Research Presentations: Fred Ivor-Campbell, "The Cartwright Myth?" Steve Wang, "Statistics on Managers" Seamus Kearney, "Brattleboro's Island Park" (slide show) - Panel discussion: "Whither Fenway?" - Trivia Quiz by Neal Traven no winner Fall, 1999-10-30 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge - first meeting of the revived chapter - Guest Speaker: Joe Castiglione, radio announcer, Boston Red Sox - Research presentations: Bill Nowlin, "Fenway Park behind the scenes" Dick Thompson, "The Origin of Christy Mathewson's Fadeaway" Herb Crehan, "Tom Connolly" (first AL umpire) Jeff Foust, "Independent League Baseball in New England" Kerry Keene, "Placing Commemorative Plaques" - SABR presentation: Norman Macht, Chair, SABR Convention Committee, "Hosting a Convention" Spring 1998, Boston Regional Gathering, Lovers of Baseball Literature Chapter historians, Alert! This special event after the first Hot Stove season foreshadowed formal organization as a SABR regional chapter. - Saturday, 18 April 1998, Noon-4pm - home of Seamus Kearney, Malden MA - "hie your bod, but bring your noodle"
Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2009 21:19

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