A dozen chapter members and guests enjoyed an Italian lunch and caught up on the young season at the monthly meeting on Saturday.
Topics included the extended conversation on SABR-L about Ichiro Suzuki’s new role in the Mariners’ front office and whether his playing career is done, Shohei Ohtani’s early success as a two-way player and the early lead by the Martinezes in Jim Baker’s Predictatron contest.
We also welcomed new member Adam, who hails from Des Moines, Iowa. He shared with us that he’s a Chicago Cubs fan and worked in the front office of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs while in high school and college.
We also congratulated member and author Anne Keene for the publication in May of her book, “The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team that Helped Win World War II.” She’s planning on attending SABR 48 in Pittsburgh in June to discuss her book, which is available online and at local bookstores. In addition, her book was named as this month’s Statesman Select, making it the top recommended read in Austin. You can catch Ms. Keene discuss her book at BookPeople at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25. Click this link for more information: https://www.bookpeople.com/statesman-selects
This was the 138th consecutive month in which the chapter has meet, a streak dating to December 2006. Tom Thayer wondered when our streak might match Cal Ripken’s consecutive-game streak; Jim Baker calculated that we’re 208 years away from that!
With that in mind, our next meeting has been set for 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Serranos in southwest Austin (MoPac and 290). Jan Larson will send out a request for RSVPs as we get closer to that date.
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