Please welcome the following new members who have joined NWSABR since 5/1/10:

Name                          Residence                     Date Joined

Ken Spurgeon           Chelan WA                     9/1/10

Bill Fisher                   Eugene OR                    7/26/10

Tip Wonhoff               South Bend WA             7/2/10

Jeff Holloway             Vancouver BC               6/21/10

PJ Ross                     Bellevue WA                  6/21/10

Robert Bofors           Portland OR                   6/16/10

Robert Haraldson   Vancouver BC                5/23/10

Don Rennels           Lincoln CA                       5/11/10

Tim Wendel of Washington, D.C. will be reading from his new book, "High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time." Wendel is a SABR member who has written 8 books. You may also remember his work in Baseball Weekly.

More info:

NY Times review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/books/review/Tracy-t.html?_r=1

SI review: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1168371/index.htm

Powell's book and event info: http://www.powells.com/biblio/7-9780306818486-42

Amazon bio and bibliography: http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Wendel/e/B001HOXWUI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Powell's Books on Hawthorne

NWSABR member and author Steve Steinberg extends an invitation to attend one or more of the remaining booksigning events for '1921: The Yankees, the Giants & the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York', co-authored by Steve and Lyle Spatz.

Steve will be doing a Powerpoint presentation with vintage baseball photos revolving around this book at Third Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park 98155) at 7pm Wed night June 16, 2010.  Following the approximately one hour long event, there will be Q&A and an opportunity to get your book signed.

Additional events Steve will be appearing at:

• Thursday, July 15, 2010 Federal Way Regional Library, Federal Way, WA 7:00pm (speaking & signing, Powerpoint & photos)        

• Wednesday, August 5- Sunday August 8, 2010  SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) NationalConvention, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia (signing)

• Friday, August 20, 2010 Author's Series at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY (1pm)

SABR has selected the winners of this year’s McFarland-SABR Award. They are: Mark Armour (Corvallis, OR), William F. Lamb (Meredith, NH), and Geri Strecker (Muncie, IN). These winners will receive their awards on August 7 at SABR’s annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Sheraton Hotel Atlanta.

The McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award honors the authors of the best articles or papers, published or unpublished, on baseball history or biography completed during the preceding calendar year and whose research projects have greatly expanded our knowledge of baseball. The award includes a $200 cash prize.

Armour’s article, “A Tale of Two Umpires,” covers the firing of umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine by American League president Joe Cronin for union activity. The judging committee noted that the article “tells us more about the bitter anti-union, anti-everything attitudes of most owners of the day.” The article was published in the Fall 2009 issue of the Baseball Research Journal.

Congratulations, Mark!