the 2009 SABR National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 30-Aug 2

The keynote speaker will be Stan Kasten, President of the Washington Nationals.

http://convention.sabr.org/index.php/program

SABR has already purchased 1,000 tickets for the Baltimore Orioles-Boston Red Sox game to be played Friday, July 31, at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

More on the Negro League panel scheduled for SABR 39, beginning with the bios of the participating panelists.

Reverend Henry “Pistol” Mason, 06/19/31, Marshall, MO, 6’, 185, R/R, P …1951-54 Kansas City Monarchs … most memorable game, opening day 1952 when he beat the Philadelphia Stars 3-2 in 16 innings .. one of the earliest African-Americans in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system integrating the Schenectady Blue Jays in 1955 … joined the Phillies in 1958 … spent career as a man of the cloth retiring from St. James Paseo United Methodist Church in Kansas City.

Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, 09/27/35, Ridgeway, SC, 5’ 3”, 125, R/R, P/2b, 1953-55 Indianapolis Clowns, signed by the Clowns Business Manager Bunny Downs … achieved a nursing degree in her off seasons that led to a nursing career that lasted over thirty years … today Mamie resides in Washington, D.C.

Sam Allen, 04/25/36, Norfolk, VA, 5’7”, 170, L/L, OF … 1957 Kansas City Monarchs, 1958 Raleigh Tigers, 1959 Memphis Red Sox … 1960 played baseball at Fort Bragg with the 82nd Airborne … afterward Sam enjoyed a long career in the sandlot leagues around Norfolk while earning a living as a carpet store owner and salesman, and still is an accomplished tile setter.

Pedro Pastor Sierra yQuintano, 07/26/38, Havana, Cuba, 6’, 185, R/R, P …1954 Indianapolis Clowns, 1955-58 Detroit Stars … played Negro League Baseball, Cuban League Baseball, minor league baseball, Canadian League Baseball, Panamanian League Baseball, Mexican League Baseball & Dominican League Baseball. He was elected to two East-West Negro League All-Star Teams in 1956-1957, as well as being elected to three Canadian League All Star Teams in 1967-1968-1969.

Went.

Got Frank Howard's autograph, and told him Mets fans appreciated how he handled the 1983 team in transition as interim manager. "I'll tell ya what," Hondo says. "CLASS ORGANIZATION. Nelson Doubleday... Fred Wilpon..."

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1964/0525_large.jpg

I don't contradict 6'7" guys even if they're 73 years old.

And since none of you are ever gonna join SABR, that's the only story you get.

OH SHIT MORBS IS BACK
IT'S ON

also, I steered entirely clear of the trivia, but Alan Schwarz didn't:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/sports/baseball/03trivia.html

(I know the retired trivia champ in that piece, to say hi to. He grumbles about statheads.)

Oh, hey, Morbs, welcome back, so anyway, Go Tribe amirite?

Formed in 1971, SABR is facing a bit of a crisis because its median member age has climbed to the late 50s. (This provided some levity on Saturday night when the trivia moderator yukked that several SABR folks roomed with Jim Creighton on the 1860 Brooklyn Excelsiors.)

Formed in 1971, SABR -- or NAMBLA -- is facing a bit of a crisis because its median member age has climbed to the late 50s. (This provided some levity on Saturday night when the trivia moderator yukked that several SABR folks roomed with Jim Creighton on the 1860 Brooklyn Excelsiors.)

Formed in 1971, SABR is facing a bit of a crisis because its median member age has climbed to the late 50s. (This provided some levity on Saturday night when the trivia moderator yukked that several SABR folks roomed with Jim Creighton on the 1860 Brooklyn Excelsiors.)

I can't tell if that's a lazy zing or not.

Andy K taking advantage of my boycott of the Suggest Ban.

Different levity: They bused us to the Orioles-Red Sox game on Friday night -- that's right, driving from D.C. to Balt on a weekend rush hour; I missed the first 3 batters.

So the "bus captain" decided to ask trivia questions for the whole two hours. One was "Who was the first manager to win 500 games with 3 different teams? Hint: He was nicknamed for the rudest part of his anatomy."

Passenger: "Dick Williams!"

Heck, you got lucky, Morbs -- when I lived down there, I once drive from Arlington, VA to Camden for a game, left at 5pm for a 7:05 start, and missed the first three innings.

also saw the Potomac Nationals lose 5-0 to Winston-Salem (pitching coach: Bobby Thigpen), then watched the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs get pounded for 4 innings on Sunday by Lancaster until a friggin' monsoon arrived. We left after an hour-plus delay, but they never resumed; field was a swamp.

not entirely relevant but thinking of u morbsies <3 :*

http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9935

Andy K taking advantage of my boycott of the Suggest Ban.

Jon Stewart joke! I am totally down with SABR.