The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins tomorrow in Texas and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR53
The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in Minneapolis and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR’s 52nd Annual Convention
On February 12 the Society for American Baseball Research announced the winner of its 2024 Seymour Medal. We not only published the winner of this year’s medal but the runner-up as well! Steven P. Gietschier’s Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years … Continue reading Clean Sweep for the 2024 Seymour Medal
The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) began yesterday in Chicago and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world—front office executives, players, managers, … Continue reading UNP at SABR’s 51st Annual Convention
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Red Barber: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend (Nebraska, 2022) by Judith R. Hiltner and James R. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Red Barber
Jean Ardell, nationally-recognized baseball writer, passed away on October 7, 2022 at the age of 79. Ardell earned her bachelor’s in English from UC Irvine in 1988 and later earned her master’s in nonfiction writing from the University of Southern … Continue reading Remembering Jean Ardell
On February 4 the Society for American Baseball Research announced the winner of its 2022 Seymour Medal. We not only published the winner of this year’s medal, but both of the finalists as well! Steven Treder’s Forty Years a Giant: … Continue reading Clean Sweep for the 2022 Seymour Medal
Throughout the month of July, the Society for American Baseball Research is hosting its annual conference online! SABR Virtual is a series of online presentations, chats, and panel discussions featuring authors, scholars, and figures from baseball. In coordination with the … Continue reading #SABRvirtual
Congratulations to the following authors who have been recently been recognized for their work. In the 2019 Foreword Indie Awards, From Chernobyl with Love by Katya Cengel was chosen as the Gold winner for Autobiography and Memoir. The Virgin of … Continue reading Recent Award Winners & Finalists
Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player by Jeremy Beer is the winner of the 2020 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, which honors the best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar … Continue reading Congratulations to Jeremy Beer on Two Award Wins!
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