LAST UPDATE: Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 - 14:48

SAVE THE DATE! Our annual virtual chapter meeting, honoiing SABR DAY 2025, wiil be on Saturday, February 22nd at 11:00 AM.

Keynote speaker, Kevin Baker, will discuss his award-winniing 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

Pre-registration for this event is required. Chanpter members, please check your sabr.chapters email for registration details. Non-chapter members, please email us at questions-comments@sabrnyc.org for registraion details. [Evelyn Begley, Kevin Carter, Ernestine Miller]

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Award, given out by SABR’s Casey Stengel Chapter in New York, honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include, but are not limited to -- magazine and journal articles, previously unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple authors, unpublished research papers, written versions of oral presentations, books, databases and websites.

SABR BioProject, Ebbets Field (Brooklyn, NY), John G. Zinn

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

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]

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 January 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 most recent chapter Zoom presentation was on November 14th. Eric Gray joined us to discuss his two baseball books, Backyards to Ballparks and Bases to Bleachers. His books are a collection of folks' personal stories that, in one way or another, touch upon baseball. The stories are more often of a human interest nature than play-of-the-game. There are stories from around the world, and all levels of play from Little League to softball Leagues to Major leagues. The stories make people laugh, tear up, and remember their own experiences.

His presentation consisted of describing how the idea for the books came about, how he collected stories and ultimately how he put the books together. And of course, some stories. There was a Q & A after the presentation and others shared stories as well.

Please click on the play button to watch this fun presentation. [Kevin Carter]

Our 2024 in-person annual meeting was on Saturday, March 23. Casey Stengel Chapter members were treated to another exciting program at Scandinavia House - 58 Park Avenue (between 37th and 38th Streets) - a short walk from Grand Central.

A Guest Presentation was given by Kevin Baker - The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City and there was a splendid Panel Discussion on The Pulse of New York Baseball: Present and Past with Anthony McCarron (The Mets: A 50th Anniversary Celebration - with Andy Martino), Billy Altman, and Laura Albanese. Additionally, Jay Goldberg gave a Presentation on The Memory of America: Stories from a New York Baseball Clubhouse. The full Official Program is available by clicking here to load an Adobe Acrobat .pdf. [Evelyn Begley, Ernestine Miller]

Save the date -- February 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]

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]