I am a rising Senior at Trinity College in Hartford, CT and am
extremely passionate about baseball. I recently purchased a SABR
membership and hope to be an active member.

I am very interested in issues pertaining to Asia, specifically
China, and am also a huge baseball enthusiast. I have recently began
researching baseball in China and am very interested in the cultural
and socio-political conditions surrounding the development of
baseball in the country.

I will be a Senior at Trinity College in Hartford, CT this fall and
hope to follow my passions of baseball and Asian affairs upon my
college graduation in May of 2008. It would be a dream to work for an
baseball organization, team, or federation, possibly with an
international scope. Do any of you have any suggestions or
recommendations? Can I provide you with a resume to help you further
understand my background?

Recently, I was presented with the unique opportunity to apply for a
Fulbright Scholarship. If you are not familiar with the Fulbright
Program, it allows students to travel and research a topic of their
choosing. I am very interested in Chinese affairs; I have significant
experience with the region through previous internships and classes
and have studied Mandarin Chinese for six years. Also, I am extremely
passionate about baseball and played at Trinity during my Freshman
and Sophomore years. Therefore, I would be very interested in
researching the emergence and development of baseball in China as my
project.

I would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this topic with this group
further, either through continued e-mails or via the phone. Do you
have any contacts or resources (books, articles, websites, etc.)
which could help me assemble a substantial project proposal?

Any help, feedback, or suggestions you have would be greatly
appreciated.

I hope to remain in touch. Please e-mail me at my main account,
Ryan.Hutzler@....

Sincerely,

Ryan Hutzler

How are folks planning on getting there? Is anyone carpooling? I'm
thinking of getting to Saint Louis via Chicago, but I'm not sure how
I'm getting back yet. I am starting to look at flights.

How are folks planning on getting there? Is anyone carpooling? I'm
thinking of getting to Saint Louis via Chicago, but I'm not sure how
I'm getting back yet. I am starting to look at flights.

John,

I was born and raised in Waterbury and I have done a lot of research
on Roger Connor. If you're looking for any specific information,
let me know and I can try to send you material from my file.

Two very good bios on Connor come to mind, if you want to track them
down.

The first is in a SABR-published book titled "Baseball's First
Stars" edited by Frederick Ivor-Campbell, Robert L. Tiemann and Mark
Rucker.

The second is in a book titled "Ghosts in the Gallery at
Cooperstown: 16 Forgotten Members of the Hall of Fame" by David L.
Fleitz (McFarland & Co.)

Good luck.

Jim

--- In ct-sabr@yahoogroups.com, "The MilkRoute \(NAMBC\)"
<milkroute@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone written an article or done research
> on Roger Connor and/or his brother Joe? Joe
> Connor was a catcher and also played major league
> ball too.
>
> Several years back a local librarian in Waterbury
> found Roger Connor's unmarked grave in Waterbury
> and led a movement to put a gravestone on it.
>
> I'd really like to learn more about my fellow
> Waterbury Natives - The Connors.
>
> Thank You.
>
> John W.
>
> __________________________________________________
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John,

I was born and raised in Waterbury and I have done a lot of research
on Roger Connor.  If you're looking for any specific information,
let me know and I can try to send you material from my file.

Two very good bios on Connor come to mind, if you want to track them
down.

The first is in a SABR-published book titled "Baseball's First
Stars" edited by Frederick Ivor-Campbell, Robert L. Tiemann and Mark
Rucker.

The second is in a book titled "Ghosts in the Gallery at
Cooperstown: 16 Forgotten Members of the Hall of Fame" by David L.
Fleitz (McFarland & Co.)

Good luck.

Jim


--- In ct-sabr@yahoogroups.com, "The MilkRoute \(NAMBC\)"
<milkroute@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone written an article or done research
> on Roger Connor and/or his brother Joe? Joe
> Connor was a catcher and also played major league
> ball too.
>
> Several years back a local librarian in Waterbury
> found Roger Connor's unmarked grave in Waterbury
> and led a movement to put a gravestone on it.
>
> I'd really like to learn more about my fellow
> Waterbury Natives - The Connors.
>
> Thank You.
>
> John W.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
>

Hi,

Has anyone written an article or done research
on Roger Connor and/or his brother Joe? Joe
Connor was a catcher and also played major league
ball too.

Several years back a local librarian in Waterbury
found Roger Connor's unmarked grave in Waterbury
and led a movement to put a gravestone on it.

