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_________________________________________________________ History: February 7, 2013 Recap of NYC SABR meeting and general group discussion. January 3, 2013 General group discussion December 6, 2012 General group discussion November 1, 2012 Cancelled due to storm. October 4, 2012 Cliff Blau discusses his research on team owners and the group discussed the state of umpiring and reviewed the 2012 season.. September 6, 2012 Bob Mayer showed highlights from his Peekskill Old-Timers celebration. August 2, 2012 General group discussion. July 12, 2012 General group discussion. June 7, 2012 The group discussed Wins Above Replacment. May 3, 2012 Joe DeToia and Dan Dondero regaled the group with their stories about playing minor league baseball in Peekskill and elsewhere in the 1940's. April 5, 2012 The group debated the greatest Braves team, without reaching a consensus. March 1, 2012 General group discussion of the coming season and the next wild-card system. February 2, 2012 The group reviewed the SABR NYC regional and Cliff Blau discussed some recent research into grounding into double plays. January 5, 2012 General baseball discussion by the group. December 1, 2011 Mike Frank brought a couple of trivia quizzes from recent SABR regionals, Bob (NY) Mayer discussed some regional minor league players he has been researching, and the group discussed Allie Reynolds. November 3, 2011 The group discussed the question: Tony LaRussa: GREAT MANAGER OR GREATEST MANAGER? October 6, 2011 General group discussion of the season and playoffs. September 1, 2011 Mike Frank brought some of his collection of newsletters from moved team fan clubs/historical societies. August 4, 2011 The group reviewed the latest SABR National Convention, and Eric Weiss spoke on the 1912 Chicago City Series. July 7, 2011 The group discussed the Philadelphia/KC/Oakland Athletics June 2, 2011 The group held a joint meeting with the Mount Pleasant Historical Society. Dennis Corcoran spoke about his book on Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. May 5, 2011 Bob Mayer gave a presentation at Croton Free Library on early base ball teams in the Hudson Valley, and the Asylum team. April 7, 2011 Eric Weiss gave a trivia quiz, and the discussion focused on the new MLB season. March 3, 2011 Cliff Blau gave a presentation aboutt the 1900-1912 Pittsburgh Pirates. February 3, 2011 Cliff Blau gave a nickname quiz, and the group discussed the Yankees and Mets offseason. January 6, 2011 Cliff Blau gave a player identification quiz about players with the same name, or other similarities, and the recent broadcast of the 1960 World Series Game 7 was discussed. December 2, 2010 Mostly a general "Hot Stove League" discussion and two-sport players. November 4, 2010 Vince Gennaro spoke about the methodology he has devised to rank starting pitchers, and Cliff Blau finished his playing rules quiz. October 14, 2010 Part of a playing rules quiz administered by Cliff Blau. September 2, 2010 Recap of the SABR national convention. August 5, 2010 The group discussed the St. Louis Cardinals. July 1, 2010 The group held a joint meeting with the Mount Pleasant Historical Society. The guest speaker was Robert Thompson, co-author of Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game June 3, 2010 George Sommerfeld discussed some interesting lawsuits that resulted from issues at Yankee Stadium, Bob (NY) Mayer told much about the Fleischmann family's connections to baseball, and Ken Matinale analyzed competitive balance from 1903-2009 using runs scored and allowed. May 6, 2010 Peter Handrinos joined us to discuss his new book, The Funniest Baseball Book Ever, and gave us a sneak preview of his work-in-progress, Baseball's 99 Biggest Myths. Bob (NY) Mayer discussed his trip to the 19th Century BB Conference in Cooperstown with some stops going and returning to do research. April 1, 2010 Steve Steinberg was the guest speaker. He spoke about the book he co-wrote with Lyle Spatz, 1921:The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York. March 4, 2010 A discussion of the approaching season, focusing on which previously losing teams might have a winning record this year. Bob (NY) Mayer brought the doughnuts. February 4, 2010 Everyone gave their pick for the greatest game ever played. Some of the choices were: Harvey Haddix' near-perfect game, game 7 of the 1960 World Series, game 1 of the 1963 World Series, game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, game 4 of the 1947 World Series (Beven's near no-hitter), game 6 of the 1986 NLCS, and game 8 of the 1912 World Series. January 7, 2010 The group discussed the 2010 Hall of Fame election and disclosed what one event in baseball history they wish they could have attended. December 3, 2009 Paul Keck discussed his