the 2012 SABR National Convention in Minneapolis, June 27-July 1

It was touch and go there for awhile, but I am going.

http://sabr.org/convention/sabr42-schedule

7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (Ballroom 3)
“Knuckleball!” special film screening
“Knuckleball!”, a documentary film by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, debuted this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. “Knuckleball!” is the story of pitchers who throw the most unpredictable pitch in the game. The film follows the only knuckleballers in the major leagues in 2011, Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey. It also features former knuckleballers Phil Niekro, Charlie Hough, Wilbur Wood, Jim Bouton and Tom Candiotti. Other interviews include writers Ben McGrath, Roger Angell and Tony Massarotti; catchers Jason Varitek, Doug Mirabelli and Josh Thole, as well as Derek Jeter, Terry Francona, Joe Torre, Carlos Beltran and Buck Showalter. SABR member Alan Nathan — an authority on the knuckleball who was interviewed for the film — will talk about the knuckleball, introduce the film and conduct a Q&A.

i'd like to see this

It's only played film festivals as yet, so far as I know.

The convention guests are pretty light on "great Twins." Tony Oliva is a possibility; otherwise we've got Roy Smalley and Frank Quilici.

saw Neyer already

Dave (Retrosheet) Smith did a presentation on basestealing frequency/success, and on a chart of effective CS catchers it showed Biff Pocoroba and Dann Bilardello!

Highlight of Target Field tour was the team curator, an ex-teacher who met Calvin Griffith in 1961, and now oversees every historical artifact that the Twins acquire or handle. His 'room' is full of temp-controlled storage bins and bound volumes of The Sporting News.

also a local guy on the official scorers' panel said the save rule should be called the 'didn't totally shit the bed' rule.

coverage:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120628&content_id=34099850&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

also, sighted a guy in a KINGMAN Cubs jersey

The Women in Baseball panel, plus some general coverage:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120628&content_id=34129556&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-polman/sabr-42-right-on-target_b_1649317.html

http://sabr.org/convention/sabr42-photos

also, Cecilia Tan does a great job here of summarizing two of the best presentations I saw, on roster-building strategies and shutting down the running game (historically):

http://www.whyilikebaseball.com/2012/06/sabr42-day-one-afternoon-presentations-knuckleball-movie/#more-728

also the Knuckleball! doc was pretty good.

Knuckleball! looks delightful and I can't wait until I can see it, perhaps while drinking and laughing at professional hitters looking foolish

The 2013 SABR Analytics Conference will be held Thursday, March 7 through Saturday, March 9, 2013, in the Phoenix, Arizona area. The World Baseball Classic will also be in Phoenix that weekend, with first-round games scheduled at Chase Field and Talking Stick at Salt River Fields, and we plan to talk more about global baseball issues at the second annual Analytics Conference.

Featured speakers for the 2013 conference are expected to include Stan Kasten, President/CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers; Derrick Hall, President/CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and many others. More speakers will be announced soon!

http://sabr.org/analytics