CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Jack Graney chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research will hold its winter meeting Saturday, Feb. 4.
The SABR meeting, open to the public, is at the Baseball Heritage Museum visitors center at League Park, 6601 Lexington Ave., Cleveland. Cost is $5.
Itinerary
9-9:30 a.m. – Introductions.
9:30-10 a.m. – “Memorable moments from League Park,” Joe Gazzo.
10-10:30 – Jeremy Feador, the Cleveland Indians curator, will speak on the Indians Hall of Fame.
10:30-11 a.m. – “Indians Missing MVPs,” Lou Boyd.
11 a.m.-noon – “Reliving the 2016 season and looking forward to 2017,” Matt Underwood, Indians play-by-play announcer.
Noon-12:30 p.m. – “Reflections on a baseball career,” John Massarelli, Northeast Ohio native who played and managed in the minor leagues.
12:30-1 p.m. – Tribe trivia contest with Rick Bradley.
Graney was a Canadian-born outfielder who spent his entire 14-year career with Cleveland. He played on the 1920 World Series championship team and went on to a broadcasting career. Among his claims to fame is being the first batter to face a young Boston pitcher named Babe Ruth in 1914.
Since 2014, the museum has been located in what was a ticket house at League Park, the Indians’ old home on the East Side.
