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Chapter Meetings or "Regionals"
1999 - 2006

  • sketch of each Boston program (The Boston Chapter)
  • list of guest speakers, Southern New England (Lajoie/Start Chapter)
  • list of guest speakers, Central Massachusetts (Jesse Burkett Chapter)


    Boston - sketch of each program

    The Boston Chapter, SABR, most often convenes at Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (directions and parking). That is across the lawn from the H.W. Longfellow National Historic Site, George Washington's HQ during the siege of Boston. We have also convened at Boston Public Library (info; BPL/Copley in 1910 photo), Fenway Park, and Boston University.

     
    Winter, 2007-01-15 (holiday Monday), Friends Meeting, Cambridge

  • Guest Speaker: Dick Bresciani, VP for Publications and Archives, Boston Red Sox
  • Book Presentation: Chaz Scoggins, Lowell Sun, 34-year official scorer for Boston Red Sox Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Boston Red Sox Baseball
  • Other presentations: Bob Tewksbury, Sports Psychology Coach, Boston Red Sox Craig Breslow, pitcher, Boston Red Sox Jeff Natale, Red Sox 2006 Minor League Offensive Player of the Year
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kantar winner, Announcement with directions
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    Fall, 2006-11-04 , Boston University (recap)

  • Guest Speaker: Charles Steinberg, Vice President for Public Affairs, Boston Red Sox
  • Book Presentations: Seth Mnookin, Feeding the Monster David Laurila, Interviews from Red Sox Nation
  • Research Presentations: Allison Binns, "The Short-Term Effect of Salary Arbitration on Performance" reprising award-winning presentation at the 2006 Annual Convention Ron Anderson on George Scott Joanne Hulbert on William Selden, the greatest pitcher from Boston you never heard of Bill Nowlin on places the Red Sox have played
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Joe Benedetti
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    Spring, 2006-05-20 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square
    Sabermetrics Conference with
    - John Thorn on stats and story
    - Andy Andres and Tufts U. students on sabermetrics for academic credit
    - several sabermetrics presentations
    program and information

     
    Winter, 2006-01-16 (holiday Monday), Friends Meeting, Cambridge

  • Guest Speaker: Ray Fagnant, Boston Red Sox New England Scout
  • Book Presentations: Peter Nash, Boston's Royal Rooters Tim Gay, Tris Speaker: The Rough and Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
  • Research Presentations: Mike Fields, "The 'Moneyball Effect': Inefficiencies in the Free Agent Market" Paul Wendt, "Rosters & Lineups: Boston's three teams, 1900-1901" Seamus Kearney, "Gardner Day at Fenway --Ted Williams and the World's Largest Chair" Joanne Hulbert, "The Boston Obsession" Bill Nowlin, "Baseball and Baked Beans in Boston"
  • Raffle
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner,
  • Fall, 2005-11-05 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge
    1975 Red Sox 30th Anniversary Symposium

  • Guest Speaker: Bob Montgomery, 1975 Red Sox catcher, later announcer
  • Research Presentations: David Southwick, "The '75 Red Sox Project" (about the book) Herb Crehan, "Spring Training Expectations, 1975" Mark Kanter, "Return of the Hero: Tony C. in '75" Sam Bernstein, "1975 Red Sox Role Players"
  • lunch: Hot Dogs and Chili con Kearney
  • Raffles and Silent Auction
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Bob Mazur
  • Spring, 2005-03-26 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge

  • Research Presentations: Joanne Hulbert, "Boston's Original Opening Day: Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer ... and Baseball" Bill Nowlin, The Kid (by the San Diego Chapter, SABR) Cecilia Tan, "Measuring Greatness: Methodologies and Quantification of an Impossible Subject" Leigh Grossman, The Red Sox Fan Handbook: Everything you need to know to be a Boston Red Sox fan ... or to marry one! Mickey 'The Lip' Tangel, "Treasures of a Vintage Base Ballist" (multi-media)
  • lunch: Hot Dogs and Chili con Kearney
  • Raffles and Silent Auction
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter
  • Program with directions
  • Winter, 2005-01-15 , Boston University

