Resources
Spring Chapter Meeting Set for April 25 in Plymouth
The Halsey Hall Chapter Spring Meeting will be Saturday, April 25 at the Plymouth branch of the Hennepin County Library system, 15700 36th Ave North, Plymouth 55446. Registration begins when the library opens at 9:00 a.m. with the program beginning soon after, so punctuality is encouraged. Instead of a set admission price, it will be a Pay as You Can with donations of all amounts accepted.
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 (March 28). If a slot remains after that, any member can submit a proposal until April 11, two weeks before the meeting, when the Research Committee will wrap up the schedule of presentations.
One presentation has been approved so far:
The 1937 St. Paul Kohn’s: Minnesota’s First National Baseball Champions by Armand Peterson
Howard Luloff will conduct his Jeopardy-style quiz before lunch, when the business meeting will be held. A featured guest is being lined up to be the speaker after lunch.
Elections
During the business meeting, an election will be held for president-elect and director in accordance with the revised by-laws. Any SABR member may run for director, which will be a three-year term. Candidates for president-elect must have served at least one year of the board of directors within the last five years. A nominating committee is being assembled, and anyone may indicate interest in running by letting a committee member know. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.
To check anyone’s eligibility for running for president-elect, check the Officers and Chapter History page.
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Other Upcoming Events
For SABR Day on January 29, the chapter has lined up a zoom meeting with Willie Steele, who will talk about W. P. Kinsella at 7:00 p.m.. Registration for Halsey Hall Chapter SABR Day
The next Book Club meeting will be Saturday, February 7 at Barnes & Noble in Har Mar Mall at 9:30 a.m. The book selection is Bats: The Man Behind the Miracle and/or My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond by Davey Johnson.
Brent Heutmaker has organized a list of all the book selections since the book club started in August 2002: Halsey Hall Book Club Selections.
The annual outing to see the Minnesota Gophers will be Sunday, March 1 when they play the Kansas Jayhawks at U. S. Bank Stadium at 1:05 p.m. A pre-game breakfast gathering at 10:30 will be at the Hen House Eatery (formerly Peter’s Grill), 114 South 8th Street in Minneapolis. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-994-5217.
The Fred Souba Hot Stove Saturday Morning, an informal breakfast gathering for the purpose of talking baseball, will be Saturday, March 14 at 9:00 a.m. at the Shortstop Bar and Grill, 1298 East Moore Lake Drive, Fridley 55432.
The 2026 SABR convention in Cleveland will be Wednesday, July 29 to Sunday, August 2 at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown. The Arizona Diamondbacks will be in town to play the Guardians during the convention.
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 111 followers, the Facebook page 334 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.)
Also:
Regular Events
Video Archives of Past Events
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Big-Arse Honors for Chapter Members Gene Gomes and Roger Godin
Roger Godin received the 2025-2026 State of Hockey Legacy Award from the Minnesota Wild January 24. Roger was the curator for the Wild when the team began in 2000 and was the first-ever curator for a professional sports team. He was also the first director of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth. He has researched and written several hockey books as well as books on football and baseball, the latter being on the 1922 St. Louis Browns. On this topic, Roger was one of the research presenters at the first regional SABR meeting held in the Twin Cities, in 1971.
Gene Gomes was featured in Beckett Baseball for getting a card for his great-grandfather, Abner Powell, in the 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter set of baseball cards. In Gene’s words, “Charles Abner Powell was player, manager, and owner of the New Orleans Pelicans and other minor league clubs from 1883-1905. He developed a detachable ticket stub to solve rain check problems. The Shenandoah, Penn., native popularized Ladies’ Days and formed the Southern Association in 1901. On Aug. 22, a dog bit into Abner’s pants leg while he was chasing a fly ball and wouldn’t let go, resulting in a game-winning home run.”
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Research Roundtable
Research projects, web pages, and blogs of chapter members are highlighted on the home page of the Research Committee.
Terry Bohn reviewed the chapter’s Baseball Research Primer page and pointed out broken and/or outdated links so that they could be updated.
Ed Edmonds accompanied a team from the University of St. Thomas School of Law at the 19th annual Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition in New Orleans January 15-16. The week before the St. Thomas team held a mock practice round attended by Ed, Kris Hard, and Dan Levitt.
Art Mugalian and Doug Skipper are judges for the
Larry Ritter Book Award.
Darryl Sannes is working on a project regarding Fort Snelling and baseball.
Three chapter members will be speaking at the NINE conference in Arizona in March: Ed Edmonds, Why I went to Law School: Stories from Three Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Mike Haupert, The Pillars of Modern Baseball; and Dan Levitt, The Abortive American Association of 1899-1900.
One member (your trusty, crusty editor) will be speaking about Perry Werden in the 1800s at the Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference in Cooperstown in April.
