the 2010 SABR National Convention in Atlanta, Aug 5-8

If I'm still a pauper, one of you should join and go.

SABR40

"Sweet As A Peach!
"August 5 - 8, 2010
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel

events/panels already in the works include: * Ballparks of the Southern Association* New Technologies and Baseball* Braves 1990s/"Worst to First" Panel, moderated by Pete Van Wieren* Screening & discussion of the new documentary "Signs of the Time"* Excursion to the Ty Cobb Museum and gravesite in Royston, Ga. (limited capacity)* Excursion to Rickwood Field in Birmingham (limited capacity)* Tours of Turner Field and the Braves Museum* SABR's usual lineup of 30+ member Research Presentations* a Friday night game at Turner Field - San Francisco vs. Atlanta

"An Evening with Philip Glass." Just an evening?!

(i kid)

do i have to be a sabr member to go

morbs wanna peep a braves game w/ol canky here

The Braves game is open to guests, but given your specialization in race jokes I thought you'd be aiming for Cobb's grave.

btw, there ARE interesting women in SABR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tan

http://convention.sabr.org/schedule/events

Boston Globe SABRnanza

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/04/the_globes_2010.html

And then Shaughnessy

fortunately i'm not registered on the BG site.

who's been to that old Birmingham AL ballpark on the SABR con sched?

SABR and the Magnolia Chapter have lined up some fabulous side trips in conjunction with SABR40 in Atlanta, August 5 - 8. The side trips include:

* Ty Cobb Museum and Gravesite in Royston, Ga. Thursday, August 5. Bus leaves hotel at 2:30 pm. $19 includes round-trip bus fare and admittance to the museum. Slots are going fast!

*Joe Jackson Museum/Greenville (SC) Drive Game - Saturday, August 7. Bus leaves hotel at 2:45. $29 includes round-trip bus fare, admittance to the Museum and the game (vs. the Rome Braves.) The museum is small, but they have promised to have a couple of special items on display just for SABR members! The ballpark is right across the street from the stadium.

*Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Sunday, August 8. Bus leaves the hotel at 9am. $27 includes round-trip bus fare, the chance to tour the ballpark and throw the ball around on the field, and a ballpark lunch. David Brewer of the Friends of Rickwood is also planning to have a former player or two there as well as some memorabilia exhibitors. The bus should return to the hotel in Atlanta between 6:30 and 7:00. Yes, Sunday is normally get-away day at the convention, but if you can stay over one more day (or fly home later that evening), the Rickwood trip will be a special treat!

also, the Friday night game vs SF, the Braves are retiring Glavine's number. Naturally as someone who witnessed his Mets' finale I have mixed feelings about attending...

hey morbs i was going to make a Freaknik joke but then realized hey do ever run into the sinister prime minister pete nice from 3rd bass at these things? he is a huge baseball history nut i think he joined SABR when he like 14 or something. white guy rapper, ring a bell?

I've read stuff about his fandom (and I think SNY did a feature on him last year or two), but don't remember SABR membership. Certainly never saw him at conventions.

I looked in the directory and he's not listed. This is his site tho:

http://haulsofshame.com/The_Author.html

package air/hotel deals to ATL in the dead of summer are pretty good right now, btw

In case you missed the news, Hall of Famer Phil Niekro has been added to the Braves "Worst to First" roundtable at SABR40! The roundtable, hosted by Pete Van Wieren, also includes Bobby Cox and Mark Lemke. It is scheduled for Friday, August 6 at 9:30 am.

Why is Niekro on the Worst-to-First panel? you might ask. While he wasn't pitching for the Braves then, : he can provide insight into the evolution of the Braves from perennial doormat to perennial contender and also managed the Richmond Braves 1991 club, including many of the players who would later keep "the streak" going.

Some of these competing presentations are hard to choose between. e.g., Friday noon?

http://convention.sabr.org/schedule/presentations

Are you going on the Rickwood Field trip?

If they got enough reservations to do it, yeah! It's kinda crazy, considering there's no game, but I figure it'll be the only time I'll ever be in Alabama.

Rickwood Field or any historical (especially non-MLB) ballparks you have visited

This year, we are experimenting with live streaming of selected presentations and events. Follow SABR's Twitter feed or become a fan on Facebook in order to see what presentations are being streamed.

http://twitter.com/sabr

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-for-American-Baseball-Research-SABR/79619821544?ref=ts

Rob Neyer sighted, not Bill James yet.

Guy did a presentation on baseball in Peanuts: CB's team went (estimated) 15-274. Someone asked what Charlie Brown's matchup record vs Peppermint Patty was.

http://convention.sabr.org/archive/sabr40/242-peanuts-baseball-a-comprehensive-look-at-the-wins-losses-and-other-statistics-of-charlie-brown-a-the-gang

Neyer's update (I too was amazed at a one-third empty ballpark for a first-place team):

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/4665/friday-filberts-sabr-edition

Dave (Retrosheet) Smith did a prez on outs made on the bases; sitting in my row were Bill James and ex-Marlins mgr Fredi Gonzalez.

Braves panel this morning w/ Cox, Phil Niekro, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke. Cox described taking Chipper over Van Popprl in the '90 draft; Chipz told teams, "Don't believe it when you hear I'm going to college, I'm not."

Don't know what Gant was like on the Braves panel, but he makes any telecast he's on unlistenable. Nuke Laloosh-level cliché-spewing.

He was amusing and anecdotal, but Cox did most of the talking (Van Wieren moderated).

http://www.ajc.com/sports/love-of-baseball-and-587306.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/28/drudge-siren.gif

The demographic for SABR member averages 58 years of age and male.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/28/drudge-siren.gif

I assumed the SABR game was like poker. Lots of old dudes but a new breed of thrusting 20-year-olds inventing nth-level new stats and making the seniors tut into their OBP. But maybe I just read too much Fangraphs.

I did see a presentation (on southern-style promotion events) by an NYU junior, there are always some younger folks.

and again, most members don't understand regression analyses.

ie, PLEASE JOIN, younger people. The one-year rate is $65, only $45 for those under age 30. That's an obscene bargain; the publications you get w/ the membership every year alone are worth at least $40.

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,1056,35,0

as for the average age, yes whaddya know, retirees have more time for baseball history!

if i am not a SABR membor can I go to convention? it it like an up with people show?

You can go to the ballgame with a member, but no, we wear name/city SABR badges for the presentations/events! We need convention revenue from registration.

also, in LA next year, so I hope we get 90 minutes w/ Scully.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/recap-sabr-40-atlanta/

Gleeman on the technology panel I missed:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/sabr-conventions-new-technologies-in-baseball-panel-is-exciting-glimpse-into-future-of-analysis.php