Rocky Mountain Society for American Baseball Research Baseball Card Group Meeting Saturday June 26th, 2025 11 a.m. Stoney’s (1111 N. Lincoln Avenue, Denver) Introductions   SABR National Card committee meeting   Member spotlight  – TBD   Baseball card trivia   Cards you’ve acquired recently Or still looking for!   Grading stories update and discussion Member experiences   Colorado Rockies all-time list update   Open Forum

  On Wednesday July 16th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill.   The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking.   MAP This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there! Thank you,   RMSABR Board of Directors  

On Monday July 7th, – AT 7 PM Mountain Time – our chapter will be hosting a virtual meeting featuring chapter member Peter Myers discussing his recent experience with Antiques Roadshow where he presented a unique and valuable baseball artifact. All members are encouraged to participate in the meeting and share with us any rare or unique items that they may have in their collection – especially ones that have an interesting story to go along with them. Below are the

Join us in Texas this summer for SABR’s 53rd annual convention on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport hotel! Conference and hotel registration for SABR 53 is now available below. Click here for complete details on SABR 53 registration and optional sessions. The annual SABR convention, which is open to all baseball fans, includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world — front office executives, players, managers, scouts, journalists, historians, and analysts — innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, ballgames, the

  On Wednesday April 16th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill. The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking.   MAP This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there! Thank you,   RMSABR Board of Directors  

Do you have friends or family members who would love SABR? Now is the time to encourage them to join as we kick off the SABR 500 Club membership drive! The SABR 500 Club is a referral-based membership drive with the goal of welcoming 500 new SABR members between March 1 and April 30, 2025. New members who sign up for an annual or multi-year membership during the referral period will receive a custom baseball card set featuring SABR-Rucker Archive

Mark your calendars for our annual SABR Day Gathering which will be held on Saturday February 8th at the Stanley Marketplace Beer Hall in Aurora. The itinerary includes a panel of local journalist guest speakers including former Rockie Mark Knudson, our annual trivia contest which is open to all attendees, and our traditional game of catch on the lawn. Festivities will start at 9:30 and run until 12:30. Complimentary light fare and beverages will be provided as well as a

Since 1988, the Friends of Baseball have proudly hosted the Breakfast of Champions, an iconic annual event that brings together baseball legends and passionate supporters of youth baseball. Over the years, this prestigious gathering has featured renowned figures such as Nolan Ryan, Tommy Lasorda, Tim Raines, and Darryl Strawberry, making it a must-attend event for baseball enthusiasts. In addition to the chance to hear from these legends, the Breakfast of Champions includes an exquisite auction, offering high-end, exclusive items that

Rockies Fest will feature player/coach autograph sessions, Q&A sessions, behind-the-scenes fan experiences, Kids activities, Rockies Family Feud, Garage Sale and many more exciting events and activities. All proceeds will benefit the Colorado Rockies Foundation.    – January 25th Admission & Autograph Tickets – $15.00 (Age 3+)  –  Public On-Sale begins January 7 https://www.mlb.com/rockies/fans/rockies-fest  

Join us on January 22nd @7pm MST as we host a one hour Zoom meeting with Denny McClain – a 2-time Cy Young Award winner, ace of the World Champion 1968 Tigers and the last pitcher to win 30 or more games in a season (something that will never happen again). Denny will be discussing his career and new book with time reserved for general Q&A. Registration Link – https://rmsabr.org/denny-mcclain-registration/

  On Wednesday January 15th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill.   The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking.   MAP This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there! Thank you,   RMSABR Board of Directors  

  On Wednesday November 20th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill.   The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking.   MAP This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there! Thank you,   RMSABR Board of Directors  

The Rocky Mountain chapter of SABR’s Baseball Card Group will meet on Saturday, November 16 at 10 am at All’s C’s Collectibles in Aurora (1250 S. Abilene St., Aurora – near the intersection of I-225 and Mississippi) Map It will be an opportunity to catch up and talk baseball and cards before we head into the holiday season. An agenda will posted and emailed shortly. Please let me know if you have something to add. Please email or call Brian

  On Wednesday October 16th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill.   The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking.   MAP This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there! Thank you,   RMSABR Board of Directors  

The group will meet again on Saturday, August 17 at 11 AM at Stoney’s Bar & Grill in Denver Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking. Map We plan to have a recap of the SABR baseball card committee meeting at the National Convention a few weeks ago. We hope to have at least a couple people who attended the meeting available to talk about their experience. Here is a

On Wednesday, July 17th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Stoney’s Bar & Grill. The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Stoney’s is located at  1111 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203. There is plenty of on street metered parking. Map This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with fellow baseball fans. Hope to see you there!

