Category: Event Announcements

April Meeting – Baseball!

For the April monthly meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter, we will be attending the Round Rock Express vs. New Orleans Zephyrs game scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.  Tentative plans are for a pre-game meal at the Salt Lick restaurant near the southwest corner of the Dell Diamond parking lot.  Plan to meet at the Salt Lick at 5:30 p.m.

If you plan to attend please indicate (1) the number of people that will attend the pre-game meal (for the purposes of making a reservation at the Salt Lick) and (2) the number of game tickets required ($12 plus $1 convenience charge each).  Please send an email with those numbers to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com no later than Monday, April 12.

Tickets will be purchased on April 12 and the pdf file containing the tickets will be sent to each attendee shortly thereafter.

 

National SABR Day Get-together

The Rogers Hornsby Chapter will hold a get-together to celebrate National SABR Day on Saturday, January 30 starting at 6:00 p.m.  This will be held at the home of a chapter member in northwest Austin.  Please email Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com for directions.

Wear your favorite jersey or cap and perhaps bring a meaningful piece of baseball memorabilia.  Food will be provided, bring your own beer.  We will be taking a chapter photograph at 8:00 p.m.

 

Hornsby Chapter Winter Meeting 2010

Society for American Baseball Research
ROGERS HORNSBY CHAPTER
Fourth Annual WINTER MEETING
 
at TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
OLD MAIN BUILDING, ROOM 320
 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2010
10am – 4pm
 
 
AGENDA   (as of December 18, 2009)
 
10:00 – 10:20am – Meet and greet
 
10:20 – 10:30am – Welcome and logistics – Bill Gilbert & Gilbert Martinez
 
10:30 – 11:00am – Icebreaker – Baseball Quiz – Norman Macht
 
11:00 – 12:15pm – Houston Astros’ broadcaster Bill Brown
 
12:15 – 1:15pm – Lunch, mingle, and memorabilia review
 
1:15 – 1:45pm – Scott Barzilla – Player Rating Stat
 
1:45 – 2:15pm – Fred Worth – Ballplayer Gravestones
 
2:15 – 2:45pm – Norman Macht – Oral History, a Visit with Ted Lyons
 
2:45pm – 4pm – Panel discussion – Hot Topics in Baseball – Mike Capps, Gene Watson, and Jim Baker. Jan Larson will moderate.
 
 
Book Exchange – members are encouraged to bring a baseball book to exchange
 
Memorabilia – if you’d like to bring a memorabilia item, take a minute to tell about it
 
Dress Code – wear your favorite team jersey or cap, especially if there’s a story to tell about them
 

You may contact any member of the organizing committee if you have any questions:

Gilbert Martinez : gmartinez46@austin.rr.com

Monte Cely : cely@swbell.net

Jan Larson : jan.a.larson@gmail.com

Bill Gilbert : billcgilbert@sbcglobal.net

October Meeting Announcement

The next meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter of SABR will be on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the home of Gilbert and Raeanne Martinez.

We’ll watch both National League Division Series games that day (the only two scheduled for that day).

This will be an open house of sorts — feel free to arrive an hour before the first pitch of the first game (MLB has not yet announced the start times for these games, but I anticipate a late afternoon start for the first game).

Gilbert will grill burgers, so if you’d like to bring side dishes, appetizers, snacks, beverages or the like, feel free.

Everyone is welcome to stay as long as they’d like.

As soon as MLB announces start times for the games, I’ll send out another reminder.

For directions and more information, please contact Gilbert at gmartinez46 AT austin.rr.com.