I had my first meeting on Saturday as a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and this site came up in conversation with the group. While we waited for others to arrive for our breakfast at Lefty O’Doul’s in San Francisco, I mentioned my most popular post here, The 10 best baseball players [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SABR’
The Hall of Limited Fame: The Inaugural Class
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by Graham Womack in Baseball Hall of Fame, Big picture ideasTags: Baseball Hall of Fame Single Season, One hit wonders hall of fame, SABR
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About five years overdue: I join the Society for American Baseball Research
Posted: 15th April 2010 by Graham Womack in UncategorizedTags: Joe Marty, ongoing projects, SABR
I did something today that I have wanted to do for the past few years and joined the Society for American Baseball Research. For those who don’t know, it is a research society for people who like to read, write and talk about baseball (I like to do all three.) I attended a lunch meeting [...]
Yes, send me all of the baseball books
Posted: 14th February 2010 by Graham Womack in Book reviewsTags: Chief Bender's Burden, Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball, ongoing projects, SABR
Had something cool happen yesterday afternoon. I got a knock on the door from the postman, who had a package for me. I don’t often get much beyond bills in the mail, so I was intrigued. It turns out a publisher had sent me a copy of a new baseball book. I’ll rewind by saying [...]
Coming attractions
Posted: 2nd December 2009 by Graham Womack in MLBTags: Bash Brothers, Chief Bender's Burden, ongoing projects, SABR
I have wanted to make book reviews a more frequent part of this site and to that end, I have a few logs in the fire. First, I received a review copy today of Chief Bender’s Burden, a book about the Philadelphia Athletics Hall of Fame pitcher written by Tom Swift, a freelance writer and [...]