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[SABR.Notes] This Week in SABR: May 30, 2025

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This Week in SABR: May 30, 2025

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

SABR 53: Hotel block, merch, ticket deadlines expire tonight
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Join SABR’s Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter for a vintage ballgame and celebration
Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame
1 week left to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship
Vote now for SABR 19th Century Overlooked Legend of the Year

SABR 53: Hotel block, merch, ticket deadlines expire tonight

We hope you’ll join us at SABR’s 53rd annual convention, which be held on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. A few important deadlines have now arrived, so make sure to register today:

Full registration or single-day registration for SABR 53 can be purchased online in advance or on-site during convention registration hours beginning on Wednesday, June 25 at the Westin hotel. Click here for complete details on SABR 53 registration rates.

SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love — including Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Iván Rodríguez, and Rangers World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young — alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register today!

SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-47-5, $24.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-46-8, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 160 pages

Stan Musial uncoiled from his famous corkscrew batting stance and hit line drives for 22 big-league seasons. The outfielder-first baseman from Donora, Pennsylvania, spent his entire major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remains a beloved figure in his adopted hometown. Musial won seven batting titles and accumulated 3,630 hits. This book of essays and memorable games from Musial’s career is a collaborative effort of 34 SABR members, celebrates one of baseball’s greatest players.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.

Join SABR’s Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter on May 31 for a vintage ballgame and celebration

All baseball fans are invited to celebrate 150 years of major league baseball in St. Louis with the Bob Broeg SABR Chapter!

To celebrate, the local SABR chapter is hosting an 1875-style vintage baseball game and living history festivities beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 31 at Lindell Field in Forest Park, Missouri. The event is open to everyone.

The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum, and other vendors will have historical and memorabilia exhibits on display. Pregame festivities and live music begins at 12:00 p.m., with the ballgame starting at 1:00 p.m.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame

On Wednesday, May 21, SABR brought together a group of experts for a special webinar to discuss Commissioner Rob Manfred’s recent decision to remove Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox, and others from baseball’s permanently ineligible list. The discussion also focused on sports gambling and the players’ newfound eligibility for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Our panelists included:

Click here to watch a video replay on YouTube.

Early registration open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville

Early registration is open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on August 7-9, 2025, at the Galt House Hotel, 140 N. 4th St. in Louisville, Kentucky. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.

Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.

Students, 1 week left to apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the Malloy Conference

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August 7-9, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage high school and college-level student engagement with baseball research and to engender an active interest in baseball and SABR.

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter at scarter@sabr.org no later than June 6, 2025.

Click here to download an application or learn more at SABR.org.

Join SABR’s Campaign for Baseball Research!

Research isn’t just part of our name—it’s the heart of everything we do.

From our expansive Research Collection to the powerful tools and resources we offer baseball scholars and fans alike, SABR is where baseball’s past meets its future. We’re working towards our vision of becoming the essential community for baseball worldwide—and we can’t do it without you.

This spring, we invite you to join the Campaign for Baseball Research. Our goal is to raise $75,000 to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources for current and future generations of baseball enthusiasts. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to better serve our growing membership base, attract more attention for our research, and offer new research tools to all corners of the worldwide baseball community.

To donate or learn more about recent Research Collection projects and upgrades to our Research Resources, assets, and tools made possible by your donations visit sabr.org/donate/research-campaign.

Last chance to vote for 2025 SABR Overlooked 19th Century Legend of the Year

Each year, SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee selects its Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend — a 19th century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

All SABR members are eligible to cast a vote for the winner. The winner will be announced this summer during the Nineteenth Century Committee’s business meeting at SABR 53 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

Click here for a list of past winners or to learn more about the project.

Seeking peer reviewers for upcoming Baseball Research Journals

SABR’s publications team is seeking to expand our pool of peer reviewers for upcoming editions of the Baseball Research Journal. Are you a SABR member who has been published in the BRJ, The National Pastime, or a SABR book project? Would you like to read and give feedback on 1-4 papers per year?

Please email Liz Roscher with your subjects of expertise/interests and we’ll work with you to match up with any appropriate article submissions. All reviews are double-anonymous.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

5 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

7 new stories published at SABR Games Project

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
Edited by Eric Poulin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

NAME HOMETOWN NAME HOMETOWN
Samantha Abercrombie Huntsville, AL Zachary Hassan Williamsburg, VA
Conor Anderson Santa Barbara, CA Saul Kleinfeld McKinney, TX
Alice Andre-Clark Randolph, NJ Cameron Liewer Hazel Park, MI
Ann Duckworth Ava, MO Edward Mertz Asheville, NC
Amanda Fetch New York, NY Elijah Morabito Boise, ID
Erin Freeborn Eaton, OH Nathan Skopitz Thornhill, ON
Shogo Harumoto Kobe, JPN Regina Smedinghoff Chicago, IL

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

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