Join us on Saturday July,13 at Scott Carpenter Field in Boulder,CO for a chapter get-together to watch the Boulder Collegians take on the Elite Baseball club in a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00pm but we encourage you to arrive at least 30 minutes before to locate the field, park, get settled at the seating area and connect with other members. Scott Carpenter Field is located off the southeast corner of Arapahoe Avenue and 29th Street. Map Parking is

Please join us on March 24,2024, 1:00pm at Coors Field in celebrating the life of one of our most senior members (2009) and good friend, Herb Shankman who passed away in December. Please bring a story or a memory to share with everyone. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude’s Research Hospital in memory of Herb. https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Memorials/ Memorials?px=8287070&pg=personal&fr_id=154020 Parking instructions for the event can be found HERE

On Wednesday, March 20th, we will have an in-person Rocky Mountain SABR gathering at Chopper’s Sports Grill. The luncheon will begin at noon and will go to about 1:30 PM. Chopper’s is located at 80 S. Madison St., which is close to S Alameda and Colorado Blvd. There is plenty of free parking, both on the street in front of the restaurant as well as a parking lot behind the building.  This is a great opportunity to discuss baseball with

UPDATE – Due to the forecasted weather, this event has been moved from Feb 10th to Feb 24th ======================================================================== On Saturday, February 24th-  from 10 am to roughly noon at All C’s Sports Collectibles in Aurora we’ll have our next meeting of the RM SABR Baseball Card Group. All C’s are located by the Burlington Coat Factory store and the Aurora Mall off of I-225. PROPOSED AGENDA  1. Introductions 2. All C’s presentation      Next Collector’s Showcase – April

Join us on Saturday February 3rd for our annual SABR Day Festivities starting at 9:30am at the Stanley Beer Hall in Aurora.   The day will begin with an open panel discussion featuring prominent Rockie media personalities followed by a trivia contest (all are welcome to participate). Finally, will be our traditional game of catch on the lawn.   The Stanley Beer Hall is on the first floor of the Stanley Marketplace located at 2501 Dallas St #100, Aurora, CO

It’s the return of the first Rockies Fest since 2020! The event at Coors Field is advertised as having player/coach autograph sessions, Q&A sessions, behind-the-scenes fan experiences, a garage sale, kids activities, Rockies Family Feud, and many more exciting events and activities. With 29 players from the 40-man roster on hand (including fan favorites Charlie Blackmon, Kris Bryant and Kyle Freeland) it’ll be a nice re-introduction to the Denver nine.   Season Ticket & Mini-Plan Passport Holders (all ages) –

  The annual Friends of Baseball Breakfast of Champions is scheduled for 8 am. Jan 27 at the Island Grove Event Center, 421 N. 15th Ave. Greeley, CO And, again, the event will have a marquee name as its featured speaker. Eight-time Major League Baseball all-star Darryl Strawberry is slated to be the event’s speaker. Strawberry is a four-time World Series Champion, he was the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year, a two-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award,

Join us at the Cherry Cricket (Ballpark location) from 3:30pm on Tuesday January 23rd as we gather to watch the televised live announcement of the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. Rockie legend Todd Helton narrowly missed being voted in last year, but we are very hopeful this is the year he joins his former teammate Larry Walker in getting a plaque in Cooperstown. The Cherry Cricket is located at 2220 Blake St, Denver, CO 80205 (right across from Coors

Ballpark Figures with Shakeia Taylor Join us each month for SABR’s Ballpark Figures, a new interview series hosted by Shakeia Taylor. The virtual Zoom event is free and open to all active SABR members. Not a SABR member yet? Visit SABR.org/join to sign up for a monthly or annual membership. Pre-register: Click here to pre-register for Ballpark Figures on October 12 with Meg Rowley Taylor is a Deputy Senior Content Editor at the Chicago Tribune and a Chicago-based baseball historian.

