Resources
Fall Chapter Meeting October 25
The October 25 meeting is set for Faith Mennonite Church, 2720 E. 22nd Street in south Minneapolis. Registration begins around 8:15 a.m. with the program starting at 8:45. The cost for the meeting and lunch is $10. People can pay by cash (with correct change appreciated) or check at the door.
Members are invited to submit a proposal to make a research presentation at the meeting. Proposals may be sent to Research Committee co-chairs Dave Lande or Gene Gomes and include a title and brief outline of what the presentation will consist of with emphasis on the research that will be included. Standard oral presentations are 20 minutes (with an additional eight minutes for questions) although the duration may be longer or shorter depending on the needs of the presenter and of the schedule.
One presentation slot is always reserved for a first-time presenter until four weeks before the chapter meeting (September 27). If a slot remains after that, any member can submit a proposal until October 11, two weeks before the meeting, when the Research Committee will wrap up the schedule of presentations.
Go to Top
Upcoming Events
Join other baseball buffs for a viewing party of the All-Star Game Tuesday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. at Manning’s at 22nd and Como in southeast Minneapolis.
The Fred Souba Hot Stove Saturday Morning, an informal breakfast gathering for the purpose of talking baseball, will be Saturday, July 19 at 9:00 a.m. at the Shortstop Bar and Grill, 1298 East Moore Lake Drive, Fridley 55432.
The next Book Club meeting will be Saturday, August 9 at Barnes & Noble in Har Mar Mall at 9:30 a.m. The book selection is A Time for Reflection: The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams by Jason Miller.
Brent Heutmaker has organized a list of all the book selections since the book club started in August 2002: Halsey Hall Book Club Selections.
Keep up to date with chapter activities on social media:
SABR Halsey Hall Chapter Facebook page
SABR Halsey Hall Chapter Bluesky page
Halsey Hall Chapter Twitter page
Please visit the pages, and, if you haven’t yet, “Like” the Facebook page and “Follow” the Bluesky page and set your notifications to be alerted to new posts. (The Bluesky page has 90 followers, the Facebook page 314 members, and the Xwitter page 805 followers. Bob Komoroski has established rules—essentially, don’t be a dink. The page is still public although Bob has set up a series of questions for new members to cull out spammers, wankers, trollers, and other degenerates.) Bob Komoroski is overseeing the Bluesky page.
Also:
Regular Events
Video Archives of Past Events
Go to Top
Research Roundtable
Research projects, web pages, and blogs of chapter members are highlighted on the home page of Research Committee.
Gene Gomes, with mentoring from Rich Arpi, is researching 1904 Minnesota baseball using the St. Paul Globe, documenting minor-league, college, high school, and amateur baseball.
Rich Arpi is compiling statistics for 1886 Northwestern League season.
The next Research Committee meetings, via Zoom, will be July 21 and August 11 at 7:00 p.m.
More research projects by members:
Chapter members are often meeting Friday mornings at the Minnesota History Center to work on the Minnesota Spread of Baseball Project, 1857-1923 and identifying Pre-pro Clubs and Games in Minnesota.. For more information, contact Rich Arpi.
Chapter Research at SABR Convention
A whole plethora load of chapter members will be imparting their wisdom at the SABR convention in Texas in June.
Ed Edmonds will be on a panel, moderated by Bradford William Davis, on the 50th anniversary of the Peter Seitz decision that gutted the reserve clause and brought in the free-agent era. Ed will be on the panel with Don Fehr and Steve Rogers.
Cary Smith will be chairing the annual meeting of the Pictoral History Research Committee; Mike Haupert and Dan Levitt will co-chair the Business of Baseball Research Committee meeting, and each will be giving a separate research presentation, Mike on Babe Ruth’s Anomalous 1929 Season: Why Did His Bases on Balls Plummet? and Dan on The Merkle Aftermath: Two Weeks of Giants Shenanigans.
Research Committee members are co-chairs Dave Lande or Gene Gomes as well as Brenda Himrich, Sarah Johnson, Dan Levitt, Doug Skipper, Stew Thornley, Rich Arpi, Hans Van Slooten, Mike Haupert, Bob Tholkes, Daniel Dorff, Darryl Sannes, Tom Swift, David Karpinski, Glenn Renick, John Buckeye, Terry Bohn, Ed Wehling, John Gregory, Art Mugalian, John “Sparky” Seals, Ed Edmonds, Chrstian Towalski,and Bob Komoroski.
Let a committee member know if you would like to attend a meeting and/or join the committee.
Go to Top
Dave Lande’s Quiz
Here is the quiz from the June Research Committee meeting:
- A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was a player (pitcher and first baseman), manager and owner. He was one of the first innovators to play first base off of the bag. As an owner, he moved a Western League club to a then National League-only city. He was one of the key principles in the founding of the American League.
- A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, his baseball career included at least 20 years each as a pitcher, manager, and team owner, the only person to do so. He was initially a minority team owner before mortgaging his Montana ranch to buy a majority share of the team. During his time as owner, his team won three league pennants and one World Series.
- Born before the Civil War, his work career included time in publishing, architecture and bookkeeping. His first positions in baseball included selling tickets, score cards, and pennants. He saved money and eventually bought into this team as a part-owner before eventually becoming sole owner. During his time as owner, his team won four league pennants but no World Series, thus establishing a trend for post-season futility. He’s credited with several baseball innovations including Ladies Day, rain checks and the 2-3-2 World Series format.
