Society for American Baseball Research, Rogers Hornsby Chapter
Serving Central and South Texas Since 2006
The Rogers Hornsby chapter will be celebrating SABR Day with an 11:00 a.m. CST Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 30. Our featured guest will be author Kelly Park of the Pee Wee Reese (Louisville, KY) chapter. Mr. Park will be discussing his book entitled “Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot.”
Registration for this meeting is available at the link below:
https://txstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYodOuvrzwvH9IQicUVs_T4-9Q1EGCMUFIL
The Rogers Hornsby chapter will begin year 15 of consecutive (no. 169) monthly meetings with our next Zoom-based meeting that will be held on Sunday, December 13 at 1:00 p.m. CST. If you are interested in attending please preregister using the link below.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Dec 13, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://txstate.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
As the Covid forces us to remain vigilant and isolated the November meeting of the Rogers Hornsby chapter will again utilize Zoom to conduct a virtual meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 21 starting at 1:00 p.m. CST. This meeting will mark the completion of fourteen years of consecutive monthly meetings (168 meetings). If you wish to attend, please preregister for the meeting using the link below:
When: Nov 21, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://txstate.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Former Houston Astros announcer Bill Brown will be joining us for our October Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17. Bill spent 30 seasons announcing Astros games and has previously spoken at Hornsby Chapter meetings. We’re glad that he is available to join us for this meeting.
If you wish you join the meeting, please register at the link below:
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Oct 17, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://txstate.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
As the abbreviated 2020 Major League Baseball season winds down and playoff positions are determined, the Hornsby Chapter marches on with another Saturday afternoon Zoom meeting. The September meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. CDT on Saturday, September 19.
Once again in order to streamline the registration process, please preregister for the meeting using the link below.
As we prepare for the “dog days” (such as it were) of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, we will be gathering remotely for our next monthly Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 22 at 1:00 p.m. CDT. We look forward to welcoming guest speaker, Tim Jackson, GM of the Round Rock Express, AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros.
In an effort to streamline the registration process, we (or more correctly chapter commissioner, Gilbert Martinez) has implemented the self-registration feature of Zoom:
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Aug 22, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://txstate.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The Hornsby Chapter’s July meeting will again be held remotely using Zoom on Saturday, July 18 at 11:00 a.m. CDT. (NOTE: The starting time is moved up to avoid conflict with SABR virtual meetings. More info here: https://sabr.org/virtual-meetings) We will discuss the upcoming start of the abbreviated 2020 season and Jerry Miller will be presenting a trivia quiz.
Those interested in participating please send an RSVP to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com no later than 7:00 p.m. CDT on Friday July 17. The Zoom meeting ID and passcode will be distributed later that evening to those that have submitted RSVPs by the cutoff time.
Note that when you login to Zoom to attend the meeting you will be placed in a “waiting room” until the moderator admits you to the meeting. Only those that have submitted an RSVP will be admitted.
The Hornsby Chapter’s June meeting will again be held remotely using Zoom on Saturday afternoon, June 20 at 1:00 p.m. CDT. We will discuss the current state of baseball (if there is one) and Cy Morong will be presenting a trivia quiz.
Those interested in participating please send an RSVP to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com no later than 7:00 p.m. CDT on Friday June 19. The Zoom meeting ID and passcode will be distributed later that evening to those that have submitted RSVPs by the cutoff time.
Note that when you login to Zoom to attend the meeting you will be placed in a “waiting room” until the moderator admits you to the meeting. Only those that have submitted an RSVP will be admitted.
With the success of the first online Hornsby Chapter meeting, we will be holding our second virtual meeting on Saturday, May 16 beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT.
Once again, we will be utilizing the Zoom platform and request that those interested in participating please send an RSVP to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com. The Zoom meeting ID and passcode will be distributed on Friday evening, May 15 to those that have submitted RSVPs .
Note that when you login to Zoom to attend the meeting you will be placed in a “waiting room” until the moderator admits you to the meeting. Only those that have submitted an RSVP will be admitted.
After taking the unprecedented step of cancelling the “official” March lunch meeting in the interest of caution due to the coronavirus pandemic, three chapter members decided to meet at the County Line BBQ anyway to (1) keep the 160 month streak of consecutive monthly meetings intact, (2) enjoy the BBQ and talk baseball and (3) enjoy what might be the end of the aforementioned streak. No one knows what conditions might be like next month so if this is the end, well there are probably more important things to be worried about.
The atmosphere at the County Line was understandably different than usual. The crowd was smaller and diners were seated at dispersed tables to ostensibly reduce person-to-person contact. Each of the three attendees followed prescribed protocols by refraining from the usual handshakes and, after handling the menus and placing orders, excused themselves to the men’s room to take advantage of the hot water and soap.
The baseball-related conversations included the delay of the start of the season, the proposed expansion of the playoffs, the Astros on-going sign stealing saga and Trevor Bauer’s “sandlot” game. Although baseball was discussed and all would have preferred to discuss baseball exclusively, the conversation always seemed to return to the virus. The consensus was to be safe out there!
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