I'd really like to learn more about my fellow
Waterbury Natives - The Connors.

Thank You.

John W.

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Mr. Williams,

Thank You for the great website on finding
Connecticut born ballplayers.

I came across several Naugatuck/Union City
ballplayers that the local historical
society didn't know about...

One of them - Mr. "Tobasco" Tuckey is now
being looked into by the crack staff at the
naugatuck historical society.

Some day I'd like to come to a meeting
of the Smokey Joe Wood chapter.  My mother's
uncle was forunate to know Mr. Woods and got
me his autograph back in the early 1970's.

John W.



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Hi John.

 

Welcome to the group.  We hope you will plan on coming to our future CT Smoky Joe Wood SABR Chapter meetings.  Last month we had Babe Ruth's granddaughter.

 

There are two sites that come to mind to find player's hometowns.

 

Here they are:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/CT_born.shtml

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/birthplace.php?loc=Connecticut

 

Enjoy!!  I hope you write that book.

 

Joe Williams

Treasurer

CT Smoky Joe Wood SABR Chapter

milkroute <milkroute@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

My name is John Wiehn and I just signed up on the ct-sabr
yahoo group.

At present time my profession is a Librarian at a local
public library. I enjoy researching the history of my
hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut.

One of personal pursuits at present is finding information
and photos of the Irish of Waterbury. I hope some day to
write a book on the Irish in Waterbury.

I recently came across the name of Red Donahue. Red
was born in Waterbury of Irish Parents and played
major league baseball from 1891 to 1896. He also
was a umpire for several games. Can anyone suggest
where I can find a photo of Mr. Donahue??

Also is there a reference source that I can look to
that will list all Waterbury natives who played in the
major leagues? I would imagine there must be something
online.

Thank You...

John W.

Hi,

My name is John Wiehn and I just signed up on the ct-sabr
yahoo group.

At present time my profession is a Librarian at a local
public library. I enjoy researching the history of my
hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut.

One of personal pursuits at present is finding information
and photos of the Irish of Waterbury. I hope some day to
write a book on the Irish in Waterbury.

I recently came across the name of Red Donahue. Red
was born in Waterbury of Irish Parents and played
major league baseball from 1891 to 1896. He also
was a umpire for several games. Can anyone suggest
where I can find a photo of Mr. Donahue??

Also is there a reference source that I can look to
that will list all Waterbury natives who played in the
major leagues? I would imagine there must be something
online.

Thank You...

John W.

Hi,

My name is John Wiehn and I just signed up on the ct-sabr
yahoo group.

At present time my profession is a Librarian at a local
public library. I enjoy researching the history of my
hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut.

One of personal pursuits at present is finding information
and photos of the Irish of Waterbury. I hope some day to
write a book on the Irish in Waterbury.

I recently came across the name of Red Donahue. Red
was born in Waterbury of Irish Parents and played
major league baseball from 1891 to 1896. He also
was a umpire for several games.  Can anyone suggest
where I can find a photo of Mr. Donahue??

Also is there a reference source that I can look to
that will list all Waterbury natives who played in the
major leagues?  I would imagine there must be something
online.

Thank You...

John W.

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:00:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: sakrevisky@...
To: sakrevisky@...
Subject: Future activities

HI all! The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is this upcoming weekend up at Cooperstown. Joe Williams is going-anybody else? It would be good to get a report on this. I might go there in August. The SABR Leatherstockings chapter up there is meeting this weekend as well.
I hope that some of you made it to the Adonis Terry event, so any reportbacks on this would be of interest as well.
Dick Thompson, a SABR member and author from Mass, has asked for our help in the following matter:
He is seeking info about a 22 inning, 5-4 game that was played in Hartford, probably in the 1933-1937 period. Schoolboy Johnny Taylor (Hartford native!) won this game from Cannonball Bill Jackman. Both pitchers were African-Americans. Jackman may have been playing for the Philadelphia Colored Giants, or the Boston Colored Giants, or the Will Jackman all-stars. Taylor was perhaps playing for a local Hartford team. Dick thinks that this game occurred early in the season, in April or May.
If anyone can help with this, then please contact Dick at: Wheezeball@...
Finally, we need to make some plans for future meetings. Anyone want to go to a game in August? Shall we go back to Quinnipiac on a Sat. in Oct? Please send me your thoughts on this ASAP.

