LAST UPDATE: Monday, March 17th 15:22

Our SABR Casey Stengel Chapter NYC in-person meeting will be on Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave. between 37th and 38th Streets — a short walk from Grand Central Terminal — Spread the Word!

The Pulse of New York Baseball: Present and Past with panelists Laura Albanese, Billy Altman and Anthony McCarron. We heard your many 'Bring Them Back' requests, so the dynamic trio will wow you again on the Scandinavia House stage. Their all-new 2025 presentation is guaranteed to elicit rave reviews.

“Mets Stories I Only Tell My Friends” and Other First-Hand Baseball Stories with Art Shamsky, Matthew Silverman, and moderator Marty Appel -- Art Shamsky is riding high with his new book! Shamsky a passionate baseball man, will be joined by equally passionate co- author Matt Silverman and Marty Appel, moderator, all well known to New Yorkers and beyond. Their lively conversation will bring forth secrets and insights you can share with family and friends. An hour like no other!

Both presentations will be followed by a Q & A. Participant bios are in the meeting link below.

And of course Eric Weiss, baseball trivia master, will test your baseball knowledge. [Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter, Ernestine Miller]

Pre-registration by contacting David Lippman (kiwiwriter47@gmail.com) is encouraged (credit card, check or PayPal); or pay in person on the day of the event (cash or check only) -- Admission is $30, and $10 for students It is important that if paying by check that they be made out payable to, exactly-worded, “New York City SABR Chapter." Thanks so much!

The latest edition of The Lineup -- our chapter newsletter which alerts readers to upcoming events, chapter news, and subjects specific to Casey Stengel Chapter members -- is now available! To view the November newsletter, please click on the Adobe Acrobat link below to load the .PDF file.

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Our next edition of The Lineup will be in April 2025! We hope you enjoy this exciting publication and encourage you to send us feedback so that our team can work to improve them. [Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter]

Our annual virtual chapter meeting, honoring SABR DAY 2025, was on Saturday, February 22nd!

Keynote speaker, Kevin Baker, discussed his award-winning book The New York Game - Baseball and the Rise of a New City.

• A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 • A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.
• “You’re going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming-of-age story.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• “No one knows New York City better than Kevin Baker, so it's only natural that he would breathe such spectacular life into the stories of the National Pastime in the Capital of Baseball. A remarkable, complicated doubleheader of a book.”— Ken Burns, filmmaker

For those who missed this wonderful presentation, or just wants to re-watch it, please click on the play button below. Tell your family and friends! [Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter, Ernestine Miller]

We want to thank all of you for submitting your votes for the 2024 Ron Gabriel Award. Congratulation to the winner, Ebbets Field: Great historic and memorable games from Brooklyn's lost ballpark - Edited by Gregory H. Wolf and associate editors Len Levin, Bill Nowlin, and Carl Riechers.

The Ron Gabriel Award, given out by SABR’s Casey Stengel Chapter in New York, honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include, but are not limited to -- magazine and journal articles, previously unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple authors, unpublished research papers, written versions of oral presentations, books, databases and websites.

Ron Gabriel hosted the first SABR chapter meeting in November, 1974 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He passed away in 2009 and SABR was a beneficiary of a generous donation from his estate. Ron was an avid Brooklyn Dodger fan who collected historical items related to the team.

The Ron Gabriel Award Committee is now looking for new committee members and accepting nominations for 2025. If you want to join the team or submit something, please contact Gary Sarnoff. [Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter, Ernestine Miller]

We are so pleased to finally finish our first-ever chapter journal, You Can Look It Up!. As editor Bruce Slutsky says, "This is your journal."

We thank the writers, whose content is now published, for their patience with us as we carefully followed the process of publishing: proofreading, copy editing, formatting, and so on. :Feedback is always welcome by emailing Bruce Slutsky and here is the link to enjoy the Casey Stengel Chapter's journal -- You Can Look It Up! :

We hope you all enjoy this new and exciting publication. Happy Holidays to everyone as we look forward to SABRNYC 2025! [Damian Begley, Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter, David Lippman, Ernestine Miller, Bruce Slutsky]

 

SABRNYC — COMMUNITY OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS

The Casey Stengel Chapter recognizes the important work of these organizations and the valuable impact their programs make on so many. you might have.

 

Save the date -- March 19th -- because on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, anyone can join me for "Connect 2 Baseball" at 11 am located at Caring Kind, 360 Lexington Avenue, a block south of Grand Central. This leisurely, fun one-hour program brings together a handful of people who are experiencing the beginnings of dementia with local SABR members who enjoy reminiscing about baseball. All the participants enjoy the time watching short video clips, sharing memories, and talking about ball games, ballplayers, teams, and so forth.

Contact me at email Evelyn for answers to any questions you might have. [Evelyn Begley]

 

PowerPlay

PowerPlay NYC Mission: PowerPlay NYC advances the lives of girls through sports, helping them grow physically, emotionally and academically stronger.

For 27 years PowerPlay has provided over 900 hours of sports-based after school and summer programming annually to 1,000 youth (ages 5-18) in 30 sites across the five boroughs of New York City.

To learn more please visit — www powerplaynyc.org .

Thank you! [Ernestine Miller]

 

CONTACT US:

As always -- if anyone has any questions, comments and/or suggestions -- please email us at questions-comments@sabrnyc.org and your inquiry will be directed to the person(s) best suited to answer. [Kevin Carter]