May 21 Chapter Meeting May 21 Chapter Meeting With Howard Luloff directing activities, the meeting included five research presentations: Lee Temanson talked of his first two major league games, in 1957 at Fenway Park and Ebbets Field. Phil Lowry spoke about marathon games. Howard Luloff made a presentation on the late public-address announcer for the Twins, Bob Casey. Bob Aronson spoke on behalf of Bob Strauss, author of The Best: Unique New Statistics that Compare and Rank the Best Batters in Baseball History. Tom Melchior, author of Belle Plaine Baseball: 1884-1960, concluded the program with a look at amateur baseball in Scott County. The featured guest was Daron Sutton, who talked about his dad, Hall of Famer Don Sutton, as well as his own brief minor-league career and his current job as an announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers. At the business meeting, Gregg Nelson, Chuck Blomquist, Bob Tholkes, and Howard Luloff were elected to two-year terms on the board of directors as the terms of Blomquist, Stew Thornley, Kyle Eliason, and Tom Swift will expire on July 1. The outgoing and incoming boards of directors will jointly meet on Sunday, June 5. At that meeting, the incoming board will elect, from among itself, a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer (with the terms of these offices to begin on July 1). Following the meeting, a vintage base ball match was held between the Cream Citys of Milwaukee and the Quicksteps of the Twin Cities. The next afternoon, these teams performed a 15-minute exhibition at the Metrodome prior to the Twins-Brewers game.
New Member: Bill Branson Bill shares his April 28 birthday with fellow chapter member Robert Milstroh as well as Barry Larkin, Tom Browning, John Cerutti, Pedro Ramos, Charlie Metro, Jay Leno, and Saddam Hussein.
Subscription Renewals Due July 1 Those wanting a printed copy may send a check for $15, made out to Halsey Hall SABR, by July 1 to Rich Arpi, 2445 Londin Lane East, Unit 410, Maplewood, Minnesota 55119-5547. Members with e-mail addresses listed with SABR will continue to receive electronic notification when a new newsletter is posted to the web site each month. Top Chapter Moments 8. Birth of the Quicksteps in 1994. 7. Chapter television shows (Baseball Round Table and On Deck Circle). 6. Halsey Hall Chapter team reaching the semi-finals in the trivia contest at the 1988 SABR convention. 5. Stew Thornley elected national vice president in 2002. 4. First Iowa road trip in 1991. 3. Regional group organizes into the Halsey Hall Chapter in 1985. 2. Cary Smith wins the individual trivia contest at the 2004 SABR convention. 1. The Halsey Hall Chapter hosts the SABR convention in Minneapolis in 1988. The first gathering of SABR members in Minnesota took place in 1981. It was four years later that the group organized itself into a chapter, taking the name of Halsey Hall, a longtime sportswriter/announcer.
Road Trips In addition, Rick Schabowski of the Ken Keltner Chapter invites those coming to Milwaukee for the Twins-Brewers series at the end of June to join them at a tailgate party at Miller Park prior to the Saturday, June 25 game. Contact Rick (414-769-7944, 414-322-4997, rickiu76@aol.com) for more information.
June Birthdays Calendar July 16Hot Stove Saturday Morning, Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield, 9:00 a.m., Mark Johnson: 612-822-9638, mjohn@mr.net
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