The May 29 early registration deadline for the SABR convention is fast
approaching, so don't forget to save some money by getting your registration in
soon.

The Research Presentation schedules and research committee schedules are posted
on the convention pages of www.sabr.org. Click on "Convention" and then navigate
to the information you want by clicking on the appropriate tabs.

Fewer than 60 tickets to Friday's Reds v. Indians game remain in SABR's block of
tickets in the 300 section; there are many SABR tickets available in the 400
section.

If you still need to make your hotel reservations, the most likely of the SABR
hotels to still have space is the Crowne Plaza. Located about a half mile from
the Renaissance, the Crowne Plaza is closer to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and Great Lake Science Center. The Crowne Plaza is the hotel that SABR members
stayed at during the 1990 Cleveland convention.

To make a reservation, call 800-321-1090, ask for reservations and then ask to
be placed in the SABR Room block. The SABR blocks at the Renaissance Hotel and
the Radisson are sold out, but there is always a (very, very small) chance that
if you call at the exact right time, you can book a room that was only recently
cancelled.

And don't forget to cast your ballot in the SABR election. Ballots must be
received by 7am on Tuesday, June 3.

Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

Past SABR Journals and publications for as little as $1.50 each can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Jerry Malloy Conference, Willowbrook IL (outside Chicago), July 24 to 27, 2008

The SABR Minor Leagues Database can be found at http://minors.sabrwebs.com;
volunteers always needed to improve the site.

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject, now with over 750 biographies: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/ and Maple Street Press, http://www.maplestreetpress.com/book.cfm?book_id=29

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org
Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

In 2006, SABR, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and the LA84 Foundation (then
known as the Amateur Athletic Foundation) agreed to team up to digitize The
Sporting Life. Many thanks to Jim Gates and the Hall of Fame for providing their
copy of this important periodical of the late 19th and early 20th century.

I am pleased to let you know that many issues are now available for searching,
researching, reading, and printing at the LA84 Foundation Digital Archive web
site.

Point your browser to: http://tinyurl.com/6yb7vg

As you will notice, the full run is not available yet, but issues will be loaded
throughout the coming months.

And while I am on the topic of digital resources, SABR has formed an ad hoc
committee on Digitization headed by Jonathan Frankel.

At present, the committee is compiling a list of potential items to be
digitized, including the Federal League papers in Chicago, and the Celler
hearings. If you are aware of a baseball resource that you think baseball
researchers could benefit from if it were available online, contact Jonathan
Frankel at jlfrankel@comcast.net.

Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Jerry Malloy Conference, Willowbrook IL (outside Chicago), July 24 to 27, 2008

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject, now with over 750 biographies: http://bioproj.sabr.org/

The BioProject has spin-offs published by Rounder Books, http://www.rounderbooks.com/
and Maple Street Press, http://www.maplestreetpress.com/book.cfm?book_id=29

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org
Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

SABR members are once again charged up for another convention.

As of yesterday afternoon, SABR's room block was sold out at the Renaissance
Hotel for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. We have arranged for overflow
rooms at the Radisson Hotel at Gateway and at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. See
http://tinyurl.com/3danvj
for details. If you have already made a reservation and find out that you no
longer can use it, please contact me to see if I can arrange for another member
to take over your reservation.

We had 295 registrations in hand yesterday as well. The deadline for the early
registration discount is May 29.

The schedule of Research Presentations for the convention have been added to the
SABR web site (www.sabr.org). Start checking out what presentations will be when
to help plan your agenda at the convention. Look for updates every few days on
the Convention pages of www.sabr.org.

Remember that if you are flying in, Continental is offering a meeting discount.
To make your reservation call 1-800-468-7022 and provide the ZCode ZCWU and the
Agreement Code DDHR56.

Once at the airport, getting to the Renaissance is easy. Use the RTA Red Line.
The train will take you from the airport to Tower City Station in less than a
half hour. The Renaissance Hotel is connected to Tower City Station, so you
won;t even have to go outside.

