Chapter Meetings or "Regionals"
1999 - 2006

Boston - sketch of each program

 
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

 
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

 
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.

Southern New England - Invited Speakers

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

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.