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Two things you may not know about Lou Klimchock: 1. He's the first modern MLB teenager to homer off a teenager—and he did so for his first big league hit. 2. He's the latest addition to our Oral History Collection. Watch the full @sabr interview here: sabr.org/interview/lou-…

A Negro Leagues tribute game at @TulaneBaseball, a @SABRElysian Black baseball exhibit, and a new @OralHistorySABR/@SABRLatino interview project highlight our 2026 #SABR Local Grants recipients. Learn more: sabr.org/latest/2026-lo…

LISTEN UP: Paul Zwirecki, External Relations Officer at the Society for American Baseball Research (@sabr), is our guest on this week’s episode of the Irish Baseball Podcast! Listen as Paul and host Rick Becker discuss: • The real story behind sabermetrics (it’s not just analytics) 👂🔢 • How baseball history and data actually work together 🤖⚾ • The Irish impact on baseball's earliest days 💪☘ • Why SABR is powered by everyday fans and researchers 🔋👨👩 Tune in wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!

Before tonight’s final of a thrilling World Baseball Classic, check out stories, bios, and essays from SABR’s Vinotinto Venezuela Béisbol: 85 Years of Venezuelans in the Major Leagues (free for all #SABR members): sabr.org/e-books/sabr-d…

NEW INTERVIEW ALERT: We're honored to add 2026 BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipient and longtime Cleveland sports writer @hoynsie to our Oral History collection. Hear the full @sabr interview with Paul Hoynes here: sabr.org/interview/paul…

Join us at #SABR54 this summer in Cleveland to hear from @CleGuardians greats Sandy Alomar Jr., Carlos Baerga, Mike Hargrove, Kenny Lofton, Charles Nagy! All baseball fans are welcome to attend. sabr.org/convention

If you're a baseball fan, you might find my new @sabr bio of Will Jackman interesting. With limited options due to segregation, he carved out a successful semipro career, pitching in as many as 1200 games. Read about him here: sabr.org/bioproj/person…

The latest edition of the Deadball Era newsletter, "The Inside Game," is now available, featuring 43 pages of researched articles, new book reviews, and more. Find this edition—and all of our past issues—for download on the @sabr site right here: sabr.org/research/deadb…

What a phenomenal afternoon at the @yogiberramuseum! Thank you to @kavithadavidson for moderating a powerful conversation with baseball game changers @umpireplb and @AlexiaJorge_26, and to Perry and Alexia for blazing trails on the baseball diamond. #WomenInBaseball

Early registration is now open for the 2026 #SABR Malloy Negro League Conference on June 18-21 in Memphis, Tennessee. All baseball fans are welcome to join us: sabr.org/malloy

Congratulations to @garybaseballart, honored by @SABRbbcards as the recipient of the 2026 #SABR Jefferson Burdick Award for contributions to the baseball card industry. Learn more: sabr.org/latest/gary-ci…

Meet @AlexiaJorge_26, @wpbl_official & Team USA catcher, this Saturday as part of our “Game Changers” program at @yogiberramuseum. Alexia will be on our women in baseball panel & have an autograph signing. Details: tinyurl.com/GC31426

I’m grateful to @RiceSmgt, @sabr, the industry expert judges, and all presenters for making this incredible event possible. Every day, I'm reminded of how lucky I am to attend @RiceUniversity and events like these as I pursue my career. 👐

That’s a wrap for us at #SABRanalytics! Thanks to all of our panelists, presenters, attendees in person at @ASUCollegeOfLaw and online, and partners at @MLB, @RawlingsSports, and @Teamworks. Stay tuned for more highlights and videos at sabr.org/analytics

At #SABRanalytics, we’re talking about baseball career paths with our Arizona @Dbacks Front Office 360 Panel.

Day 3 at #SABRanalytics is now under way with research presentations, followed by a panel of Arizona @Dbacks executives on their paths to the front office. Find the full schedule at sabr.org/analytics

Our keynote speaker at #SABRanalytics is Doug Fearing of Teamworks Intelligence. Doug is also this year’s recipient of the SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with @Dodgers, @RaysBaseball and @ZelusAnalytics.

At #SABRanalytics, Kristen M. Stewart was honored today with the 2026 Dr. Mike Marshall Baseball Biomechanics Research Award. Stewart’s presentation was on “Individual Muscle Capacity to Generate Elbow Varus Moment during a Fastball Pitch.” sabr.org/latest/kristen…

Congratulations to Michael Rosen of @fangraphs, Richard Staff of @defector, R.J. Anderson of @CBSSportsMLB, and Daniel R. Epstein of @baseballpro, winners of the 2026 #SABRanalytics Conference Research Awards: sabr.org/latest/rosen-s…

At #SABRanalytics, we’re talking Players We Love in 2026 with Dave Adler of @BaseballHQ; @DerekCarty, Jason Collette of @RotoWire; @enosarris and @DerekVanRiper of @TheAthletic.