Frank White is working with Benjamin Mayes School in St. Paul to celebrate Toni Stone with the installation of signs marking Stone’s nearby home on Carroll Avenue.
The project to erect a marker on the site of the St. Paul Downtown Ball Park (aka The Pillbox) had a meeting of the site selection committee and now moves on to a design committee.
The next Research Committee meetings, via Zoom, will be February 16 and March 16 at 7:00 p.m.
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, Mike Zarling, Chrstian Towalski, and Bob Komoroski.
Let a committee member know if you would like to attend a meeting and/or join the committee.
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Mike Zarling’s Bucco Quiz
For the Research Committee meeting held on Martin Luther King Day, Mike Zarling presented this quiz:
- This infielder played from 1971-1981, mostly with the Pirates although he finished his career with the Giants. He shares the record for most hits in a 9-inning game (7). In that game, he twice got 2 hits in the same inning and 2 of his hits came off brothers. He played with his own brother from 1973-1976.
- After a cup of coffee in 1970, this outfielder played until 1979 as a versatile role player for the Pirates, Mets, Rangers, and Cubs. After his retirement, he remained in the dugout as a coach until 2006 when he was promoted via demotion to become a minor league instructor for the Dodgers. He moved into a front office role in 2011. He retired from baseball following the 2012 season.
- This outfielder played from 1955-1972, all with the Pirates. His legacy is forever cemented in baseball lore as he was a 12 time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove winner, 4 time batting champion, 2 time World Series champion—including World Series MVP in 1971—and National League MVP in 1966. He became only the third player to be elected to the Hall of Fame before the requisite 5 years in 1973, going in alongside his former teammate and mentor, Monte Irvin. He also became the first player to be issued the Congressional Gold Medal and the first person ever to be awarded the newly minted Presidential Citizens Medal. The Commissioner’s Award was also renamed in his honor.
- This Hall of Famer played from 1962-1982, all with the Pirates. In 1979, he won both NL MVP and World Series MVP. On October 1, 2000, he threw out the final pitch at Three Rivers Stadium. He died on April 9 the following year.
- After a brief stint in 1967, he was in the bigs to stay in 1969. He was primarily a catcher, but he was tried in right field for the 1973 season. He would have spent his entire career with the Pirates, but he was traded to the Athletics for manager Chuck Tanner. He only spent the 1977 season in Oakland before being traded back to Pittsburgh where he retired following the 1980 season.
- After a cup of coffee in 1969 with the Pirates, this infielder enjoyed a successful career as a leadoff hitter. Following the 1973 season, he was traded to the Phillies where he had his best years, averaging over 200 hits per season. He signed with the Expos for 1977 where he remained until being traded to the Padres for the 1980 season.
- After a cup of coffee in 1968, he finished second in NL Rookie of the Year balloting in 1969. This seven-time All-Star won 3 straight Silver Sluggers from 1980-1982, all for different positions - outfield, DH, and first base, respectively. In 1982 while with the Expos, he became the first player to have a 200-hit, 100-RBI season in each league (1980 Rangers). He retired after the 1985 season with a career .303 average, playing for the Pirates, Rangers, Expos, Giants, Phillies, Dodgers, and Blue Jays.
- This infielder had brief stints with the Angels and Twins from 1965-1968, but he was finally given a chance to play every day with the expansion Royals in 1969. He went back to being a bench player for the 1970 season, a role he remained in through 1973. He was signed by both the Phillies and Pirates in 1974, but was released by both teams before making it back to the majors. He spent time with the Angels, Twins, Royals, and Pirates.
- This pitcher made his debut as a reliever in 1968 with the Pirates, but forced his way into the rotation with his electric stuff. He spent most of 1969 in the rotation going only 11-17, but with a respectable 3.58 ERA (98 ERA+). Although he actually was better in 1970 and 1972, he made his only All-Star team in 1971, going 19-9 with a 3.06 ERA (113 ERA+). He was the starting pitcher for the NL, facing off against Vida Blue to become the first black pitchers to start against each other in the All-Star game. He is also the only known pitcher to throw a no-hitter while high on LSD. He retired following the 1979 season, having pitched for the Pirates, Yankees, Athletics, Rangers, Mets, and back with the Pirates.
- This flame-thrower started the 1962 season in the Pirates rotation, but was soon demoted to the bullpen and eventually back to Columbus. He started the 1963 season in the bullpen, but eventually forced his way into the rotation where he would stay through 1970. From 1964-1970, he won 103 games with a 3.01 ERA and averaged well over 200 innings and strikeouts, including a major league leading 250 strikeouts in 1964 and a Pirates modern day record of 276 strikeouts in 1965. He was forced into the bullpen in 1971 due to chronic back pain. He never found the same success in the bullpen and was claimed off waivers by the Red Sox during the 1972 season. He retired after the 1974 season now also experiencing pain in his shoulder.