book, The Greatest Comeback Ever.November 12, 2009 The group had a joint meeting with the New York Giants Nostalgia Society. Allan Barra, author of Clearing the Bases, was the guest speaker. November 5, 2009 The group went out to dinner to celebrate the Yankees' World Series victory. October 1, 2009 Paul Plaine brought in a number of his ballpark photographs to share with us, and Ken Matinale and Vince Gennaro gave brief quizzes. September 3, 2009 Tom Molito and Harold Friend discussed Tom's friendship with Mickey Mantle and the book he is writing on the subject. August 6, 2009 Recap of the SABR National Convention; Eric Weiss gave a talk on Babe Ruth vs. Walter Johnson July 9, 2009 Marty Appel spoke about his new biography: Munson, The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain. June 4, 2009 Peter Handrinos discussed his latest book, The Truth About
Ruth...and More. May 7, 2009 The group discussed various "what-if" questions, such as what if Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams had been traded for each other and what if Tony Conigliaro hadn't been beaned by Jack Hamilton. April 2, 2009 Eric Weiss concluded his all-time franchise teams tournament, Cliff Blau discussed his research on run scoring, and the group listened to some of final Red Sox- Yankees game from 1949. March 5, 2009Eric Weiss told us about his all-time franchise teams tournament he is playing in Strat-O-Matic, and the group discussed recent SABR regionals and the NY BB Giants Nostalgia Society meeting, as well as the World Baseball Classic. February 5, 2009 Frank Musantry told us about playing ball in a local league and at a Mets fantasy camp. John Fitzgerald took questions about his documentary film, Emerald Diamonds, and his televison series Playing for Peanuts. January 8, 2009 Vince
Gennaro told us about his experience at baseball's winter meetings, and
the group discussed the Hall of Merit, an Internet-based
baseball
pantheon. December 4, 2008 The group discussed the New York/ San Francisco Giants.November 7, 2008 Guest speaker Andrew Schiff discussed Henry Chadwick, The Father of Baseball. October 2, 2008 The group discussed the Cincinnati Reds and other topics. September 18, 2008 The group honored John Pardon at a dinner for his long
service to the baseball research community. September 4, 2008 The group discussed the Philadelphia Phillies and other subjects. August 7, 2008 The group discussed and listened to baseball music. This was followed by a round-robin on the Minnesota Twins. July 3, 2008 We
had a recap of the SABR National Convention from 4 attendees, and
followed with a free-form discussion, including everyone's ideas on
which playing rules to change. June 5, 2008 The group discussed the Dodgers; Bob (NY) Mayer brought in some gloves and bats, Mike Frank showed his photo collection. May 1, 2008 Cliff Blau spoke about the first-year player draft, and Ken Matinale led a discussion of pitcher work loads (innings and pitches thrown) through history. April 3, 2008 Bill Ryczyk visited to speak about his 2 recent books,
The Yankees in the Early 1960's and The Amazin' Mets 1962-1969. March 6, 2008 Bob (NY) Mayer gave a talk about his research into the short-lived 1909 Eastern Association and the group discussed the Detroit Tigers. February 7, 2008 Cliff Blau gave a presentation on Dazzy Vance's 1930
season. Other topics discussed incluced improvements in
defense
over the past century, and SABR's Minor League Database. January 3, 2008 Subjects discussed included the Mitchell Report, the
writers'
BBHOF balloting, and the Cleveland Indians. Cliff Blau gave a
presentation on the 1916 Giants' 17-game winning streak and 27-game
unbeaten streak. December 6, 2007 Johnny Jones discussed his brother, Grover "Deacon"
Jones. November 8, 2007 Topics included the Chicago White Sox and players for
the four
most recent New York teams by Ken Matinale. October 4, 2007 The group discussed the Chicago Cubs. Mike
Frank brought
in an impressive collection of photographs as well as documents from
his time as a Cubs stockholder. September 6, 2007 Mostly a general baseball discussion. August 2, 2007 Several attendees recapped the SABR National Convention,
and
Bob (NY) Mayer displayed and discussed some of his glove collection. July 5, 2007 A free-wheeling discussion of many topics, including the
career of Roger Clemens. June 7, 2007 May 3, 2007 Matt Silverman spoke about some of his books, including Mets Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!, and Eric Weiss and Ken Matinale shared their research into regular season series of 5 games. April 5, 2007 Vince Gennaro spoke about his new book, Diamond Dollars: The
Economics of
Winning in Baseball. March 1, 2007 The main topic of discussion was the Pittsburgh Pirates,
with
Cliff Blau giving a talk on Ralph Kiner's 7 Home Run Titles.
