{"id":144,"date":"2012-01-30T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T23:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kira-b.com\/sabrwp\/?p=144"},"modified":"2015-01-23T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T16:18:46","slug":"thirty-eighth-bob-davids-chapter-meeting-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-eighth Bob Davids Chapter Meeting a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bob Davids Chapter of SABR held its 38th annual meeting\u00a0in Rosslyn, VA\u00a0on Saturday, January 28th, the third time the chapter&#8217;s annual event coincided with SABR day. More than 130 members and guests attended.<\/p>\n<p>After re-electing the chapter&#8217;s Board members, the group decided to form a chapter trivia team to challenge other chapters at SABR 42 in Minneapolis. The rest of the day was dominated by a series of engaging presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/sabr.org\/author\/david-vincent\" target=\"_blank\">David Vincent<\/a><\/span><\/b><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">, Bob Davids Chapter Board member, Chapter Historian and Emcee for the proceedings, kicked things off with a great presentation on pitchers who hit home runs.\u00a0 This set the appropriate tone and we were off and running. (see his <a href=\"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/files\/2012 sabr pitchers.ppt\">presentation<\/a>)<\/span><\/tt><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.therecordherald.com\/sports\/x27453793\/SPORTS-SPOTLIGHT-Bob-Savitt-author-of-The-Blue-Ridge-League-Images-of-Baseball\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Savitt<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, former Bob Davids Chapter President, having recently published his book, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blue-Ridge-League-Images-Baseball\/dp\/0738582395\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1327860488&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\">The Blue Ridge League (Images of Baseball)<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> gave a succinct synopsis of his in\u2011depth research of a league that overlapped with the boundaries of our chapter, geographically if not chronologically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hannaji01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Jim Hannan<\/span><\/b><\/a><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">,<\/span><\/b><\/tt><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"> former Washington Senators pitcher regaled us with stories from his career, but even more impressive is the work he has done and is doing on behalf of other retired players, particularly through the <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/mlbpaa.mlb.com\/mlbpaa\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Alumni Association<\/a>.<\/span><\/tt><\/li>\n<li><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.retrosheet.org\/Board2011.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Smith<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/tt><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">, Retrosheet icon, recounted some of the questions posed to him during the 2011 baseball season by the media and the research they prompted him to do.\u00a0 Those results are always interesting and we are indeed fortunate to have Dave as a regular contributor at our meetings<b>.<\/b><\/span><\/tt><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballfactory.com\/aboutus\/bio\/staff_stevesclafani.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Steve Sclafani<\/span><\/b><\/a><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">, is the founder and CEO of the <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/baseballfactory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball Factory<\/a>, a recognized leader in player development and college placement.\u00a0 Baseball Factory alumni include <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-almanac.com\/players\/player.php?p=hallaro01\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Halladay<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-almanac.com\/players\/player.php?p=hamiljo03\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hamilton<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-almanac.com\/players\/player.php?p=zimmery01\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/a> and more than 250 other major leaguers.\u00a0 Steve told us how his organization scouts and develops young players, helping them (and their parents) plan appropriately for a possible future in baseball.<\/span><\/tt><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gonzaga.org\/page.aspx?pid=517\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Andy Bradley<\/span><\/b><\/a><tt style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">, alumni player and now head coach of the very successful baseball program at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C., told us of his coaching philosophy.\u00a0 Andy\u2019s dad, <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-almanac.com\/players\/player.php?p=bradlto01\" target=\"_blank\">Tom<\/a>, pitched in the majors for seven seasons and was the head baseball coach at the <a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryland_Terrapins_baseball\" target=\"_blank\">University of Maryland<\/a>.\u00a0 Great job by the conference\u2019s youngest coach, a title he has held for the past eight years.<\/span><\/tt><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/netforum.avectra.com\/eweb\/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=SABR&amp;WebCode=IndResult&amp;FromSearchControl=Yes&amp;FromSearchControl=Yes\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Hanrahan<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, chapter member, presented a well-devised formula for comparing the relative values of the game\u2019s best pitchers and batters. (see his <a href=\"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/files\/hitter%20pitcher W-L.ppt\">presentation<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Finally, the always popular chapter raffle, bolstered this year with items donated from the Bob Davids estate, raised over $600 for the chapter coffers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bob Davids Chapter of SABR held its 38th annual meeting\u00a0in Rosslyn, VA\u00a0on Saturday, January 28th, the third time the chapter&#8217;s annual event coincided with SABR day. More than 130 members and guests attended. After re-electing the chapter&#8217;s Board members,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabrdavids.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}