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Remembering Jean Ardell

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 univnebpress

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

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Clean Sweep for the 2022 Seymour Medal

February 11, 2022February 8, 2022 univnebpress

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

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#SABRvirtual

July 13, 2020July 9, 2020 univnebpress

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

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Recent Award Winners & Finalists

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 univnebpress

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

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Congratulations to Jeremy Beer on Two Award Wins!

January 30, 2020January 29, 2020 univnebpress

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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SABR49

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 univnebpress

The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in San Diego 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 SABR49

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Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small

May 2, 2019April 25, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from When Big Data Was Small: My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design by Richard D. Cramer (May 2019). Cramer started analyzing baseball statistics in the mid-1960s, after graduating from Harvard and MIT, and by 1969 … Continue reading Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small

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A Great Game during the Great War

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 univnebpress

Much of the world came to a halt during the Great War, but baseball marched on. On July 4, 1918, the US Army and US Navy paused their fighting to celebrate Independence Day and play nine innings of America’s much-beloved … Continue reading A Great Game during the Great War

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SABR preview

June 19, 2018 univnebpress

The SABR convention begins tomorrow in Pittsburgh! The Society for American Baseball Research convention, which is open to all baseball fans, includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world — front office executives, players, managers, scouts, journalists, historians, and … Continue reading SABR preview

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Happy Book Birthday to From the Dugouts to the Trenches!

May 3, 2018April 27, 2018 univnebpress

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 From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball during the Great War (Nebraska, 2017) by Jim Leeke. Leeke, a former news … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to From the Dugouts to the Trenches!

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