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 8-10, 2024, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona. We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us! The Analytics Conference schedule consists of research presentations and guest

All baseball fans are invited to join us for the fifth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on September 29-October 1, 2023. All baseball fans are welcome to attend! Click here to register for the 2023 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual event with the theme “Through the Lens of Baseball.” The conference will

SAVE THE DATE! SPECIAL VIRTUAL EVENT WITH JOE POSNANSKI SUNDAY AUGUST 27TH @ 6PM MDT We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a special virtual event the evening of Sunday August 27th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Our special guest will be famous baseball writer and author Joe Posnanski. Joe Posnanski is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Baseball 100, Paterno, and The Secret of Golf, and has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five

The group will meet again on Monday, August 21 at 5:30 p.m. at Choppers Sports Grill in Cherry Creek located at 80 S. Madison Street. It’s the same location that the monthly SABR meetings have been held. An agenda is attached. We plan to have a recap of the SABR baseball card committee meeting at the National Convention a few weeks ago. We hope to have at least a couple people who attended the meeting available to talk about their experience.

Ballpark Figures with Shakeia Taylor Ballpark Figures is a monthly interview series hosted by Shakeia Taylor, open to all active SABR members. Taylor is a Deputy Senior Content Editor at the Chicago Tribune and a Chicago-based baseball historian. Her work has appeared at SB Nation, FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, MLB.com, Yahoo! Sports, and other outlets. She was a recipient of the 2021 SABR Analytics Conference Research Award for historical baseball analysis/commentary _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________           Coming Up   –  August 3, 2023 

The deadline to take advantage of the All-Inclusive Package for SABR’s 51st annual convention is Monday, June 5. This special option includes full convention registration, a ticket to the Awards Luncheon, a ticket to the White Sox vs. Cardinals game on Friday, July 7, AND a commemorative SABR 51 lapel pin. Plus, you’ll save over $50 with the all-inclusive package versus a la carte selections.   Monday, June 5 is also the deadline for: Purchasing tickets to the Awards Luncheon

Mike Petriello and SABR member Donna Muscarella will be guests of our next Rocky Mountain SABR Chapter virtual, scheduled for Monday, June 26, at 7 PM (MDT). Petriello, a BBWAA member, writes for MLB.com after former gigs with FanGraphs and ESPN; he recently wrote about a new defensive metric to better evaluate catchers and stolen bases and will talk about it during the virtual. Mike follows the big league game closely, is a frequent guest on MLB Network, understands Baseball

Our annual “SABR Day” for our the Rocky Mountain SABR members and followers was held on Sunday, February 5th. This year, we were the privileged guests of the FAST Performance facility, an athletic training facility owned and operated by former big leaguer and Colorado Rockie Jason Hirsh in downtown Denver. Jason provided us with a personal tour of his facility, and introduced us to the field of athletic performance training, including some of the advanced analytics used and provided to

Join us on January 29th at the Island Grove Event Center in Greely for the Friends of Baseball Annual “Breakfast of Champions” This year’s guest speaker will be former Cincinnati Red / LA Dodger All-Star Eric Davis Doors open @ 7:30am Breakfast is @ 8:00am. RAFFLE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD WHICH CAN BE USED FOR FREE ADMISSION TO THE BREAKFAST. RAFFLE TICKETS ARE $20.00 EA. RAFFLE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT GOJOS > 353-1903, GARRETSON’S > 353-8060, SEARS REAL ESTATE

The DNVR Bar (2239 E. Colfax Ave, Denver) invites you to join us on Tuesday, January 24 to view the Baseball Hall of Fame announcement for the Class of 2023. Doors will open early at 3:30pm to accommodate everyone for this special event. (Here’s a link to our menu in case you have any food restrictions: https://www.dnvrbar.com/menus/#food) Todd Helton is currently at 79.4% of all public ballots with a couple hundred more to be submitted and counted. Our hope is