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Baseball's Active Leaders (BAL) newsletter, 1990-1999,
no longer publishing.
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As featured in Newsweek Magazine
on page 8 of the August 16, 1999 issue!
Newsletter was 16 (8½; x 11!)
pages with 6-7 pages of unique articles
and 9-10 pages of statistical lists - our 10th and final year of publication!
It came out 4 times a year throughout the baseball
season.
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Heisman
No more subscriptions are being accepted. Oct 1999 was the final,
collector's
item issue!
Dan is a member of the Society for
American Baseball Research (SABR)
Member,
Record Committee and Statistical Committee
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E-mail
from famous SABR member and Red Sox Asst GM Bill James 9/10/2004:
"Dan---
Your
letter to SABR-L about the relative impact of the 162-game schedule on Ichiro
vs. Maris has prompted me to do a little bit of research, and I'm going to
write an article for a web site reporting the results. I
wonder if I could have your permission to quote your letter, as it appeared,
in my article, for the purpose of framing the research question?
Thanks,
Bill
James"
The
Sporting News' Record Book and SABR Record Committee's stance on Steroids, etc.
and Records:
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:54:29 -0600
From: Steve Gietschier <sgietsch@SPORTINGNEWS.COM>
Subject: Re: Tim Kirkjian on ESPN re: steroids
On Dec 04, 2004 08:56 AM, Richard Zitrin <zitrinr@USFCA.EDU>
wrote:
"The ESPN poll - over 60% think there should be asterisks
next to his numbers."
As the person responsible for compiling and editing the
Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, I can say that we will not be
adding asterisks to Barry Bonds' records or anyone else's. We did not put an
asterisk next to Roger Maris's name for hitting his 61 home runs in a 162-game
season, nor did we put an asterisk next to all the records made before 1947 to
indicate that they had been achieved without the players having to test
themselves against African American players.
I have discussed this question with our editor and my boss,
John Rawlings, and we are in agreement. Baseball has had its highs and its lows.
The records are the records. We will publish the numbers. Others can interpret
them as they see fit.
Best,
Steve Gietschier
Sporting News
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As chairman of SABR's Baseball Records Committee, I am in full
agreement with the position taken by Steve Gietschier and have said so to the
host of reporters who have called asking about asterisks.
Lyle Spatz
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