Plug for the SABR Minor League Encyclopedia

Steve Treder penned a complimentary post about the SABR Minor League Encyclopedia in Hardball Times today.

SABR Minor League Encyclopedia Update

The SABR Minor League Encyclopedia has been updated on Oct. 6. The next scheduled update will be in January. The Encyclopedia may be searched at: www.minors.sabrwebs.com

Bob McConnell Biography

Peter Morris has written a wonderful biography for SABR founding member and prominent minor league researcher Bob McConnell for the SABR BioProject. I encourage all members of the Minor League Committee to read it. It would be great if Peter or others would write similar sketches for other noteworthy SABR members.

ProQuest and Google Partner for Online Newspaper Content

Yesterday ProQuest and Google announced a partnership that could benefit SABR researchers. Click here for the press release.

Minor League Baseball in Hanover, Pennsylvania

John Coulson has recently published a book entitled Hanover Raiders: Minor League Baseball in Hanover, Pennsylvania, which chronicles its history from 1866 to 1930. Unfortunately, it isn't listed for sale on Amazon.com, so I'm sure how copies can be purchased from the author.

Here are a few articles related to Hanover Raiders:

Hanover's Professional Team Remembered in Book

Library to Host Local Author

SABR Minor League Encyclopedia Update

The next update for the SABR Minor League Encyclopedia will be on October 1. Among the additions will be statistics and data for the 2008 season.

I will do my best to have the committee newsletter published this weekend. I know I've promised it since July, but I've been very busy the past two months. Thank you for your patience.

Feature on Sulphur Dell Website

Minor League Committee member Skip Nipper and his website on Nashville's historic Sulphur Dell ballpark are featured in a recent article written by fellow SABR member and Nashville sports historian Bill Traughber. It relates how the memories of Skip's father, Virgil Nipper, inspired Skip to create the website and collect the memories of other Nashville fans as well, and post photos and memorabilia of the Nashville Vols.

The article may be found on the Nashville Sounds official site here.