Answers below
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New Members Bryce Soberski and Bobby Maghielse
Bryce Soberski is a junior at Saint John’s University, studying data science with aspirations to work in the Twins front office one day. He has been a diehard Twins fan his whole life. His most memorable moment was getting to experience on-field batting practice and meet Royce Lewis as well as other Twins players this past season.
Bryce shares his August 22 birthday with Carl Yastrzemski, Paul Molitor, Ray Burris, Steve Kline, Ned Hanlon, Urban Shocker, Randy Wolf, Herman Fink, Happy Felsch, Hipolito Pichardo, Jeff Weaver, Wally Schang, Norman Schwarzkopf, John Lee Hooker, Valerie Harper, Kristen Wiig, Honor Blackman, Cindy Williams, Ray Bradbury, Pam Borton, and Coya Knutson.
Bobby Maghielse has always loved baseball—his first word was “ball”— and is a Tigers fan since he grew up in the Detroit area, playing ball into high school, before going to Boston University, a choice influenced by its walking-distance proximity to Fenway Park. After college, he spent eight years coaching high-school and youth baseball in Detroit before moving to St. Paul, where he does data analysis and process-improvement activities for non-profit groups, in 2024.
Bobby’s first major-league game was at Comerica Park the year it opened. “My favorite moment as a fan came in 2006, when I was sitting in the upper deck and watched Magglio Ordóñez hit a walk-off home run off Huston Street in Game 4 of the ALCS to sweep the A’s. I also really enjoyed watching the Tigers face the Red Sox in the 2013 ALCS at Fenway, even if it didn’t end the way I hoped.
“The strangest moment I’ve witnessed as a fan was being at Oriole Park when David Ortiz smashed the bullpen phone—you could hear it all the way in the upper deck. I also attended the final games of both Miguel Cabrera’s and Derek Jeter’s careers. I’m not sure we’ll ever see Red Sox fans openly cheering for a Yankee player again.”
Bobby shares his November 1 birthday with fellow chapter member Tom Swift as well as Bid McPhee, Vic Power, Masohiro Tanaka, Grantland Rice, Fernando Valenzuela, Trent Grisham, Jason Foley, Stephen Vogt, Earl Blackburn, Larry French, Gary Redus, Doc Adams, Russ Kemmerer, Chico Ruiz, Coco Crisp, Betsy Palmer, Lyle Lovett, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Homer Stonebraker, Stephen Crane, Rudolph IV, Anne Donovan, Jenny McCarthy, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Larry Flynt.
Our chapter has welcomed nine new members since June 1, 2025, the beginning of the SABR fiscal year reporting period, and now has 181 members.
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.
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Thought for the Month
Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy get the giggles.
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Cow Pies
The SABR BioProject has an article by Anthony Bush on Carl Cashion.
The SABR Games Project has new game stories by chapter members:
The January 2026 edition of Keltner’s Hot Corner, the newsletter of the Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter, is on-line:
Keltner’s Hot Corner, January 2026
Past Keltner’s Hot Corner newsletters:
Keltner’s Hot Corner
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Answers to Mike Zarling’s Bucco Quiz
- Rennie Stennett
- Gene Clines
- Roberto Clemente
- Willie Stargell
- Manny Sanguillen
- Dave Cash
- Al Oliver
- Jackie Hernandez
- Dock Ellis
- Bob Veale
Theme: This is the lineup (with one reliever) and batting order when the Pittsburgh Pirates started all players of color on September 1, 1971.
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Calendar
January 29—Zoom meeting with Willie Steele on W. P. Kinsella.
February 7—Book Club, Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., Bats: The Man Behind the Miracle and/or My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond by Davey Johnson. Contact Ed Edmonds for more information.
February 15—Halsey Hall Chapter Board of Directors meeting, 7:00 p.m. For more information on attending, contact Ed Edmonds.
February 16—Research Committee meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, contact Dave Lande or Gene Gomes.
March 1—Minnesota Gophers versus Kansas Jayhawks, U. S. Bank Stadium, 1:05 p.m. with pre-game debauchery at the Hen House Eatery at 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-994-5217.
March 14—Fred Souba Hot Stove League Saturday Morning, 9:00 a.m., Shortstop Bar and Grill, Fridley. For more information, contact John Buckeye.
March 16—Research Committee meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, contact Dave Lande or Gene Gomes.
April 25—Spring Chapter Meeting, 8:45 a.m. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-994-5217, or Bob Komoroski.
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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—Hans Van Slooten and Stew Thornley
Social Media Directors—Bob Komoroski, Facebook and Bluesky; John Buckeye, 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
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Resources
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