Tribute: Donna Mae Stewart, 71, of Lees Summit , 'a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan'

I'm curious about chapter meetings. Is there a regular schedule? How are members notified about meetings?

Generally we meet twice a year, once in late January or early February, and once around the time of the World Series. I am not sure if our President, Roger Erickson, has a specific date in mind for this fall.

We usually work in a ball game each summer too, but we missed this summer.

In addition to that we kind of piggy back onto local events when we can, such as the KC A's reunion stuff, or programs at the Negro Leagues Museum.

All members are contacted by email about upcoming meetings. The details are also in the KC Star in the Monday Top of the Morning column, thank to Bradford Doolittle. Also the SABR web site should have a list of upcoming meetings.

I'd like to track down a copy of the book Unions To Royals that the KC SABR chapter apparently put out in 1996. I haven't seen any for sale online; I don't suppose there's any chance a member has a copy for sale?

Contact Lloyd Johnson, he is most likely to have an extra copy. You can get his info from the SABR member directory on the web site. If Lloyd does not have an extra, half price books seems to turn them up fairly regularly.

Mike

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From: "boydrowning" <aaronstilley@...>
Date: Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:44 am
Subject: Re: New Member

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Hi all, thanks for the welcome Mike.

A couple questions:

I'm curious about chapter meetings. Is there a regular schedule? How are members notified about meetings?

I'd like to track down a copy of the book Unions To Royals that the KC SABR chapter apparently put out in 1996. I haven't seen any for sale online; I don't suppose there's any chance a member has a copy for sale?

Cheers,
Aaron

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> Hi all,
>
> We have a new member, Aaron Stilley.
>
> Welcome aboard Aaron, let me know if I can help you out,
>
> Mike Webber
>

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From: "kcbbfan2000" <Kcbbfan@...>
Date: Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:15 am
Subject: New Member

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Hi all,

We have a new member, Aaron Stilley.

Welcome aboard Aaron, let me know if I can help you out,

Mike Webber

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From: Susan Messer <susanmesser1952@...>
Date: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience"

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www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/September2008/PPOpridepassion.cfm

Mike,

You have given me a lot of help - wow! Thank you. For more information for the newsletter,
go to

The dates for our display will be Mar. 26 through May 5. I haven't firmly set the date for the "Grand Opening Reception," but it will be the first weekend.

Thanks again,

Susan

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From: Mike Webber <Kcbbfan@...>
Subject: [SABRmonarchs] Re: "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience"
To: SABRmonarchs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:21 PM

Oh Susan,

One more question, I am planning on sending a quickie news letter next
week about the upcoming meeting, if you have something written up
about the exhibit - dates or a web site link - would you let me know
so I could include it?

Thanks!

Mike

--- In SABRmonarchs@ yahoogroups. com, Susan Messer
<susanmesser1952@ ...> wrote:
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> As a new member of this group, I want to let you all know that Fort
Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS) will be hosting a traveling
exhibit in April 2010. "Pride and Passion: the African American
Baseball Experience" is sponsored by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and the American Library Association. I am beginning to
think about speakers and events to go along with this. Can anyone
make some suggestions or recommendations?
>
> Susan Messer
>

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From: "Mike Webber" <Kcbbfan@...>
Date: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience"

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Oh Susan,

One more question, I am planning on sending a quickie news letter next
week about the upcoming meeting, if you have something written up
about the exhibit - dates or a web site link - would you let me know
so I could include it?

Thanks!

Mike


--- In SABRmonarchs@yahoogroups.com, Susan Messer
<susanmesser1952@...> wrote:
>
> As a new member of this group, I want to let you all know that Fort
Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS) will be hosting a traveling
exhibit in April 2010.� "Pride and Passion: the African American
Baseball Experience" is sponsored by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and the American Library Association.� I am beginning to
think about speakers and events to go along with this.� Can anyone
make some suggestions or recommendations?
> �
> Susan Messer
>

From: "Mike Webber" <Kcbbfan@...>
Date: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:18 pm
Subject: Re: "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience"

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Hi Susan,

Dr. Ray Doswell, the curator for the NLBM would be good, he is a SABR
member and you could just contact him through the museum.

Joe Posnanski, from the Kansas City Star, who wrote The Soul of
Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America.  He is an amazing
guy.

Dr. Leslie Heaphy, Kent State - SABR member - info should be on the
web site to contact.  Obviously it is during the school schedule, and
coming from Ohio, so it might be dicey.

Larry Lester, SABR Negro League committee chair, from Kansas City.

Phil Dixon, http://www.americanbaseballchronicles.com/about.htm, also
from KC.  Authored several books about the Negro League.

Lloyd Johnson, W. Lloyd in the SABR directory - first director of the
Negro Leagues Museum, also in KC.  Interesting speaker.

Ralph Christian, works for the Iowa State Historical society, in a
good speaker.