- As a team owner for 27 years, his team won one pennant and no World Series during his tenure as an owner. He served a brief time as a New York City Police Commissioner before entering the hat-making business in another east coast city. As part of a baseball team ownership group, he was elected team president after the death of another co-owner. He was a notoriously cheap owner, sometimes using goats to trim the grass in his team’s ballpark. He sold a future Hall of Fame pitcher to the Cubs rather than increase his salary.
- He was the third generation in his family to run the family brewery after being elected President and CEO upon the death of his brother. By the mid-twentieth century, the brewery was the largest in the world. To avert a possible move to Houston, he purchased a major league baseball team to keep it in his home city. This team would go on to win six league pennants and three World Series during his time as team owner.
- An American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur, the companies he owned built cars and radios carrying his last name. Radios with his last name can still be purchased today. He purchased his home-town team during the depression when the previous owner lost much of his wealth in the 1929 Wall Street crash. During his tenure as owner, his team won two league pennants and one World Series. He was a pioneer in broadcasting baseball on the radio.
- A lawyer, philanthropist, civic leader and NFL team owner, he was one of the founders of the Continental Baseball League. After failing to attract an established major league franchise to his home city, he was successful in attracting an expansion franchise. This franchise has retired his “Name” along with the numbers of several players and managers.
- A sportswriter and columnist, he’s a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He helped his city obtain an AFL football franchise and a major league baseball expansion franchise. He often wrote columns about his black lab, Abe, and a statue of he and Abe was erected in the city.
- Born in South Dakota, he moved to a neighboring state to attend college. Entering politics in this state a few years after graduating, he lost his first election running for mayor. He went on to win elections at the local level (mayor), state level (US Senator) and federal level (Vice President).
- This British Army officer, was a hero of the French and Indian War in the 18th Century. An expedition named with his last name, ventured into what is now Pennsylvania. This expedition established alliances with Native American tribes and defeated the French in the battle of Fort Duquesne.
Answers below
Go to Top
Membership
Know a potential member? Here are resources for getting that person happily involved in SABR:
Membership application
Get more out of your membership experience by checking out SABR Member Benefit Spotlight Series.
Go to Top
Thoughts of the Month
Bill Haller and Earl Weaver
Go to Top
Big Doings in Rochester (and Elsewhere)
Above: Rich Bogovich spoke on Negro Leagues Baseball Connections to Olmsted County at the History Center of Olmsted County in Rochester. Below: Gustavo Willies-Bigguns, son of member Emerson, threw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Rochester Honkers game on his golden birthday as mascot Hooter the Honker cheers him on.
Dan Levitt was on the MLB Network with Joel Sherman, Steve Phillips, and Anthony Recker June 18.
Cow Pies
The SABR Games Project has a new game stories by a chapter member:
Kris Hard is now the co-chair of the SABR Official Scoring Research Committee.
The June 2025 edition of Keltner’s Hot Corner, the newsletter of the Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter, is on-line:
Keltner’s Hot Corner, June 2025
The newsletter will be on a hiatus in July and August and will return in September.
Past Keltner’s Hot Corner newsletters:
Keltner’s Hot Corner
Go to Top
Answers to Dave Lande’s Quiz
- Charles Comiskey
- Clark Griffith
- Charles Ebbets
- William Baker
- August Busch
- Powel Crosley (the refrigerator magnate)
- William Shea
- Jack Murphy
- Hubert Humphrey
- John Forbes
Theme—Stadium namesakes
Go to Top
Calendar
July 15—All-Star Game Viewing Party, 7:00 p.m., Mannings’s, Minneapolis.
July 19—Fred Souba Hot Stove League Saturday Morning, 9:00 a.m., Shortstop Bar and Grill, Fridley. Contact John Buckeye for more information.
July 21—Research Committee meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, contact Dave Lande or Gene Gomes.
August 9—Book Club, Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., A Time for Reflection: The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams by Jason Cannon. Contact Ed Edmonds for more information.
August 11—Research Committee meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, contact Dave Lande or Gene Gomes.
August 24—Halsey Hall Chapter Board of Directors meeting, 7:30 p.m. For more information on attending, contact Ed Edmonds.
October 25—Fall Chapter Meeting, 8:45 a.m., Faith Mennonite Church, Minneapolis. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-994-5217, or Bob Komoroski.
Go to Top
Board of Directors 2025-2026
President—Ed Edmonds
Vice President—Mike Haupert
Secretary—John Buckeye
Treasurer—Rich Arpi
Terry Bohn
Howard Luloff
Jacob Sayward
Events Committee Co-Chairs—Howard Luloff, Bob Komoroski
Research Committee Co-Chairs—Dave Lande, Gene Gomes
Membership Committee Co-Chairs—Stew Thornley, John Buckeye
MVP Chapter Committee Chair—Gene Gomes
The Holy Cow! Editor—Stew Thornley
Ass. Editors—Jerry Janzen, Brenda Himrich, and John Buckeye
Webmaster—John Gregory
Ass. Webmasters—Frank Kadwell, Hans Van Slooten, and Stew Thornley
Social Media Directors—Bob Komoroski, Facebook and Bluesky; Hans Van Slooten, Twitter
Halsey Hall Chapter Web Page
Past issues of The Holy Cow! are available on-line.
Chapter History
Chapter Procedures and By-Laws
Society for American Baseball Research
Go to Top
Resources
Go to Top