  • Guest Speaker: Leigh Montville, Why Not Us?: The 86-year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans From Unparalleled Suffering To The Promised Land Of the 2004 World Series (Public Affairs, 2004) Read chapter 10, My Story
  • Research Presentations: Andy Andres, Ph.D., "Steroids and Baseball" Dick Johnson, The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodger Baseball (Houghton Mifflin, 2004; co-author, Glenn Stout) Tim Grassey, "The Significance of Defense and Defensive Statistics"
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter
  • Program with directions
  • Winter, 2004-01-17 , Hall of Fame Room, Fenway Park

  • Guest Speaker: Howard Bryant, baseball writer, The Boston Herald Author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston (Routledge, 2002)
  • Research Presentations: Charlie Bevis, Sunday Baseball (McFarland, 2003) --2004 is the 75th anniversary of legal pro baseball on Sundays in Boston Bill Nowlin on 1904, win pennant and continue as world champion Philip Lowry on extra-late and extra-long games David Southwick, "Chapter Project: the 1975 Boston Red Sox" Paul Wendt, "Historical Newspapers at Harvard University (and elsewhere)"
  • Trivia Quiz by Mark Kanter winner, Paul Wendt
  • Summer, 2003-09-13 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square
    Ted Williams Symposium.

    Read the pdf Program to learn what you missed!
    
    

    Winter, 2003-01-18 , The Players Club, Fenway Park

  • Guest Speaker: Gordon Edes, baseball writer, The Boston Globe
  • Research presentations: Mark Kanter, "Rick Wise's Two Great Games, 1971" Frank D'Urso, "A Baseball Tour of Boston, 2002" Joanne Hulbert, "Literary Explorations in Baseball" Seamus Kearney, "Thrill of the Grass" (a story, performed)
  • Trivia Quiz by Dixie Tourangeau winner, Joe Benedetti
  • Several participants continued at a walkable pub.
  • 2002

    The Boston Chapter hosted the 32d Annual Convention of SABR in June. 
    There was no Spring Regional and the traditional "Fall" event was in January 2003.
    
    

    Fall, 2001-10-27 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square

  • Guest Speaker: Johnny Pesky, former player, manager, and coach
  • Research Presentations: Mike Foster, "Spring Training in Hot Springs, 1912" David Southwick, Boston Red Sox Stories and Boxscores (website) Kerry Keene, 1951: When Giants Played (book)
  • Institutional Presentations: Dick Johnson, "The Sports Museum of New England" (SMNE) Bob Brady, "The Boston Braves Historical Association" (about BBHA)
  • Trivia Quiz by Dick Thompson, world-class triviist
  • Spring, 2001-04-07 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge

  • Guest Speaker: Dick Bresciani, Public Relations, Boston Red Sox
  • Research presentations: Glenn Stout, tips on using Boston Public Library (BPL) Glenn Stout, Red Sox Century Bill Ryczek, Blackguards and Red Stockings, When Johnny Came Sliding Home, and what next? Bill Nowlin, "Cubaball" (baseball tour of Cuba)
  • SABR Presentation: "The SABR Website" by F.X. Flinn, Chair, Internet Committee, SABR
  • Several participants continued at a walkable pub.
  • Advance announcement
  • Fall, 2000-10-21 , Boston Public Library, Copley Square

  • Guest Speaker: Ken Coleman, radio announcer (Cleveland and Boston, retired)
  • Book Presentations: Luke Salisbury, The Answer is Baseball, The Cleveland Indian, and Blue Eden Ty Waterman, The Year the Red Sox Won the World Series Kerry Keene, 1960: The Last Pure Season
  • "The good old days and the beauty of SABR" notes on the presentation by Luke Salisbury (Vice President, 1987-88)
  • Bill Nowlin, Oral History with example interview of Mike Palm
  • Advance announcement
  • Spring, 2000-04-01 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge

  • Guest Speaker: Mary Pratt, AAGPBL player & school sports administrator
  • Research Presentations: Fred Ivor-Campbell, "The Cartwright Myth?" Steve Wang, "Statistics on Managers" Seamus Kearney, "Brattleboro's Island Park" (slide show)
  • Panel discussion: "Whither Fenway?"
  • Trivia Quiz by Neal Traven no winner
  • Fall, 1999-10-30 , Friends Meeting House, Cambridge

  • first meeting of the revived chapter
  • Guest Speaker: Joe Castiglione, radio announcer, Boston Red Sox
  • Research presentations: Bill Nowlin, "Fenway Park behind the scenes" Dick Thompson, "The Origin of Christy Mathewson's Fadeaway" Herb Crehan, "Tom Connolly" (first AL umpire) Jeff Foust, "Independent League Baseball in New England" Kerry Keene, "Placing Commemorative Plaques"
  • SABR presentation: Norman Macht, Chair, SABR Convention Committee, "Hosting a Convention"
  • Spring 1998, Boston Regional Gathering, Lovers of Baseball Literature

    Chapter historians, Alert!
    This special event after the first Hot Stove season foreshadowed formal organization as a SABR regional chapter.

  • Saturday, 18 April 1998, Noon-4pm
  • home of Seamus Kearney, Malden MA
  • "hie your bod, but bring your noodle"

     


    Southern New England - Invited Speakers

    This list of speakers is abstracted from advance notices distributed regionally and from reports in The SABR Bulletin. The notice or report typically includes information about the speaker.
    date
    2007-06-??
    2006-11-25  Bill Monbouquette
    2006-06-10  Bill Almon; manager Johnson, president Tamburro and other PawSox
    
    2005-11-26  Lou Gorman, author Rich Marazzi
    2005-06-18  Manager Ron Johnson, President Mike Tamburro and other PawSox
    2004-11-27  Joe Castiglione
    2004-06-19  Manager Buddy Bailey, President Mike Tamburro and other PawSox
    
    2003-11     Joe Morgan
    2003-06     Manager Buddy Bailey, President Mike Tamburro and other PawSox
    2002-11     Ted Lepcio
    2002-05      --
    
    2001-11     Charley DeSimone (painter)
    2001-05     Ken Ryan and surprise guest Roland Hemond
    2000-11     Joe Morgan
    2000-06     Jim Blight
    
    1999-11     Rich Gedman
    1999-05     Armand LaMontagne (sculptor)
    1998-11     Ted Lepcio
    1998-05     Mike Roarke, Joe Krakowski
    
    1997-11     Hank Soar, Gus Galipeau
    1997-05      --  
    1996-11     Ralph McLeod
    1996-05     Ken Coleman
    
    1995-11      --  [I missed it; "TBA" in the advance notice -Ed.]
    1995-05     Dick O'Connell, Stephen Thornton
    1994-11     Dick Phillips
    1994-04     Lou Gorman
    
    1984 to 1993: no record
    

    Central Massachusetts - Invited Speakers

    This list of speakers is abstracted from advance notices distributed regionally and from reports in The SABR Bulletin. The notice or report typically includes more information about the speakers.
    date
    -
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    2004-11-21  Rico Petrocelli (announcement)
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    2003-06-01  Bill Almon, Mike Shalin (announcement)
    2002-11     Johnny Pesky, Glenn Stout
    2002-06     Twins @ Red Sox, 30 September 1967 (the oldest extant full telecast)
    
    2001-11     Al Stanek, Dick Johnson
    2001-05     Rich Gedman, Lou Lucier
    2000-10     Jim Kaplan, Glenn Stout
    2000-06     Bob Wood, Dick Johnson
    
    1999-11     Ken Coleman
    1999-05     Bob Ellis, Bill Ryczek
    1998-10     Lennie Merullo, Glenn Stout
    1998-05     Paul Mitchell
    
    1997-09     Rico Petrocelli
    1997-05     Tim Cummins, Art Johnson
    1996-09     Joe Morgan  
    September 1996 was the first official meeting of the Chapter.
    
    

    2001-08-22
    Last modified: 2007-01-19 (January program)
    Paul Wendt
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