If you are driving to the convention, parking near the Renaissance is at a bit
of a premium. Tower City Parking (http://www.towercityparking.com/hours.asp#selfparking)
is an option that is less expensive than hotel parking.

SABR thanks all of its convention supporters, including the Office of the
Commissioner of Major League Baseball and the Cleveland Indians Baseball Club.

Thank you for your continued support of SABR!


John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Jerry Malloy Conference, Willowbrook IL (outside Chicago), July 24 to 27, 2008

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org
Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

Koehler, Robert R. Age 67, of Brookfield. Passed away peacefully at home with his wife, Pam, at his side on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Loving husband of Pam for 12 ˝ years. Survived by his mother, Bertha "Betty" Koehler, brother-in-law, Jess Whitnall, sister-in-law, Brenda Wierschke, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, other relatives and friends. Bob was a 1958 graduate of Milwaukee King High School and a 1964 graduate of UWM. He was well known as a baseball historian and co-authored the book "The American Association Milwaukee Brewers". As the owner of Bob Koehler Cards, he participated in all National Sports Collector and SABR conventions and activities. He was an active member of Old Time Ball Players Association and the Milwaukee Braves Historical Society. Bob taught English, Speech and Drama at Milwaukee South Division High School from 1964-1979. Memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 1-2:30PM at CHURCH AND CHAPEL, 1875 N. Calhoun Rd., Brookfield. Memorial services will begin at 2:30. Memorial contributions may be made to SABR, the Milwaukee Public Library, or Habitat for Humanity. CHURCH AND CHAPEL Ritter - Larsen Bros. 262-827-0659 Obits - Condolences - Directions www.churchandchapel.com

Bob Koehler has passed away after a long bout with cancer........remember him in your thoughts and Prayers!

Rick

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Baseball season is in "full-swing", and there are many Baseball-related
activities that you can be a part of.

MILWAUKEE BRAVES HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

 

It's going to be one of the most historic events ever staged by the MBHA, as the
man who hit the historic " Shot Heard Round the World", Bobby Thomson , along
with the Brooklyn Dodgers leftfielder in that historic game, longtime Milwaukee
Braves player Andy Pafko will be honored on Thursday May 15 at the Potowatomi's
Northern Lights Theater.

Each ticket holder will receive an official major league baseball personally
signed by Thomson.

Prior to the reception and dinner, which begins at 6 PM, Thomson will be
introduced to the fans attending the Brewers-Dodgers game, which is an afternoon
affair.

To order tickets, send a $125 check payable to the MBHA to:

Tom Kaminski
2614 E. Bottsford Ave.
St. Francis, WI. 53235

You can also call or e-mail Rick Schabowski at 414-322-4997, RICKIU76@aol.com.

SABR MEETING

The next SABR meeting will be held on Saturday May 17th in Beloit. Special
thanks to David Malamut for organizing this meeting! Details follow:

Location: Pohlman Field, Beloit, Wisconsin
Peoria Chiefs ( Cubs) vs Beloit Snappers ( Twins)
Game Time 6:30 PM Meeting Time 4 PM
Speakers: Beloit General Manager Jeff Vohs, Director of Media and Community
Relations/Marketing Erik Van Dyck, and following them possibly a player or coach

For more info contact David Malamut at david@malamut.net.

BORCHERT FIELD PROJECT
We are still working on the Borchert Field project. If you're interested in
getting involved please contact me.

RESEARCH NEEDS

I received the follwing request from a fellow SABR member, Bill Dunstone

Does anybody know anything about the Dow baseball team in Midland, Michigan of
1949-1950? A person in California e-mailed Bill, asking about a professional
Baseball player with a last name of Gormley. Please e-mail any info to
whdstone@hotmail.com.

Looking for any info, or Baseball cards about the Jamestown (NY) Falcons of the
1951-52 seasons. A member of the Old Time Ballplayers of Wisconsin, Dick Lisecki
played for this team, and would love to get any info. Please forward any info to
Rick Schabowski at RICKIU76@aol.com.

