REGIONAL MEETING
Saturday, February
2, 2002
San Diego Ted Williams SABR Chapter
WHEN:
Super Bowl Saturday;
February 2nd;
Program Begins at 9:30 AM
THE LINE-UP:
“Contraction and Other Controversial Subjects: Why the
Current Player Dearth is Short-Term” -- Joe
Naiman will give a presentation
about the assumption that too many teams have caused a shortage of quality
players, and factors such as population, salary caps, and education will likely
make this a short-term phenomena.
“Books on Parade” -- Andy McCue will provide his annual
report covering current books on baseball, and you can make up your minds which
ones to buy, and which ones to avoid.
“Memories of PCL Padres Outfielder and
Manager, Cedric Durst” -- Autumn
Durst Keltner will share
her experiences as the uprooted teenage daughter of an original PCL Padre
outfielder and the Padres second manager.
Durst was in the Major Leagues between 1922 & 1930 and played in the
famed outfield of the 1927 Yankees.
Autumn and her husband, Bud, attend many Padre games during the season
and enjoy sharing memorabilia about the early years of professional baseball in
San Diego.
“Home Run King and San Diegan, Gavy
Cravath” -- Bill Swank, noted San Diego author and baseball
historian, will talk about Dead Ball Era HR leader Gavy Cravath who was born
and raised in the Escondido area. Bill
has written several articles about Cravath including a biography for the SABR
Dead Ball Era Committee that will be published in book form in the future. He has also led a campaign to get him into
the Baseball Hall of Fame. Cravath led
the Major Leagues in HRs in four years (and the National League in six seasons)
and had the highest HR% of any player until Babe Ruth.
“Around the League, 1939-1946” – This will be the showing of a color
movie filmed of major league baseball and taken by George W. Case Major
League base stealing champion, 1939-1943.
Hall of Champions Baseball Archives Tour – You probably are not aware of the resources
that have been accumulated by the Hall and their plans for expansion. We will conclude our meeting with a “Behind
the Scenes” tour given by Todd Tobias, Curator, who will provide a
behind the scenes tour of the archives.
Plus -- a trivia contest
will focus on Gavy Cravath and Cedric Durst (and some of the teams on which
they played) as topics. Also, we will raffle off another large black/white
baseball photograph, and have some baseball
books for sale (if you have any baseball books you care to donate to SABR
for this purpose please bring them along).
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San Diego Ted Williams
SABR Chapter Announces:
BOYNTON BASEBALL RESEARCH AWARD
Do you know of a
local high school student interested in baseball? Interested enough to tackle some research? If so, read the following…
The Boynton
Baseball Research Award was established in honor of one of our Chapter’s
founding members, Bob Boynton. The
Award is to recognize academic research on the subject of baseball,
accomplished by San Diego county high school students (9th through
12th grades). The award will
be a cash honorarium and granted annually in two amounts for First prize ($200)
and Second prize ($100).
The research may cover
any topic on the subject of baseball using a wide variety of research methods,
for example:
¨
Biographical; episodes in the life of a baseball person
or player
¨
Historical; discussion of a time period of a baseball
team/city/league
¨
Game
strategy; theory or
analysis of how the game is played
¨
Statistical;
analysis of specific measures of players and/or team performance
¨
Point
of view; discussing a
theme or topic in baseball
Examples of the
research methods are:
¨
information research using primary and/or
secondary sources
¨
interviews using first-hand and/or
second-hand information
The judging
criteria for awarding First and Second prizes will be:
¨
factual accuracy
¨
adequate defense of idea(s) or statistic(s)
¨
contribution to the body of knowledge about
baseball
It is suggested
that a high school teacher or administrator supervise the research. The prize winners will be invited to present
their research at a meeting of the San Diego Ted Williams Society for American
Baseball Research chapter.
The academic
research shall be completed and the report submitted to the Award Committee by March 15, 2002.
The report should be 1,500 to 3,000 words, excluding notes and
bibliography. It must be submitted in
hard copy, double-spaced in 12 point font on 8 1/2 X 11 plain white paper. The report should also be submitted on a 3.5
disk using MicroSoft Word.
The contact person
for questions and for submittals:
A. Newton
twsdbaseball@yahoo.com
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Celebrate the
Jackie Robinson legacy at the annual San Diego Jackie Robinson Family YMCA
Tribute and Scholarship dinner Saturday, February
9, 2002. The dinner will be held at 7:00 PM at the San Diego
Marriott at the Marina. Among the
featured speakers will be baseball legend Buck O'Neil. Tickets are $125 each. For tickets or further information contact
Michael Brunker at 619 264-1451
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Baseball in
February continues in San Diego! We are
fortunate that the PCL Reunion will be here on Saturday,
February 23, 2002 at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park. It will begin at 9:00 AM and conclude about
3:00 PM. Our SABR Chapter will present
a panel report on the 1936 PCL Padres, and there will be a player panel as
well. The cost of the lunch is
$18. Send your check payable to PCLHS,
420 Robinson Circle, Placentia, CA 92870.
It is expected that a number of former players and other sports
celebrities will attend.
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Arizona “Flame” Delhi SABR Chapter Spring Meeting
If you happen to
be in the Phoenix area in March, perhaps to attend Spring Training, then plan
to take advantage of the Flame Delhi Chapter’s “Annual Gala Baseball Weekend”
on March 16-17, 2002. There will be a tailgate party at Diablo
Stadium on Saturday to see the Cubs play the Angels, and a breakfast meeting
with presentations on Sunday. For
details contact Bill Suphan, Chapter President, at 602-996-7605,
Gsuphan@aol.com.