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02/09/2010 Forbes Field Chapter (Pittsburgh)
Hot Stove Night HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER..
For more information, contact Bob Sproule
[email: rfsmms@verizon.net]
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02/09/2010 Larry Dierker Chapter (Houston, TX)
holds its monthly meeting at Molly's Pub, 509 Main St, Houston, TX. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Special guest is Houston Astros television broadcaster Bill Brown.
For more information, contact Bob Dorill
[email: Bdorrill@aol.com]
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02/13/2010 SABR Board of Directors
meets at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel (165 Courtland) from 10am to 5pm.
For more information, contact John Zajc
[phone: 1-800-969-7227]
[email: jzajc@sabr.org]
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02/13/2010 Emil Rothe Chapter (Chicago)
meets at the Eisenhower Public Library, 4613 N. Oketo Ave., Harwood Heights, Illinois, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.Program:
* Current Kane County Cougar and Chicago-area native Dusty Napoleon will discuss his career to date and take your questions!
* Dennis Pajot of the Milwaukee SABR Chapter will discuss Abner Dalrymple of the famed Chicago White Stockings and his key role in Game Six of the 1886 World’s Championship Series against Charlie Comiskey’s St. Louis Browns.
* And Doak Ewing of Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. will show us some of the legendary baseball footage he has collected.
The Eisenhower is located near the Northwest Side of Chicago -- one block south of Lawrence; two blocks west of Harlem).
For more information, contact Richard Smiley
[phone: (312) 525-3606]
[email: smileyr@georgetown.edu]
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02/13/2010 Magnolia Chapter (Atlanta)
meets from 11:00am - 2:30pm in the Hank Aaron Room at Turner Field. note: this room has no internal heat. The room we usually use in February is not available this day. I will bring a portable heater, but you might want to dress warmly/bring a coat/sweater if the weather is cold.) Bring a bag lunch if you'd like. I'll bring the usual array of drinks/goodies....
Parking is free in the Green lot as usual. The Green lot is directly across the street (Abernathy Drive) from the main gate. Enter from Hank Aaron Drive or from Abernathy. We'll start gathering at the Braves Museum around 10:30. The Museum is to the far right of the stadium as you enter the main gate.
Program:
Brett Friedlander, author of "Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham" (a Casey Award finalist for best baseball book published in 2009) will join us to talk about the career of Moonlight Graham.
Wayne Marshall will give a talk on Ernie Shore.
New member (spring 2009) Amber Roessner (recipient of a SABR-Yoseloff Award in 2009)will present "Crafting Your Father's Idol: Baseball, Journalism and American Culture, 1900-1928"
Finally, we'll review plans for SABR40 and talk about volunteer needs.
Also, the SABR Board is meeting in Atlanta that weekend. I and a few other members are scheduled to attend the Board meeting that Saturday from 3:00-5:00pm. The Board meeting is open to all, so if anyone else would like to attend you are very welcome. The Board meeting is at the Sheraton Hotel on Courtland St.
For more information, contact Terry Sloope
[email: magnoliasabr@mindspring.com]
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02/14/2010 SABR Board of Directors
meets at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel from 8am to 3pm.
For more information, contact John Zajc
[phone: 1-800-969-7227]
[email: jzajc@sabr.org]
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02/20/2010 Smoky Joe Wood Chapter (Connecticut)
tentatively plans to meet at Quinnipiac.
For more information, contact Steve Krevisky
[email: sakrevisky@sbcglobal.net]
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02/20/2010 Seymour-Mills Chapter (Naples)
holds its book review meeting from 2pm to 4pm at Books-a-Million (9100 Strada Place, Naples (on Tamiami Trail N. near 91st St.).
At our meeting all participants will have the opportunity to discuss one or two baseball books of their choice in a small group setting or just to listen to other baseball fans talk about books they have read.
The highlight of the meeting will be a review of "Chasing Baseball" by its author, Dorothy Seymour Mills, the well-known writer and member of our chapter who has written 25 books. Copies of Dorothy’s book will be available for purchase and signing at the meeting.
If you're not a member of SABR, you're still welcome to attend and see what we’re all about. Bring your favorite baseball book to talk about or just come to get some ideas about books like "Chasing Baseball" that you might want to read.
For further information and to RSVP, e-mail:
Greg Chaberski Gregchab@msn.com.
For more information, contact Greg Chaberski
[email: Gregchab@msn.com]
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03/04/2010 Deadball Era Committee's
takes place March 4 to 7, 2010 at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Tentatively, we'll have events and research presentations on Friday the 5th and Saturday the 6th, with social activities on the evening of the 4th and/or morning of the 7th, as in the past.
