Dates for SABR 40 Finalized

Posted by Matt Sisson on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm

The Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) released the dates for its 4oth annual national convention in a posting on the organizations website earlier today.

The announcement reads:

The the Society for American Baseball Research has finalized the dates for its 40th annual convention. It will be held August 5-8, 2010, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Atlanta.
SABR 40 will be the first convention SABR has held in Atlanta. The city is one of only four current MLB markets never to host a SABR convention. Details on SABR 40 will be available on the convention website.

I’ve only heard good things about this event and having never attended, I plan on doing so in 2010.

Here is some of the press SABR 39 received on the national front:

New York Times: No Casual Fans at World Series of Baseball Trivia, by Alan Schwarz
Baseball America: SABR Convention For The Baseball-Obsessed Visits Washington, by Matt Eddy
Washington Times: Baseball researchers throw D.C. stats-fest, by Tim Lemke and Baseball trivial pursuit, by Dick Heller

David Laurila interviewed SABR Executive Director John Zajc and former Negro League player Pedro Sierra on Baseball Prospectus Radio.

And here are some more from the online community:

Some online journals & blogs:
Hardball Times
Baseball Think Factory
Seamheads
Why I Like Baseball
Jaybird’s Jottings