Best wishes, Steve K.

Okay, I delted the recent spam messages and got rid of the two members
who posted them.  What follows is a message from Steve K:

Hi all!  Hold the date of May 6 (Willie Mays' birthday!) for the next
gathering of the CT SABR SMOKY JOE WOOD CHAPTER!  We will meet at 6 PM
at the Rock Cats' Stadium in New Britain, hopefully in the same suite
as last year.  Please let me know if you can attend!  Also, let me
know if you wish to make a presentation!
     One of the items that we need to get moving on is our plans to
organize, in conjunctions with the New Haven Cutters, the Smoky Joe
Wood night at Yale Field on Sat. June 17.  It will honor the Wood
family, as well as celebrate baseball in New Haven.  We will be
working on a Wood biography, and we need to meet with Geoff Zonder,
down at the Yale archives, in order to pick out some good old
photos/stories, to be used for the PR for this event, as well as for
possible stuff to be passed out at the park.
     We also envision a SABR table, along with authors selling books,
and a program that could have a Smoky Joe Wood baseball card to be
passed out to the attendees.  We hope that the New Haven Register and
other papers, as well as TV/Radio stations will give the event
publicity and cover it.
     UP to 5 people can go visit Geoff Zonder, as mentioned above.  IF
you are interested in this, please let me know ASAP.  Geoff mentioned
that good hours for seeing him are:  9-10:30 AM, or 2-4:30 PM, Monday
through Friday (though not this Friday, April 14).
     WE also hope to meet soon with the Cutters, so as to continue the
planning for June 17.

     Hope to see you in New Britain on Sat. May 6!

                          Regards, Steve K.

Hi all!  It's time to be thinking about our next meeting, which is at
the New Britain Rock Cats park on Sat. April 16.  The Cats are
playing, so we get to see a game as well! Pete Zanardi has gotten a
room for us, in coordination with their GM, Bill Dowling.  We need to
know what time we have the room.  Please remind me if you wish to
present something.  We still need to decide on a chapter name.  We
will be on our own for lunch, as I understand it.  We can perhaps get
there a couple of hours early, do our stuff, and then enjoy the
game.  I understand that one of our members, Ken Kousen, wants to
sing the anthem.
      I figured I'd remind you now, so that we can put the finishing
touches on what we want to do.  I hope you'll all attend-bring
friends, family, etc.  IF you no longer wish to receive these e-
mails, then please contact Eileen Canepari at the SABR office, so
that you can be removed.  Her edress is:   ECanepari@...
        I will be away from 17 to 28 March over spring break, but I
will check e-mail as often as possible.  Hope all is well.  Regards,
Steve K.  skrevisky@...
860-344-8747

Hello, all.  Steve Krevisky asked me to repost this here:

Hi all!  From the feedback that I've gotten, Sat. April 16 seems good
for most of you to meet.  It turns out that the New Britain Rock Cats
are home that afternoon, so why not meet at the park?  Ken L. has
informed me that club officials could meet with us, so let's see if
we can do this, if that meets with your approval.
     Please let me know what research projects you're working on, and
if you'd like to present in April.  Getting Jim Bouton is a
possibility, from what I've heard. People ae working on stuff on the
old Conn. state league, so please pass on your thoughts on this to
me, and I'll get that to Jon Daly.  It was suggested to me that we
have a chapter historian, so as to keep track of what we do, what PR
we get, etc.  Anyone interested?
      Regarding the possible chapter name, many of you like the Smokey
Joe Wood name.  Some do not, since he wasn't born in CT., and he
coached at Yale, which is more southern CT.  I would emphasize that
the chapter is for the whole state of CT.  Having a name that would
give us visibility would be good for us, and the name should be
someone who had prominence in CT.  Let's keep this discussion going,
and try to reach consensus.
      I will be happy to be the point person, and the feedback was
good on this.  I e-mailed Ryan Chamberlain in the SABR office
yesterday, asking for the April 16 meeting date to be in the SABR
bulletin for the next issue.  I hope this works, as other details
need to be worked out.
      Also, the NY regional meeting will be on Sat. March 12, at the
Mid-Manhattan Library in NYC.  It would be nice to have some of us
there!
      As always, please contact me with your concerns and thoughts.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!

      BEST WISHES, STEVE KREVISKY

      860-344-8747
      skrevisky@...