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The Newsletter of the Halsey Hall Chapter
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

 

August 2001

SABR Convention
Upcoming Events
Research News
Hathaway Launches Research Service
Stadium Visits
Directory Update
Quicksteps
August Birthdays
Subscription Dues Renewal
Calendar
Board of Directors

SABR Convention
Bud Selig
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig was the
keynote speaker at the Society for American
Baseball Research national convention.

Upcoming Events
Fall Chapter Meeting
Former Kansas City Athletics pitcher Dave Theis will be one of the featured guests at the Halsey Hall Chapter Meeting on Saturday, October 13 at the United Methodist Church in Columbia Heights.

Hot Stove Saturday Morning
The next Hot Stove Saturday Morning will be August 4 at the usual location, Baker’s Square at 66th and Xerxes in Richfield.

The after-breakfast event will be a tour of the baseball graves at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

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Research News
Bob Tholkes has been busy in the 19th century again and reports that additional information has been uncovered about Andrew M. Thompson, manager of the St. Paul team in the Union Association in 1884 and for years one of the SABR Biographical Committee’s missing players. Committee member Peter Morris found that Thompson died February 17, 1895 in his home town of Pecatonica, Illinois.

Hathaway Launches Research Service
Ted Hathaway is the proprietor of Rational Pastimes Sports Research and Information Services. Rational Pastimes specializes in gathering sports information for researchers. Their services include sports research, data compilation and statistical analyis, mailing lists, sports business research, and documents on demand.

For more information, check their web site at http://www.rationalpastimes.com or contact Rational Pastimes at requests@rationalpastimes.com.

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Stadium Visits
Last April Chuck Blomquist stopped by The Diamond in Lake Elsinore, California, home of the Lake Elsinore Storm, a Padres farm team in the Class A California League. “It’s a beautiful ballpark with a mission style clock tower and office area,” Chuck says. “The staff were very friendly, gave us caps and pins and let us wander around the park. Afterward, my cousin-in-law said he now understood why I like to hang around these little ballparks.” The next month, Chuck visited Le Stade de Quebec, home of Les Capitales de Quebec in Quebec City. “The ballpark was built in 1939 and was home to Boston Braves and Montreal Expos farm teams, among others, until 1977. It was remodeled in 1999 for Les Capitales, part of the Eastern Division of the Northern League. It’s in Queen Victoria park near the oldest part of the city, a very pleasant setting.”

Deano Thilgen, along with several local SABR members, attended a Columbus Clippers game in Columbus on June 22. They watched Brandon Knight strike out 10 in seven innings in a 9-1 win over the Rochester Red Wings. It was “Raggae Night” and the Clippers were clad in tie-dyed jerseys of bright yellow, blue, green, red, and orange. “The colors likely distracted the Red Wing batters,” says Deano, “for the first hit of the night, a single off the bat of Calvin Pickering, did not come until the fourth.”

Seth C. “Dr. Fan” Hawkins made it to the new ballparks in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh in June, the 65th and 66th major league stadiums at which he has attended a game.

While in Nebraska for a church conference, Jerry Janzen attended a Lincoln Saltdogs game at Haymarket Park. Jerry said he “witnessed a fine game won by Lincoln, 3-2, but more interestingly, saw a left-handed throwing catcher.”

On the way to and from the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, Fred Buckland saw games in Peoria, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Akron, Cleveland, and Milwaukee.

Directory Update
Ted Hathaway has a new e-mail address: sabrtbi@mn.rr.com

Gregg Omoth has a new address, phone, and e-mail: 104 Galium Way, Watertown, Minnesota 55388, 952-955-2515, gomoth@worldnet.att.net

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Quicksteps
The Quicksteps performed in a vintage base ball exhibition at the SABR convention in Milwaukee and also split their scheduled matches in July, losing to the Litchfield Blues Alumni, 8-1, and beating the St. Croixs, 11-8.

The Quicksteps wrap up their season with matches on Sunday, August 12 vs. Rochester and the St. Croixs at the History Center Grounds in Rochester, starting at 10 a.m.; Monday, August 13 at 7 p.m. at the Fridley Historical Society Grounds; Saturday, August 18 at 11 a.m. at the Bartholomew House Grounds in Richfield, and Saturday, August 25 at 1 p.m. at Ojibway Park in Woodbury.

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August Birthdays
    16—Deano Thilgen (also Puddin’ Head Jones, Jinho Cho, Roger Cedeño, Gene Brabender, Buck Rodgers, Gene Woodling, Bob Fothergill, Baby Doll Jacobson, Tiny Bonham, Fess Parker, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Frank Gifford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Madonna, and Julie “The Catwoman” Newmar)
    22—Mendal Mearkle (also Carl Yastrzemski, Paul Molitor, Ned Hanlon, Urban Shocker, Happy Felsch, Hipolito Pichardo, and Norman Schwarzkopf)

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Subscription Dues Renewal
If you haven’t already, please send your annual subscription dues of $12 to Kevin Hennessy, 608 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. Make the check out to Halsey Hall Chapter—SABR. Those who have joined the chapter since January 1 don’t have to pay again for another year. If you’re unsure of your dues status, check with Kevin at 651-227-5183 or at bbwsmin@altavista.com.

Calendar
    August 4—Hot Stove Saturday Morning, 8:30 a.m., Baker’s Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield; Lakewood Cemetery tour at 10 a.m.
    October 13—Fall Chapter Meeting, United Methodist Church, 950 Gould Avenue, Columbia Heights. Registration at 8:30 a.m.

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Halsey Hall Chapter
Board of Directors 2001-02
President—Cary Smith
Vice President—Ray Luurs
Secretary—Rich Arpi
Treasurer—Kevin Hennessy
Fred Buckland
Dan Cagley
Dan Levitt