Ten members of the Hornsby SABR Chapter met Thursday evening, June 26 at IronWorks BBQ in downtown Austin.
A broad range of baseball topics were discussed and debated, including: Tim Lincecum’s recent no-hitter; the seeming "parity" among MLB teams this season; 2014 Cy Young contenders; among many other topics.
Gilbert Martinez reminded chapter members of the upcoming SABR National Convention to be held in Houston the last week of July. If you are planning to attend, and are interested in volunteering to help at the Convention, please contact Gilbert at gmartinez46@austin.rr.com.
Jan Larson reminded chapter members of the upcoming Hornsby July chapter meeting to be held Sunday July 20 at Dell Diamond. We are planning to rent one of the suites at Dell Diamond, with the cost being $45-50 per attendee. If you want to attend, Jan will need a firm commitment by July 7. Jan can be reached at jan.a.larson@gmail.com .
Although Bill Gilbert was unable to attend, he emailed in a "quick quiz". The two questions were:
1. Who are the four active pitchers who have thrown two no-hitters?
2. Who are the five active players (not counting A-Rod) with 400+ home runs and 2,000+ hits?
The reader will be left to work out the answers via Baseball-Reference.com.