Slightly O/T -- but not as much as you think/ Deadball Convention

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Posted By: Rich Klein

And I should have posted this sooner, but in about 3 weeks, the Arkansas chapter of Sabr will be hosting their every other year DEADBALL SABR meeting. It is a 2-3 day bash in Hot Springs in which you learn more about the 1901-20 period for baseball (and a little before and a little later) than you ever thought possible.

This year, the convention will be the weekend of March 23-26 at Hot Springs and if you want some further information, just email me and I'll forward on your interest to the people heading up this mini-convention. If you collect pre-World War 1 cards, this is a great way to get real knowledge about the players.

Rich

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Posted By: rp60

I dont think that today people from this board will be responding to any SABR functions in a positive way..

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Posted By: Max Weder

Hi Rich

I'm not sure why rp60 would respond to your notice with a comment on the board's potential adverse reaction to a SABR meeting. I can't discern whether the comment was serious or not. If the former, I would encourage rp60 to read the website http://www.sabr.org and see how the organization operates and how inclusive of all points of view its membership is.

As I and others have pointed out, SABR is a diverse group. I would love to attend the Arkansas meeting; perhaps net54 members who are not SABR members and who are from Arkansas or surrounding areas will give it a try. I often organize the local Vancouver area meetings; we always welcome guests.

Will you be in Seattle this year for the SABR National Convention in June? I'll be there and it would be nice to see you there.

Max

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Posted By: rp60

I was a SABER member many years ago..

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Posted By: Rich Klein

I've been a SABR member for 20 years now and understand that just in like any group there are good people and bad people. In addition, just because a few people (not everyone on the committee and not everyone in SABR) who are members of SABR made decisions for the HOF which some people construe as bad because a couple of great spokesmen for baseball were not elected (Buck and Minnie) that does not mean one should condemn the entire organization.

This was a serious post encouraging those collectors who happen to live near Hot Springs, (which at one point many teams and individual players used for spring training) Arkansas to see why players came there, take one of the famous baths, and connect with baseball historians who are specialists in the era of which many posters and lurkers collect very heavily.

Personally, I have made some long term friends and contacts by attending the first two conventions and you'd be amazed as to the collecting passion of some of the attendees as well.

Now, this is not as well written as the beautifully constructed post by one of the founding 16, but I hope you all understand that SABR is far more than a group of stat heads trying to play GM in today's baseball.

Regards
Rich Klein
SABR member since 1985 and damned proud of it