UPADTE: SABR Boston Chapter co-chair Joanne Hulbert, who was the tour guide for the day, has written a very nice round up of the event: BOSTON CHAPTER’S “WALK OF INFAMY” - SABR DAY IN AMERICA, 2012

Also read a blog post write up by a SABR member Kristen, who attended the tour:  A Tour That Will Live in Infamy.

A SABR member, BaseballReflections.com's Peter Schiller brought his sons, Josh and Timmy, to the Boston SABR Day 2012. They tossed a ball in front of Gate A at Fenway Park.

2012 SABR Day in America is Saturday, January 28. 

The Boston Chapter will host a gathering in the mid-to-late afternoon for annual SABR Day in America, Saturday, January 28, 2012. 

Plans are now oraganized for a fun afternoon event in and around Fenway Park and Kenmore Square.

The starting point for the tour is The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street, Boston. MAP

We'll gather between 2 and 2:30 pm, and we'll set off on foot to visit locations not often noticed by Red Sox fans.

This will be a sightseeing tour that may never again be attempted, so plan to join in as we stop by Popeye's , the Hotel Buckminster, the Dugout Bar, the Hotel Kenmore, and find out how Van Ness Street got its name (handy knowledge for upcoming 1912 trivia contests), and, find out where Babe Ruth liked to stay while in Boston.

The weather will cooperate on Saturday and temperatures are predicted to be balmy in the mid-40's, so we need not fret about rain or snow. The "tour" will take about 2 - 2-1/2 hours, so we'll have pleanty of time to savor the moments. Bring your camera, your baseball glove and ball, along with your appetite for chicken and a sense of humor.

In order to truly appreciate the historic value of this SABR Day in America event, one can prepare by reading Eight Men Out, - film version is OK too (trailer) - re-reading (but not re-living) the Boston Globe's reportage on the September Baseball Disaster (boston.com version) and recall, with trepidation, the career of Pinky Higgins (stats). Should be fun. If it snows, we'll conduct a reading of "Opening Day, 1953" - the Boston Herald version - at the Bleacher Bar, where we'll attempt to conjure up the ghosts that Sparky Anderson suspected were behind the Green Monster. Stay tuned.

Read about our gathering from 2010, and 2011.