Also, Ken Matinale shared his research on batters with season battting
averages of .500 or higher, and pitchers who allowed a batting average
of .500 or higher. February 1, 2007 The group had a general discussion about the Milwaukee
Brewers/St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise. January 5, 2007 The group had a general discussion about the
Atlanta/Boston/Milwaukee Braves. Al Blumkin spoke about
former
Braves second baseman Jack Burdock, Bob (NY) Mayer brought a Hank
Aaron-model bat, and Mike Frank a 1953 Milwaukee program. December 7, 2006 General discussion including reviewing the 2007 HOF
ballot. Mike Frank showed us a tape of Happy Felton's Knothole Gang
from
1956. November 2, 2006 October 5, 2006 Roy Oleet displayed a lot of photographs of players
covering
most of the 20th Century, some of which he needed help
identifying. George Sommerfeld discussed a Wall Street
Journal on
the biggest clutch hits in post-season history. September 7, 2006 Gene Carney dispelled some myths about the Black Sox
scandal
and answered questions for an hour or more. Roy Oleet played
a
record of Russ Hodges' call of the Shot Heard 'Round the World. August 3, 2006 Cliff Blau spoke about the history of baseball in the
island-nation of Taiwan. Dennis Corcoran gave us a report on
the
Hall of Fame induction weekend, and Ken Matinale led a discussion about
the Golden Baseball League, where all the teams are owned jointly by
the league's investors. July 7, 2006 Dennis Corcoran gave us a report on the SABR national
convention and George Sommerfeld led a discussion on whether American
League teams are better than their National League counterparts. June 8, 2006 A small group discussed various topics, including
recreations
of games by old-time radio announcers, and recent steroid/drug
revelations. May 4, 2006 Cliff Blau gave a talk about the incidence of wild
pitches and
passed balls over time, including the revelation that wild pitches
closely track strikeouts. A general discussion of baseball
movies
followed, as well as a few television series and plays. April 6, 2006 Various matters were batted about, including our
impressions
of the World Baseball Classic, Ken Matinale's research on the birth
places of players through the years, Mike Frank's trip to Hot Springs,
and George Sommerfeld's visit to Tucson. March 2, 2006 Bad weather held attendance down to 7, but we had a good
discussion of the upcoming first World Baseball Classic. February 2, 2006 We finished selecting our All-Time, All-NY, All-Star
Team by
adding to the roster Roy Campanella, Don Mattingly, Phil Rizzuto, Gil
McDougald, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, Lefty Gomez, Allie
Reynolds, Rich Gossage, Sparky Lyle, and Mariano Rivera.
Managing
the team will be John McGraw, with assistance from coaches Joe McCarthy
and Joe Torre. January 5, 2006 Several people related unusual or moving experiences
they'd
had as players or fans. The rest of the meeting was taken up
by a
general discussion of various topics, including the upcoming HOF
election. December 1, 2005 We started picking the All-Time, All-NY, All-Star
team.