SABR 38

The National Convention for SABR will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, June 26- 29th.
Once you go to a National Convention.....you'll never miss one! There are
excellent research presentations, panels, and an opportunity to meet a lot of
great Baseball fans! For more info go to the SABR website at www.sabr.org.

WEBSITES

A shameless plug for two Baseball related websites......... the Milwaukee Braves
Historical Association maintains a site at www.57braves.com. You can stay
abreast of future activites, and purchase some great items. Gregg Hoffmann
maintains a site www.midwestdiamondreport.com that is a must go to site about
Baseball. There are also a large amount of hyperlinks to other baseball sites,
and links to great stores such as Old School Collectibles. Check the sites
out.......you'll enjoy!

QUESTIONS?

Don't hesitate in contacting me about any activities! I can be reached by phone
at 414-322-4997, or by e-mail at RICKIU76@aol.com.

Best of Luck!

Rick Schabowski

There are three special events coming up two rather soon hosted by local SABR
chapters, and one down the road a bit hosted by the SABR NEgro Leagues
committee.

Next weekend (April 26 and 27), the Detroit Chapter is hosting a a Baseball Race
and Integration Symposium entitled: "Late in the Game: The Tigers and Red Sox
Long Road to Integration." For further information, check out the chapter
website at:

http://sabr-detroit.org

The following weekend, the Rocky Mountain Chapter is hosting a Denver Bears -
New York Yankees Reunion on Saturday, May 3rd. Former Bears/Yankees who will be
on hand are Don Larsen, Ryne Duren, Herb Plews, Johnny Blanchard, Ralph Terry
and Woodie Held.

For more information, see:

http://www.rmsabr.org/?page_id=132

The SABR Negro Leagues Committee will be holding the 11th Annual Jerry Malloy
Conference beginning July 24 in Willowbrook, Illinois (outside Chicago). If you
are interested in the history of the Negro Leagues, then this is a conference
you need to attend.

For more information, see:

http://www.larrylester42.com/jerry-malloy-...leagues-conference/

Thank you for your support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director
Society for American Baseball Research
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
www.sabr.org
1-800-969-7227

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Jerry Malloy Conference, Willowbrook IL (outside Chicago), July 24 to 27, 2008

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org
Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

A quick note to remind you that the deadline for the Yoseloff-SABR Baseball
Research Grants is quickly approaching. See

http://tinyurl.com/2wkhdb

for more information. A big thank you to the Yoseloff Foundation for continuing
their support of this important program to help baseball researchers.

Also note that it is SABR election season. Please review the candidate
statements and vote in time for your ballot to be received by June 3.
 
Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Jerry Malloy Conference, Willowbrook IL (outside Chicago), July 24 to 27, 2008

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org
Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

A quick note to tell you that convention registration is now open at the SABR
Store, http://store.sabr.org.

Some of the details of the program are at the Convention portion of the SABR web
site, www.sabr.org.

If you have not renewed your SABR membership for 2008, please do so as soon as
possible. Dues increase on April 1, 2008.
 
Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/

The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

The Baseball Research Journal for 2007 is being delivered to all membership
year-2007 members. I've only read a few articles and scanned a few others, but
it looks like Jim Charlton saved his best Baseball Research Journal for last.
Whether it is an analysis of third-base coaches ("The Traffic Directors") by Dan
Fox and Neal Williams or a study of the 1909 St. Paul Gophers ("Can You Hear the
Noise?") by Todd Peterson (recipient of a Yoseloff-SABR Baseball Research
grant), there is breadth as well as depth in this issue. If you joined SABR
after September 30, 2007, you will not receive this issue because you will
receive the publications in the 2008 schedule. To order your copy, contact the
University of Nebraska Press, 1-800-755-1105 (US orders).

And while Jim Charlton is to be congratulated for a fine final issue of BRJ, it
is time to welcome new Publications Director Nick Frankovich to the SABR office.
Nick comes to us from Fordham University Press and now has one full week under
his belt.

He'd like to increase the stable of members whom he can turn to for help on
various parts of the editorial and production process, so if you are a freelance
copyeditor, book designer, cover designer, or whatever, please send Nick an
email of introduction. His SABR email address is frankovich@sabr.org

Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/

The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research

If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend.

Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Do you Facebook? Join the SABR Group.

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227

As we have a lot of newer members, I wanted to remind everyone of our electronic
e-mail list. There is not a lot of traffic (although traffic is allowed and
encouraged). It is where I announce the posting of all new biographies, among
other things.

In the coming weeks I plan to post most of the biographies from the AL Deadball
book, and the 1967 Red Sox book, along with the usual cache of biographies from
our editors.

To subscribe, just send an email to:
SABRBioProject-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Have a great weekend,
Mark Armour

Please find attached No 6 of the Baseball in Wartime newsletter which features the 1943 ETO World Series.
 
Have you missed a previous issue? You can download them all at www.baseballinwartime.co.uk/newsletter.htm
 
Gary Bedingfield
Baseball in Wartime
www.baseballinwartime.co.uk
garybed@gmail.com
 
[the Baseball in Wartime Newsletter is a free monthly publication. If, however, you would like to make a small donation to the production and distribution costs you can do so at the Baseball in Wartime website. www.baseballinwartime.co.uk/donate.htm. Thank you.
 
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------------------------------------------------------- --
Gary Bedingfield
Baseball in Wartime (Founder and Editor)
5 Pineview Court
Glasgow
G15 7QT
Scotland
Great Britain

Time is running out to make nominations for two awards and SABR board postions.
And less than a month is left to submit your abstract for making a research
presentation at SABR 38.

The Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award recognizes those whose
outstanding research projects completed during the preceding calendar year have
significantly expanded our knowledge or understanding of baseball.

Eligible projects must be the product of original research or analysis and must
significantly advance our knowledge of baseball. They must be characterized by
factual accuracy and notable insight.

See

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,498,43,0

for a complete description of the award.

The McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award honors the author(s) of the best
articles or papers, published or unpublished, on baseball history or biography
completed during the preceding calendar year.

Eligible works will include magazine and journal articles, previously
unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple
authors, unpublished research papers and written versions of oral presentations.
Authors honored for unpublished work may not later receive a SABR research award
for that work (or work that is substantially the same) in published form.

For a complete description of the award, see

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,1902

February 1 is also the deadline for nominations to seek election to the SABR
Board of Directors. Offices up for election are Vice-President, Treasurer, and
Director. See the SABR Bulletin or contact Nominating Committee chair Dan Levitt
for more information - danrl@attglobal.net.

February 17 is the deadline to submit your abstract for consideration to present
at the SABR convention in Cleveland. See

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2476,17,0

for more information.
 
Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227
www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org

SABR now has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sabr_baseball_research
If you have a MySpace page, feel free to invite SABR to be your friend (and make
SABR a "Top Friend").

Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

 
> UPCOMING MEETING
>
> The next meeting of the Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter of SABR meeting
> will take place on Saturday February 2, 2008, 11 AM at Long Wong’s Chinese-American
Sportsbar, 5230 West Bluemound Road. The meeting will feature, courtesy of Doak Ewing,
President of Rare Sportsfilms, a showing of the entire Game 4 of the 1957 World Series.
> Tentatively scheduled to appear as Guests of Honor at this time are
  Johnny Logan, and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Mantilla. We will also conduct a 50/50
> raffle, where 1/2 of the money is awarded to the winner, and the other half
 going to fund future activites, a raffle for one of Doak Ewing's baseball DVD's,


and available for sale the following items:

 
 SABR NATIONAL PASTIME: Issues #10, 12 thru 15,17,18 20-22, the premiere issue- Fall 1982,
Spring 1984, Spring 1985, Winter 1987. $5.00 per issue
 




SABR BASEBALL RESEARCH JOURNALS:Issues 16 thru 27, 29 thru 33, and 1978. $5.00 per issue

If you want to reserve a purchase before the meeting, let me know and I'll reserve it for you.

