Reposted by SABR ChicagoDee Malamut @dmalamut.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Kyle Schwarber with the 2016 @kccougars.bsky.social #Cubs #Phillies @sabrchicago.bsky.social 031
Reposted by SABR ChicagoLorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Thank you to @sabrchicago.bsky.social for holding a zoom tonight to talk about Ryno. A BIG thank you to @billpearch.bsky.social @heavyjstudios.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social for filibustering so I could get home from work and share. We really missed @phitter72.bsky.social. 3122
Reposted by SABR ChicagoBill Pearch @billpearch.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Join us on Wed., July 30, from 7-9 p.m. CT as we mourn the passing of Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg. There’s no presentation, just an opportunity to share memories and stories of Ryno. All SABR members and non-members are welcome. Please register in advance. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 13219
Reposted by SABR ChicagoLorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 29/07/2025'94 Cub Convention. Attending his HOF in '05 is a highlight of my life. He's been my fave Cub since soph year of hs (when he came to the Cubs) while listening to Lou Boudreaux on the radio call his plays in the field - before I actually saw him play. @sabrchicago.bsky.social #daybaseball #RIPRyno 1113
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 29/07/2025In 2021, Ryne Sandberg joined @sabrchicago.bsky.social for a surprise "Daily Double" reunion with his friend and former Cubs teammate Bobby Dernier. Watch the video replay of this memorable #SABR meeting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcZ...youtube.comStay Home With SABR: Bob Dernier and Ryne SandbergYouTube video by SABRvideos 1225
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Phenomenal meeting for Chicago SABR with special thanks to the Cubs, Pat Manaher, Ed Hartig, and Tim Zarley. Ed gave us a fascinating review of Cubs uniform history and Tim discussed his book, “1901: The War of the Baseball Magnates,” along with a look at the Chicago Orphans. 0101
Reposted by SABR ChicagoLorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The best way to end Women in Baseball Week @wibw.bsky.social is Peaches' night at the Rockford Rivets and joining in the excitement for the Women's Baseball World Cup next summer. How cool are these banners?! First pitch is in one year. Set your alarm. @iwbc4me.bsky.social @sabrchicago.bsky.social 0121
Reposted by SABR ChicagoSABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Fun event coming soon! In conjunction with @sabrchicago.bsky.social, we will be hosting a virtual show-and-tell focused on three incredible player collections. ✅ Hack Wilson with @phitter72.bsky.social ✅ Carlton Fisk with @ckamka.bsky.social ✅ Dave Kingman with Jeff English Date/time TBD. 4177
Reposted by SABR ChicagoBarnstormerHQ @barnstormerhq.bsky.social · 19/07/2025🏟️ “I WAS THERE.” On June 7, 2025, I witnessed history—the first-ever AUSL game in Rosemont. New league. Real teams. Legit stars. I left with goosebumps… & merch. 😄 Watch the full story: youtu.be/OXnodCVoTnI?... #AUSL #WomensSports #KimNg #Finch @sabrchicago.bsky.social @theauslofficial.bsky.socialyoutu.beThe First AUSL Game and Why it Matters!YouTube video by Barnstormer: Life in the Bleachers 031
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 18/07/2025🚨Reminder🚨 Cubs Master Class with Ed Hartig and author Tim Zarley “1901: A War of the Baseball Magnates” Saturday, 7/26/25 | 9:30 am | Wrigley Field Check your email to RSVP - spots are going fast! 011
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This is amazing work. Satchel Paige pitched a whole bunch in Chicago - check this out! 072
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Join SABR Chicago on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30 p.m., for an All-Star Game watch party at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway in Aurora, IL. This is a great opportunity to talk baseball with passionate fans in an informal setting. Please RSVP to @billpearch.bsky.social in advance. ⚾️ 062
Reposted by SABR Chicagophitter72.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Thanks to an assist from @heavyjstudios.bsky.social, here the ball field at North Central HS in Spokane, WA where Ryne Sandberg played—and which is now named for him. Stood right at the shortstop position he patrolled as an All-City selection in 1978, when hit .417 as a senior. Goosebumps. 131
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Congratulations to the winners of Immaculate Feud at #SABR53, including Chicago’s very own Richard Smiley! 0131
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Huge congratulations to @heavyjstudios.bsky.social for being honored with best research presentation award at #SABR53!! 0184
Reposted by SABR Chicagophitter72.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Stopped by to see Ernie on the way to the hotel—found right outside Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas back in 1950. 0193
Reposted by SABR ChicagoMarq Evans @marqevans.bsky.social · 25/06/2025THE DIAMOND KING is now available to watch for free (with ads) on Tubi. Check it out! tubitv.com/movies/10004...tubitv.comThe Diamond King (2025)For over 20 years, Dick Perez was the official artist of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This documentary shares his fascinating story. 064
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Here's my new story on a Prairie-style architectural masterpiece designed by George W. Maher, a Chicago Landmark house once owned by Charles Comiskey ... who likely never would have guessed his name would be connected to it a century later. jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/th...jacobpomrenke.comThe Historic Home of Charles ComiskeyThis article was published in the June 2025 issue of the SABR Black Sox Scandal Committee newsletter. An architecturally significant house once owned by Charles Comiskey was recognized as a Chicago… 3299