We got as far as selecting the starters: November 3, 2005 Fran Zimniuch, author of a biography of Richie Ashburn, talked about Ashburn, and led a wide-ranging discussion about Philadelphia sports. Vince Gennaro followed that with a presentation entitled "Is Steinbrenner Cheap". He showed the Yankees' estimated revenues and expenses and concluded that they could afford to spend even more on their payroll. October 6, 2005 Ken Matinale led two excellent discussions, on why
Mickey
Mantle hit relatively few doubles, and the best baseball players who
wore each uniform number. Cliff Blau discussed changes in the
usage of pinch-hitters and pinch-runners. September 1, 2005 The group talked about tabletop and computer simulation
games
they have played. Demonstrations of Strat-O-Matic were given. August 11, 2005 Steve Steinberg spoke about baseball in St. Louis during
1900-1925, focusing on the September 18, 1922 Browns-Yankees game, and
gave a brief quiz. Matthew Fulling showed the Dead Ball Era
baseball cards he has made. Also, several attendees gave
their
impressions of the SABR National Convention. July 7, 2005 Coordinator Cliff Blau had everyone reintroduce
themselves and
talk a little about their baseball interests. Then Dennis
Corcoran spoke about the history of Hall of Fame induction ceremonies
and shared many pictures from the ceremonies. June 2, 2005 After some trivia questions, Frank Jazzo spoke at about
Lou
Gehrig's last years with the Yankees and speculated about his career if
he hadn't become sick. Mike Frank told us about his trip to
some
Oklahoma cemetaries. Al Coqueran led a discussion of the
effects
of steroids on baseball, and showed us his sports photographs. May 13, 2005 At a special meeting, Jerry Amernic discussed his novel,
Gift of
the Bambino, and
talked about his campaign to make the site of Babe Ruth's first
professional home run in Toronto a historic site. The meeting
was
preceded by a tour of Kensico and Gates of Heaven cemeteries, led by
Frank Jazzo. May 5, 2005 Bruce Markusen read some stories from his new book, Tales from the Mets
Dugout,
and answered questions for about an hour on the Mets, the Hall of Fame,
and other subjects. April 7, 2005 Two authors addressed the group at the Yonkers Barnes
&
Noble. Steve Borelli talked about his book How About That!: The
Life of Mel
Allen and played some recordings of Mel Allen calling
games. Then Cecilia Tan discussed how she came up with her
choices for The
50 Greatest
Yankees Games. March 3, 2005 Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News and author of Bleeding Pinstripes
was the
guest. He discussed his book about a special group of Yankees
fans known as the Bleacher Creatures. February 3, 2005 John Vorperian provided a book review as well as copies
of
some standard player contract clauses from various sports which deal
with injuries received playing other sports. Jim Cerny of the
Newark Bears discussed his career as a reporter and sportscaster and
talked about the past, present and future of independent league
baseball. The group will consider an outing to see the Bears
play
this coming season. January 6, 2005 John Pardon opened the meeting with a brief discussion
of some
proposed team moves prior to World War II. Then Vince Gennaro
recapped the 1967 AL pennant race, the last close race prior to the
leagues splitting into divisions. He reviewed the 4-team race
as
it evolved over the last month of the season, complete with a
graph. Ken Matinale capped the meeting, despite technical
difficulties, reviewed hit batsmen, informing us that the rate has
increased since 1990, although pitchers hit other pitchers less than
ever. He also higlighted which with good control hit a lot of
hitters, and vice versa. Pedro Martinez and Don Drysdale are
the
two meanest pitchers since WWII. See the data
on
Ken's Web site. December 2, 2004 Eric Weiss shared with us his SABR National Convention
presentation on Hall of Fame Pitching Match-ups. Cliff Blau
gave
a brief trivia quiz, and several members reviewed the Southern New
England SABR meeting in Greenville, RI. John Pardon mentioned
his
interest in the St. Louis Browns proposed move to Los Angeles in 1942. November 4, 2004 Guest: Dave Buscema, author of Game of My Life: 20
Stories of Yankees October 7, 2004 Guest-Stephen Broege, who shared with us stories of his
four-year career as a pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization,
including an invitation to the big league spring training
camp.