> Food and drink will be available. A discussion of the Borchert Field
> Project will take place after the film. This event attracted a large
> crowd last year, so reservations are recommended. You can guarantee
> yourself a spot by contacting Rick Schabowski at 414-322-4997, or via
> e-mail at RICKIU76@aol.com.
 



MILWAUKEE BRAVES: A GOLDEN LEGACY
If you're coming to the meeting, and are interested in purchasing a copy of the "Milwaukee Braves: A Golden Legacy"
 please let me know by January 21st as I can pre-order them for you. The cost is $20.00. I'll bring them to the meeting

> FUTURE MEETING
> A joint meeting with the Emil Rothe Chapter (Chicago) is planned for
> Saturday May 17, 2008. This meeting is planned in conjunction with the
> Beloit-Peoria game. We plan on meeting before the game, then enjoying a
> nice evening of Baseball. Rumor has it………that all the snow will be
> gone by then! If you’re interested in attending, let me know, and
I’ll
> forward the information to David Malamut of the Chicago Chapter.
 

WEBSITE

Special thanks to Gregg Hoffmann, who maintains the www.midwestdiamondreport.com site for creating
a site for our Chapter. Following is the info from Gregg on how to access the site:




...The Keltner SABR site is up in cyberspace. If you go to www.midwestdiamondreport.com and look
in the left hand column, you will find a link to it. You're probably better off routing members, etc.
 to the site that way, but if they want the direct link it is www.oldschoolcollectibles.com/articles/article7.html.

>
>> QUESTIONS???
>
> As always…..don’t hesitate in contacting me with any questions you
> might have by reaching my by phone at 414-322-4997, or e-mail at
> RICKIU76@aol.com. I hope to see you our future events!
>
>
>
> Rick

Happy New Year!

Well, 2008 is here, and that means the SABR convention is coming to Cleveland in
less than 170 days!

Nearly 100 members have booked their hotel room at the Renaissance Hotel. I
encourage you to make your hotel reservation earlier than later, since rooms are
limited.

To make your hotel reservation, call 1-800-HOTELS-1 and mention that you are
making reservations for the Society for American Baseball Research annual
convention, June 26 to 29 at the Renaissance Hotel in Cleveland.

You can also book online by heading to

http://tinyurl.com/3danvj

and clicking the appropriate hyperlink.

The SABR Renewal Drive is going great! Thanks to the more than 4,000 members who
have already sent in their renewal for 2008, we are in the top five renewal
rates by date in the 17 years I've been with SABR.

If you have not yet renewed, you can do so online by signing in to
members.sabr.org and clicking on MySABR. Then,

Click on the yellow “Renew” Button near the right-hand side of the page near the
top
Follow the Directions on the “Quick Renewal” form

If you renew online by next Tuesday, you'll save us the trouble of mailing you a
second renewal notice.

Thank you for your continued support of SABR!

John Zajc
Executive Director

SABR web site: www.sabr.org

Pay dues/make donations online: http://store.sabr.org

Make the gift that costs nothing during your lifetime. Consider Joining the
Legacy Circle -- SABR's recognition of Planned Gifts. See http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2257

Membership Directory: http://members.sabr.org

Membership Office Telephone: 800-969-7227 or 216-575-0500

SABR 38, Cleveland, Ohio, June 26 to 29, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel on Public
Square

Chapter e-lists and websites: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=reg&m=9

Research Committee e-lists and websites:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=com&m=5

SABR BioProject: http://bioproj.sabr.org/
The BioProject/SABRBoston Chapter have spin-offs published by Rounder Books,
http://www.rounderbooks.com/

The Baseball Index: http://www.baseballindex.org

Research Needs and Classified Ads
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cls&m=3&s=207

SABR-L, baseball research's only moderated discussion list:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,69,3,153

BRSP, where SABRen discuss SABR policy :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brsp

To order old SABR publications, head to: http://nebraskapress.unl.edu

Sale titles can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2hekvl

Please remember SABR is counting on you to keep your membership information,
particularly your email address, mailing address, and phone number information
up to date using the secure, password-protected members-only website.

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland OH 44115
1-800-969-7227