Hot Stove League Meeting February 2
Also on February 2, Doug Ernst will be staffing a SABR table at the Ball Park Tours Hot Stove League Banquet at the Ukranian Center in northeast Minneapolis. Contact Doug at 763-519-1174 if you would like to help. The date for the Spring Chapter Meeting has tentatively been set for Saturday, May 3. The Twins are scheduled to play the Detroit Tigers that evening. In case the game gets switched to the afternoon, the meeting could be scheduled for April 19 or May 10.
Roger Godin was featured in an article by Pat Borzi on Minnpost.com for the research he has done on Mark Keonig and the 1924 Little World Series, a topic he presented on at the Spring 2008 Halsey Hall Chapter meeting. Click here to see the article. John Rosengren has finished his book on the 1973 season, Hammerin Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid: The Season that Changed Baseball Forever, which will be published by Sourcebooks, Inc. in March. Peter Schilling has received the unbound gallies for his forthcoming book, The End of Baseball.
Dave is a full-time graduate student in two masters programs, a master of arts history at St. Cloud State University and a master of sport science at the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama. My goal after grad school is to teach a class about Baseball and American History at a community college in Minnesota. Because of this, I am probably a bit soft onhard-core baseball history topics (stats, major leaguers, etc.) and more interested in the socio-cultural aspects of the game. Before graduate school, he taught and coached at Woodbury and St. Cloud Apollo high schools and coached hockey at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. He still coaches high-school hockey and loves the Boundary Waters. Dave lives in St. Cloud with his wife, Kristi, who works in the social service field. He shares his May 13 birthday with Barry Zito, Dusty Rhodes, John Roseboro, Jose Rijo, Leon Wagner, Bill Dailey, Stevie Wonder, Joe Louis, Pope Pius IX, Pope Innocent XIII, and Dennis Rodman. Tom King Tut Tuttle is a returning member (who, with the submission of his dues, included a generous donation to the chapter that is appreciated). Born in Evanston, Illinois, Tom played baseball at Northwestern and now lives in Minnetonka with his wife, Elizabeth. Tom shares his October 5 birthday with Henry Chadwick, Rey Sanchez, Onix Concepcion, Danny Fife, Ray Kroc, Long John Reilly, Jim Bagby Sr., Allen Ludden, Andy Kosco, Larry Fine, Kate Winslet, Bill Dana, Michael Andretti, Grant Hill, and Chester Arthur. Also new to SABR: Scott Iwen and Lisa Tourville.
A study of twenty-five deaths caused by poisoning among active and former major league baseball players between the years 1889-1990 cited what poison or toxin was the most frequent cause of demise in these players? Name the major league baseball team found in this study with the largest number of former or active players to die from poisoning. Name the field position played with the highest number of former or current baseball players whose cause of death was attributed to poisoning. Ron Luciano, a well known baseball personality associated with players and fans of the game, died January 18, 1995 from a self- inflicted overdose. What position did he occupy on the baseball field? What was the cause of his death? Click here for the answers.
January 12Hot Stove Saturday Morning, Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield, 9:00 a.m. For more information, contact Mark Johnson, 952-831-1153, baseballbooks@comcast.net. January 13Research Roundtable, Perkins Restaurant, 4917 Eden Avenue, Edina, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact Cary Smith, 952-807-8767, zinnbeck@aol.com. February 2Hot Stove Meeting at the home of Kevin Hennessy, 608 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, 7:00 p.m., 651-227-5183.
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