Southern New England Chapter meeting
Fall 2006 - recap

From: LenLevin5@hotmail.com  

report on November meeting

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:51:33 -0500
From: Leonard Levin 
To: SABR-L@APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: Southern New England chapter meeting

    The Lajoie-Start (Southern New England) chapter played to a packed
house on Saturday, November 25: 104 members and guests attended the fall
meeting at St. Philip's Parish Center in Greenville, R.I. They enjoyed a
super program, headed by former major league pitcher Bill Monbouquette,
who spoke for more than an hour, expressing some very strong opinions
(mostly negative) about the state of baseball today, and then answered
questions.

     Also on the program were six authors: In alphabetical order, Dave
Clark, author of "The Knucklebook"; Peter Handrinos, author of "Best New
York Sports Arguments"; Peter Keating, "Dingers: A Short History of the
Long Ball"; David Laurila, "Interviews From Red Sox Nation"; Richard
Letarte, author of "One Glorious Season"; and Doug Lyons, author of
several books of trivia and biography. Joanne Hulbert and Mickey Tangel
entertained with baseball poetry, and Steve Krevisky and Dixie Tourangeau
gave research preesentations.

     The next chapter meeting will be held in the spring, on a date to be
determined, under a picnic tent at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket.

Len Levin
lenlevin5@HOTMAIL.COM