Kevin Johnson, from Broken Arrow, OK.  Done a lot of good research on
Negro Leagues lately. Very impressed with him.

That is probably a good starting point, I tried for the most part to
stay local to our area.  If you have a bigger transportation budget
there are lots of other names.

The people above are all historian type people, to contact former
players I would work with Ray Doswell or Bob Kendrick of the Negro
Leagues Baseball Museum.

Hope this helps, if you have further questions feel free to contact me.

Mike Webber

--- In SABRmonarchs@yahoogroups.com, Susan Messer
<susanmesser1952@...> wrote:
>
> As a new member of this group, I want to let you all know that Fort
Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS) will be hosting a traveling
exhibit in April 2010.� "Pride and Passion: the African American
Baseball Experience" is sponsored by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and the American Library Association.� I am beginning to
think about speakers and events to go along with this.� Can anyone
make some suggestions or recommendations?
> �
> Susan Messer
>

From: Susan Messer <susanmesser1952@...>
Date: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:44 pm
Subject: "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience"

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As a new member of this group, I want to let you all know that Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS) will be hosting a traveling exhibit in April 2010. "Pride and Passion: the African American Baseball Experience" is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. I am beginning to think about speakers and events to go along with this. Can anyone make some suggestions or recommendations?

Susan Messer

From: "Mike Webber" <Kcbbfan@...>
Date: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:52 pm
Subject: All-Star Game Party

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Anyone who wants to come by, feel free:

All-Star Game Party
JULY 15
7 pm - when TV starts, not sure when a pitch will actually be thrown.

J.Murphy's Irish Pub and Grille
22730 Midland Drive
Shawnee, KS

Troy reserved the private "Dublin room."

Directions from Troy:
Pub is on Shawnee Mission parkway,WEST of 435.Go about 2 miles and you
pass Monticello and turn left at next light(Hilltop st.)Then quick
right and you're on Midland Drive.Address is 22730 Midland dr.It's
just past a Wendy's,on same side of street.If you drive and cross over
7 Hwy,you've gone to far.
Their phone is 913-825-3880.Or call Lloyd's cell 816-651-7118.

Here is a Yahoo Map link:
http://tinyurl.com/5d2k82

Mike Webber

From: "Rod Nelson" <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Wed Mar 5, 2008 7:32 pm
Subject: Donna Mae Stewart, a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan...

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http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/517215.html

Posted on Tue, Mar. 04, 2008

Tribute: Donna Mae Stewart, 71, of Lees Summit, 'a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan'

By JACQUIE LEHATTO
Special to The Star

Who: Donna Mae Stewart, 71, of Lee’s Summit.

When and how she died: Feb. 19, of complications from breast cancer.

Diehard fan: Donna Wakeley was a true New York Yankees fan. She was attending a high school summer league game in Illinois when she struck up a conversation with Yankees scout Art Stewart.

“I was looking at a 17-year-old, left-hand pitcher, Larry Gura,” Art said.

Gura went on to pitch for the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, and Art went on to be Donna’s husband for 47 years.

“If there was ever love at first sight, that was it for me, and her, too,” Art said. “The most amazing thing was that she was a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan.”

Change of allegiance: Donna Stewart loved baseball, but her love for the Yankees wasn’t so permanent. Her husband joined the new Royals organization in 1969 as a scout. The couple’s home base continued to be Chicago.

“After that first year, I came home and my den, which was all decorated with Yankees memorabilia, had been changed over to Royals blue,” Art said.

In 1984, they moved to Lakewood in Lee’s Summit.

“I thought she would miss Chicago, but after that first year, she called Kansas City home,” Art said. “She loved it.”

On the road: Being married to a baseball scout meant long weeks away from home.

“Every summer, from the time I got out of school until the time I went back, we were on the road,” said the Stewarts’ daughter, Dawn Stewart. “Sometimes we’d see five ballgames a day.

“As long as we were together, it didn’t matter,” Dawn said. “And that’s how my mom felt about my dad.”

In the stands: Donna attended all Royals’ home games and many of the away games, establishing friendships with the players and their families. She met many of the players as prospects.

“She saw these kids, the George Bretts and the Frank Whites, since they were 18-year-olds,” Art said. “She watched them grow up.”

She also was available for advice or just some mothering when the young players needed it.

Brett and White flew in from spring training to speak at her memorial service last month.

Flower lady: One thing about Donna that wasn’t Royals blue was her green thumb.

“She had beautiful gardens,” said her friend and neighbor, Phyllis Combest. “She taught me so much about flowers. Every morning we would meet for coffee on my deck or her patio.”

Courageous: Six months ago, when Donna called Art to tell him that she would not be able to make a home game because she had a backache, he knew something was wrong. Doctors found breast cancer had metastasized to her spine. She endured operations and therapy, hoping to beat the disease.

