Mark Your Calendars
The dates for SABR 40 have been finalized: We will be at the Sheraton in downtown Atlanta August 5-8, 2010! The convention room rate is $129/night (plus tax). More details on convention registration will be forthcoming; check the convention website often. This will be the first time SABR has held a convention in Atlanta, and the Magnolia Chapter is working hard to put together a great program. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta next year.

Lunchtime Listening
Over the next six weeks, SABR will be posting audio files of research presentations from SABR 39 to the convention website. Each of the presentations is approximately 25-30 minutes long--just right to listen to during your lunch break! This week, we're posting:

RP2: Gitter/Rhoads – Stadium Construction and Fan Attendance for Minor League Baseball (business)
RP6: Todd Peterson – The Whole Show: George Wilson 1875-1915 (bio)
RP8: Anthony Giacalone – Baseball’s Lost Generation: The Profound Effect of the Great Depression on Baseball in the 1960s (stats)
Arizona Fall League Conference
Don't forget that the inaugural Arizona Fall League Conference will be held November 12-14. You won't want to miss the chance to hear Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes, three-time MLB Executive of the Year Roland Hemond, and AFL Director Steve Cobb at the kick-off breakfast! Register for the entire conference or just one day at the SABR Store. The conference hotel is the Embassy Suites-Tempe (the hotel registration deadline has passed, though).

ACTA Discount
SABR members can get a generous discount on books from ACTA Publications and help SABR at the same time. On all book orders now through December 31, 2009, SABR members can receive a 20% discount on their entire order simply by typing the word "SABR" (all caps) in the "Discount Code" field after making your first book selection. You can order the new Bill James Handbook (out November 1) or choose from ACTA''s huge selection (including SABR BioProject book, Go-Go to Glory). Books in stock will be shipped within two working days. In addition, $1 from each order will be donated to SABR!

Emerald Guide to Baseball 2010
If you're one of the several thousand SABR members who downloaded The Emerald Guide to Baseball last spring, you know what an excellent resource this is. We are pleased to announce that SABR will again be publishing The Emerald Guide in 2010! We will be rolling the Guide out in sections. First up are the minor league statistics, which will be available in early November. Subsequent to the minor league data, we'll be releasing statistics for major league players, the playoffs, and Winter Meetings and transactions. The entire Guide will be available for free download in PDF format or for purchase in printed form in late winter 2010. Free PDFs of the 2009 Emerald Guide are still available via the "Members Only" portion of the website.

Renewals Starting Strong
Over 1,600 members have already renewed their membership for 2010, putting the 2009-10 renewal season ahead of most others. You can renew online at the SABR Store, or download a renewal form here. Not sure if you've paid for 2010? Log in at the members-only site and check. We also printed your expiration date (as of September 24) on your most recent issue of The SABR Bulletin (in the mail now). Also, be sure to remember that usernames changed recently to your LastnameFirstinitial and a two-digit number. Your password remained the same.

Thank you for your continued support of and membership in SABR.

John Zajc
Executive Director