John Pardon provided Stephen's complete statistics. September 2, 2004 John Vorperian spoke about the course he taught at
Concordia
College, The ABC's of Sports Law. Cliff Blau led a brief
discussion of left-handed knuckleball pitchers. August 2004 Open discussion- group talked baseball. July 1, 2004 Ed Tassinari spoke about the course he teaches at June 3, 2004 The meeting was highlighted by Ken Matinale's quizzes on
20-game winners and 35-home run hitters. Mike Frank graced us with a
description of the new Philadelphia ball park. May 6, 2004 Guest: Cecil Harris, Yankee beat reporter for the
Journal News
from 1995-98. He spoke about the struggles faced by the first
black hockey players and April 1, 2004 Cliff Blau administered a football/baseball quiz
submitted by
John Vorperian. The March 4, 2004 Joe Gulia spoke about Joe DiMaggio, whom he knew for
several February 5, 2004 George Sommerfeld gave a quotation quiz and Eric Weiss
presented his January 8, 2004 December 2003 The group moved to the new Greenburgh Town
Hall. A
general discussion of baseball as well as the future of the group was
held. November 2003 Guest: David Pietrusza, former President of SABR. He discussed the subject of his new book Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series. October 2003 Guest: Paul Votano returned to talk about his new book Stand and Deliver: A History of Pinch Hitting. September 2003 Guest: Steve Steinberg. His topic was The
Genius of Hug-
Miller Huggins July and August 2003- No meetings June 2003 Guest: Jeff Stuart, author of Twilight Teams.
He
spoke about the last year of several teams before they moved to a new
city. May 2003 Guests: Peter S. Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz, co-authors of The Big Book of Jewish Baseball. April 2003 Guest- Brian Collins, scout for the Minnesota Twins March 2003 Open discussion-WESTCHESTER EXPOS? The Business of Baseball and Claude Brochu’s MY TURN AT BAT: The Sad Saga of the Expos February 2003 Guest: Rob Trucks, author of Cup of Coffee: The Very
Short
Careers of 18 Major League Pitchers January 2003 The group debated the Hall of Fame elections, and held a
poll. Eddie Murray and Ryne Sandberg got at least 75% of the
votes from the group. December 2002 Clifford Blau spoke on the topic "Best and Worst Trades
Ever." He had a top ten list for each. At a special meeting, Frank Jazzo showed video
highlights of
the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers.
November 2002 Guest: David Siroty, author of Hit Men: Biggio, Vaughn,
Valentin,
Robinson. He enlightened the group about a great
Seton
Hall baseball team which featured three future Major Leaguers, and the
team's biggest star, who didn't make it in the pros. October 2002 Guest: Susan Winthroup, who discussed the Women's
Baseball
League. The group also talked about the 2002 MVP voting. September 2002 Guest: Fred Bengis, Yankees bat boy from
1961-63. He
discussed his memories of the times and players. August 2002 The group attended a Hudson Valley Renegades game,
seeing them
take on the Brooklyn Cyclones. July 2002-No meeting June 2002 Guest: Paul Votano. He shared highlights of
his book Late
and Close, a history
of relief pitching. May 2002 Guests: Glenn Stout, Max Frazee, Jacob Ruppert
IV.
Stout, Frazee (grandson of Harry Frazee), and Tony Morante discussed
the sale of Babe Ruth by the Red Sox to the Yankees. Historic
meeting of Frazee and Ruppert (grandnephew of former Yankee owner.) April 2002 Guest: Duke Goldman, whose topic was "Indian" Bob
Johnson. March 2002 Guest: Jim Reisler, who spoke about New York City
baseball
landmarks. February 2002 Guest: Ralph Wimbish, co-author of Elston and Me,
talked about
Elston Howard. This was the first meeting at the Yonkers
Barnes
& Noble. January 2002 Guest: Charles DeSimone discussed "Art and
Baseball". He
displayed several of his own paintings. Coach Donovan
Mitchell
spoke about the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Thursday, June 7, 2001 Barbara Davis of the Hudson River Museum spoke about Lou
Gehrig with
emphasis on his connection to Westchester. June marks 60
years
since his
death. Doron "Duke" Goldman was scheduled but couldn't attend. He appeared in April 2002. _________________________________________________________ Red Sox Fan Handbook
compiled by Leigh Grossman He also administered a brutal trivia quiz. October 6, 1999 General
getting
acquainted and organizing session? __________________________________________________________ May
14, 1999 Proto-Westchester
group met with Danny Gardella, former NY Giants outfielder, and Father
Conway, baseball chaplain in the 1970's and 1980's. |