“She was one of the bravest people I have ever been around,” Combest said. “She was very stoic. We can all take a lesson from her.”

Survivors include: Her husband, daughter and son-in-law, two grandsons, and the Royals players she loved.

The last word: Art will be inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame this year during a ceremony honoring his 39 years with the team.

“Donna really would be my partner for the Hall of Fame,” he said. “I know she will be looking down, waving and wearing Royals blue.”

From: "Parker J. Bena" <lobby_4_u@...>
Date: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:11 pm
Subject: Cardinals Winter Warm Up

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A Friendly Reminder:

Cardinals Winter Warm Up
January 19th to the 21st and the Millenium Plaza in downtown St. Louis

Anybody in the chapter, whether you're a Cardinals fan or not, is
welcome to attend.

I know some of it probably conflicts with the Royals Fan Fest, but I'd
like to see of my chapter members there anyway.

From: "Rod Nelson" <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Fri Nov 9, 2007 9:38 pm
Subject: NLBM Events 11/10/2007: Buck O'Neil Birthday Tribute, BASEBALL BOOKNOTES: South of the Color Barrier

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Buck O'Neil Birthday Tribute

Date: 11/10/07

BASEBALL BOOKNOTES: South of the Color Barrier

Date: 11/10/07

Time: 11:00AM

Location: Field of Legends--NLBM

Contact: Raymond Doswell

Phone: 816-221-1920

Event Description

Author John Virtue has researched the special connections between the Negro Leagues and the Mexican Baseball Leagues in the 1930s-40s. He demonstrates the impact this connection had on the integration of Major League Baseball. The author will discuss his new book (McFarland Publishing, 2007) and will be joined in the discussion by some very special guests. Scheduled to attend are: Jorge Pasquel, Jr., son Pasquel, Sr.--the entrepreneur responsible for bringing players such as Ray Dandridge to play in Mexico. James Riley --noted Negro Leagues historian and author (The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues). Monte Irvin--National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, former Newark Eagles and New York Giants outfielder, and author (The Few & the Chosen: Defining Negro Leagues Greatness) Event is free with paid admission to the NLBM. Members please bring membership cards.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

1616 East 18th Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

(816) 221-1920

(888) 221-NLBM

From: "Rod Nelson" <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Tue Nov 6, 2007 2:17 am
Subject: Buck O'Neil's birthday party will celebrate life of the legend

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http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/346839.html

Buck O'Neil's birthday party will celebrate life of the legend
By BRADFORD DOOLITTLE

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will celebrate Buck O'Neil's birthday this
week. Buck was born Nov. 13, 1911.

Among events planned are an exhibit entitled "Right on Time" that chronicles
Buck's remarkable life. That'll be on display at YRC Worldwide, 10990 Roe
Ave. in Overland Park, on business days from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. during
Nov. 6 to Nov. 13. YRC will also play host to Monarchs Day on Friday,
featuring former players Jess Rogers and Ulysses Hollimon and former umpire
Bob Motley.

On Saturday, the museum is throwing a fund-raising birthday party in honor
of Buck at the Gem Theater. There will be music by Bobby Watson, Brian
Kennedy, the McFadden Brothers and Morris Day and the Time.

Call at 816-221-1920 for tickets.

From: "catholic_revolutionary" <lobby_4_u@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2007 4:48 pm
Subject: Thank you for inviting me to join.

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I was at our most recent chapter meeting and was glad to learn
that there was a Yahoo! group for our chapter.  I hope to be at more
chapter meetings and am looking forward to the next one whenever that
may be.  It just can't be anytime from January 19-21 - that's when
Cardinals' Winter Warm Up is.  Whenever it is, I'll be there with
bells on.  Will we be participating in any activities with the Negro
League Baseball Museum?


Parker J. Bena
Jefferson City, MO
Member, SABR - Kansas City Monarchs Chapter
Satellite Member, SABR - Robinson/Kell Chapter
Satellite Member, SABR - St. Louis/Broeg Chapter
Loyal St. Louis Cardinals Fan and Advocate for the Enshrinement of
Chris Von der Ahe in Cooperstown









"The one constant in life has always been baseball."
-James Earl Jones (from the movie, "Field of Dreams", 1989)

From: "RN" <rodericnelson@...>
Date: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:19 pm
Subject: Welcome to the SABRmonarchs eGroup!

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The SABRmonarchs eGroup is a restricted, unmoderated discussion group
for members of the Kansas City Monarchs Chapter of the Society for
American Baseball Research. The expressed purpose is to foster
interactive communication between members regarding all areas of
baseball research; historical, statistical, literary and socio-economic
and matters related to Baseball in the Great Midwest. Subscribers are
encouraged to post the URLs, titles and/or brief summaries of articles
they believe would interest chapter members.


Rod Nelson