August 21 SABR meeting in Vancouver
 

Jennifer and I will be hosting another baseball meeting and BBQ in Vancouver on Saturday, August 21. It's at Nat Bailey Stadium, and starts at 1 pm.

It's a Northwest SABR meeting (www.sabr.org). There's no admission charge and all are welcome to attend.

Former ballplayers attend and talk about their playing days. Last year, Ossie Chavarria spoke. There's a Facebook group for the meeting and you can see a video of Ossie's talk here

After the meeting, Jennifer and I will have a BBQ at our place, and there's a game that night at the stadium, with fireworks after the game.

It's a fun event, and only a short 2 hour 15 minute drive from Seattle, and six hours from Portland.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/...e4fcde3d_z.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/...bc0b95aa_z.jpg John Haar and Ossie Chavarria

Max

Up-date: Ian Dixon, former Yankee farmhand from 1961 to 1964 will be speaking: http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...d=dixon-001ian. Ian's son Colin was also a minor leaguer, in the Red Sox organization in the 1990s.

I expect to line up at least one more speaker, hopefully a major leaguer, and will let you know.

One added benefit of attending the meeting and bbq: you will have an opportunity to try for high score on the Williams baseball game:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/23...ad68632c_z.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/84/23...45b01537_z.jpg

Max