Reposted by SABR ChicagoBill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The phrase “Say it ain’t so” is probably the greatest legacy of the Big Fix and the Black Sox Scandal. So . . . adaptable. @buckweaver.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social @sabrchicago.bsky.social sabr.org/journal/arti... 2143
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 14/06/2025If you missed our outing to the Schaumburg Boomers last night, don’t miss out on chapter member Tony Coleman’s story about how both of the Chicago MLB teams have ties to the suburb. (And be sure to check out his other fantastic videos, too.) youtu.be/iIcviSfrk7A @barnstormerhq.bsky.socialyoutu.beWintrust Field or Wrigley Field 2.0? You Decide...YouTube video by Barnstormer: Life in the Bleachers 153
Reposted by SABR Chicagophitter72.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Triple time at a certain undisclosed location! 0131
Reposted by SABR Chicagophitter72.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Fun group for the SABR ballgame tonight! 1171
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Enjoyed a fun lunch gathering downtown with my friends from @sabrchicago.bsky.social, and then @phitter72.bsky.social was kind enough to give us a tour of his building — once home to the Chicago Daily News. Art Deco FTW. 4335
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Back by popular demand is the mid-week downtown lunch. Join us for an informal Lunch Angle gathering to talk a little baseball at Potbelly, 409 W. Washington, Chicago at 11:30 a.m. RSVP to @phitter72.bsky.social so we have an accurate headcount. ⚾️ 021
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Our chapter's Spring 2025 newsletter is now online! This issue includes an article about Hiram Bithorn, essential Mr. Cub baseball cards, and a look back at the 2005 White Sox. Of course, we have all of your favorite features. Enjoy! bit.ly/4ke1uUo 085
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Thanks to Mary O’Malley for a fantastic pregame presentation for @sabrchicago.bsky.social on Charles Comiskey, connecting his family history and Jesuit education to the building of his ballpark and his (very misunderstood) civic legacy. cc: @rogersparkman.bsky.social 062
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Someone had a sense of humor when they put this photo of Shoeless Joe — next to black socks and a World Series trophy — on the wall of the club level concourse near the @sabrchicago.bsky.social suite. 0153
Reposted by SABR ChicagoJacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Still time to sign up for tonight’s SABR webinar! Looking forward to our conversation with some outstanding baseball writers: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 0108
Reposted by SABR ChicagoBill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Chicago sports headlines call and response, both referring to the immortal apocryphal urchin telling Shoeless Joe Jackson to “Say it ain’t so, Joe.” The poetry of that line is one reason the myths around the Black Sox endure. sabr.org/journal/arti... @sabrchicago.bsky.social 0136
Reposted by SABR ChicagoTracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Here's the Chicago Tribune sports section front for tomorrow. Proud to have played a part in the Trib's coverage on this historic date in the Black Sox Scandal. #BlackSoxScandal #ShoelessJoeJackson #PeteRose 2358
Reposted by SABR ChicagoHeavy J Studios #CardSky @heavyjstudios.bsky.social · 12/05/2025If you haven’t heard her speak before, Vanessa is an absolutely A+ ambassador of Baseball, the Negro Leagues, her grandfather, and life in general. Feel free to join my SABR Chicago crew for a fun time on Saturday, noon CT. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 1266
Reposted by SABR ChicagoMy Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 06/05/2025#OTD in baseball history 052
Reposted by SABR ChicagoSouth Side Sox @southsidesox.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Nancy Faust is coming back to Sox Park! Six dates starting May 11, tied in to the 125th Anniversary celebrations @brettballantini.bsky.social is lucky enough to have another reason to write about and pay tribute to @played41.bsky.social www.sbnation.com/e/24188255sbnation.comNancy Faust is coming back to Sox Park!Six dates starting May 11, tied in to the 125th Anniversary celebrations 2339
Reposted by SABR ChicagoHeavy J Studios #CardSky @heavyjstudios.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Bumped into today’s guest of honor, Richard Allen, Jr. Thanks to my bud Andy for making the intro! 2391
Reposted by SABR ChicagoAdam Darowski @adarowski.bsky.social · 03/05/2025We’re all Johnny McDonald. youtu.be/R-L7ZRcgqoQ?...youtu.beThe Prime Minister of DefenseYouTube video by Pkew Pkew Pkew - Topic 011
Reposted by SABR ChicagoSean Kolodziej @seank138.bsky.social · 02/05/2025youtu.be/NWvkhzC014s?...youtu.beThe Baseball Project - "To The Veteran's Committee"YouTube video by thebaseballproject 041
Reposted by SABR Chicagophitter72.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The average American has three friends. 082
Reposted by SABR ChicagoGraig Kreindler @graigkreindler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025On this day in 1951, Minnie Miñoso made his debut with the White Sox. Batting third, his first at bat, he hit a 2-run 415-foot home run off of the Yankees' Vic Raschi. Here’s an in-progress painting of him with Chicago in 1955. Looking forward to finishing this darn thing. 814921
Reposted by SABR ChicagoInternational Women's Baseball Center @iwbc4me.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Thank you, Senator Stadelman! #BeyerStadium #APlaceofTheirOwnwrex.comState Funding to Help Bring Baseball Back to Beyer StadiumRockford's Beyer Stadium will see $400,000 in state funds to help the International Women’s Baseball Center make the necessary improvements for attracting professional league play. 0112
SABR Chicago @sabrchicago.bsky.social · 01/05/2025SABR Chicago is now on Bluesky! Have we missed anything here? 5296
