I am happy to have lots of good news to share about what various SABR members are doing.

The History Department at Cornell University has accepted funds to begin the Harold Seymour lectureship in sports history this spring. The inaugural event will honor the contributions of Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills to the field of baseball history. At the inaugural event on April 21, 2010, Mills will speak on her and her late husband's contributions to sport history, including her recent baseball writing. Click here for more information on this exciting bequest.

Recently several SABR members have been in the news. In case you missed them, here are some recent articles about or mentioning SABR members.

Craig Lammers was profiled in the Toledo-area Press


Ron Selter was mentioned in The New York Times

Lyle Spatz was quoted extensively in The Washington Examiner

Also, a number of SABR members, led by Gary Gillette and Sean Forman, are collaborating on The Baseball Early Bird. Each issue gives a recap of the previous day's games, some history, some trivia, and some analysis. All this delivered to your email inbox first thing in the morning. Subscribe for free.

The links section of the SABR web site is another place to find out more of what your fellow members are doing on the web.

Remember that October begins SABR's Membership Season. We say "thanks!" to the nearly 1,500 members who have already renewed for next year (or beyond).

In addition to sending in your renewal soon, we hope you will encourage your baseball friends to join you as a member. Our member-get-a-member campaign runs through March 31. You can request brochures from anyone at the SABR office or download one (on the right-hand side) from the website.

Read what several members have said about their membership. We hope you will join them in continuing to be a part of the SABR community.

Larry Granillo at wezen-ball.com

Cecilia Tan at whyIlikebaseball.com

Matt Sisson at Baseball Digest Daily (scroll to the end of the article)

Mike Metzger at Stan Musial's Stance

Mike Lynch at Seamheads.com

Thank you for being a part of the SABR community.

Sincerely,

John Zajc
Executive Director

P.S. The convention dates for the 2010 Atlanta event will be confirmed after we have a hotel contract signed. We are negotiating for the weekend of August 5 to 8, 2010. Look for an announcement before the end of the month.