Upcoming Society for American Baseball Research Conference in Seattle

Some readers may be interested in the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), an organization that promotes academic research about the sport. Each year, SABR members gather at a multi-day convention, featuring some very interesting (and intellectually challenging) presentations. This year's convention is in Seattle June 28 to July 1. Sports law fans may find most interesting the collective bargaining panel, featuring Andrew Zimbalist (founding father of sports economics), sports agent Dick Moss, and former major league pitcher Mike Marshall, with ESPN’s Rob Neyer moderating. I made it to SABR's convention in 2004, when it was in lovely Cincy, Ohio, but missed last year's Toronto event. Be warned: SABR members are intense about baseball, but the conversations are at a pretty high level. The organization as a whole is history and statistics focused, and could use a greater level of baseball law attention (perhaps including a section on the Law of Baseball, to supplement the existing Business of Baseball section).

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