Your training camp crew consists of R. J., Mike Dugan, Madison McEntire and Richard Smiley. We welcome any proposals you might have for research presentations or other activities having to do with the Deadball Era, spring training, or Arkansas baseball. Attendance is on a pass-the-hat basis; we will have a block of rooms available at the Arlington, though, for those of you who want to try it out. More details to come.
If you want to know what happened at past "Boiling Out" events, check out issues of "The Inside Game", the Deadball Era Committee newsletter, from 2002, 2004 and 2006.
For more information, contact R. J. Lesch
[email: rjlesch_usa@yahoo.com]
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03/13/2010 South Florida Chapter
meets at Tamarac Public Library (Multi-Purpose Room), beginning at 12:00 (noon), we will have a keynote speaker, and presenters, bringing you all the best in hardball.
Leading off the festivities will be our keynote speaker, Turtle Thomas, Head Baseball Coach of the Florida International University Panthers. Thomas is in his third season with the Panthers, and has coached for many of the top-flight programs in college baseball including stops at; Arizona State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisiana State and the University of Miami. Thomas is widely regarded as one of the premier recruiters in the country and is held in high-esteem by his fellow coaches in Division I baseball and beyond.
Presenters will be announced at a future date as soon as they have confirmed. Family and friends are welcome, and I encourage all of you to share with them your love of the grand old game. I look forward to seeing you there, and let’s PLAY BALL!
For more information, contact Sam Zygner
[email: sflasabr@hotmail.com]
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03/20/2010 [Central Florida - Coast to Coast - Orlando Chapter]
meets at the Larry R. Jackson Branch Library in Lakeland at 9:00 am for a meeting. We have the room until noon when we'll head to the ballpark (Phillies v. Tigers).
Roy Kerr will make a presentation on Slidin' Billy Hamilton. His book on Slidin' Billy, "The Life and Times of Baseball's First Great Leadoff Hitter" was recently published by McFarland.
Other presentations will be mentioned in future email.
RSVP with Dave Larson @ Tazlarson@aol.com or with Rod Caborn at RCaborn@mac.com.
For more information, contact Dave Larson
[email: tazlarson@aol.com]
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04/17/2010 Tokyo Chapter
meets at Italian Restaurant “Amico Mio” in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo. Contact Tomotada Yamamoto, mountainbook91@jcom.home.ne.jp for more information.
For more information, contact Tomotada Yamamoto
[email: mountainbook91@jcom.home.ne.jp]
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04/17/2010 Nineteenth Century Conference
will be held at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
For more information, contact Peter Mancuso
[email: peterplus4@earthlink.net]
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04/30/2010 Seymour Medal Conference
begins on Friday, April 30 and continues on Saturday, May 1. Details forthcoming.
For more information, contact Susan Petrone
[phone: 1-800-969-7227]
[email: spetrone@sabr.org]
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04/30/2010 SABR Board of Directors
meets from 10am to 5pm.
For more information, contact John Zajc
[phone: 1-800-969-7227]
[email: jzajc@sabr.org]
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05/08/2010 Forbes Field Chapter (Pittsburgh)
holds its Spring meeting at the Heinz History Museum. Details to follow.
For more information, contact Bob Sproule
[email: rfsmms@verizon.net]
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05/22/2010 Elysian Fields Chapter (NJ)
will hold its chapter conference on May 22. Details TBA.
For more information, contact Richard Puerzer
[email: richard.j.puerzer@hofstra.edu]
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05/22/2010 Dayton Chapter
will meet at 5/3 Field in the afternoon (time TBD). A Dragons game follows at 7:00 pm.
For more information, contact John Schleppi
[email: jrschleppi@gmail.com]
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06/19/2010 Lajoie-Start Chapter (Southern New England)
meets under a picnic tent at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. The Pawtucket Red Sox will play the Columbus Clippers starting at 6:05 p.m. (You can order tickets from the team's web site, Pawsox.com. That's the time of year when attendance approaches sellout status, so it's never too early to order tickets.) As usual, we will hear from team officials, including new manager Torey Lovullo, who spoke to us a couple of years ago when he was managing Buffalo. Other speakers are being lined up, and we'll let you know who they are.
For more information, contact Len Levin
[email: LenLevin5@hotmail.com]
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07/14/2010 Jerry Malloy Conference
begins in Birmingham, Alabama. Running through Sunday, July 18, the Jerry Malloy Conference is the longest-running conference dedicated exclusively to the examination of black baseball history.
For more information, contact Larry Lester
[email: ntresearch@comcast.net]
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08/05/2010 SABR 40
begins in Atlanta, Georgia at the Sheraton Hotel.
For more information, contact John Zajc
[email: jzajc@sabr.org]
[web: convention.sabr.org]
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