Good afternoon -- if anyone is considering submitting an abstract for oral
presentations next summer, please review the following:



Submission Guidelines for Research Presentations

By John Zajc


All SABR members are invited to present their research findings to their
colleagues attending SABR39 in Washington. Oral presentations are expected to
last 20 minutes, followed by a five minute question-and-answer period. Abstracts
covering all aspects of baseball research are welcomed.

After consulting with research committee leaders and SABR staff, we are
instituting a number of changes in research presentation review this year,
reflecting an orientation favoring inclusiveness and broadening the
representation of researchers at the convention. The new procedures are:

• Oral presentations will be limited to one presentation slot (20 minutes,
plus five minutes for Q&A) in length.
• While submitters may express preference for one format or the other, all
abstracts will be evaluated as both oral and poster presentations. Reviewers
will not be informed of the submitter’s preference if one is expressed.
• At most one abstract will be accepted from each submitter. Researchers are
encouraged to submit multiple abstracts, but no more than one of them will be
accepted for presentation. If more than one of a submitter’s abstracts scores
well enough to be accepted, the researcher will be permitted to choose which one
to present at SABR39.

Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in
length, and must include the abstract's title, review of previous work on the
subject, a summary of the research methodology and anticipated results, and the
expected contribution to the field of baseball research offered by this work.

When submitting an abstract, the author should describe anticipated audio-visual
needs if the abstract is accepted as an oral presentation. As noted above,
authors may submit multiple abstracts. SABR membership is not required in order
to submit an abstract.

All research submissions will be evaluated by blind review. While it is not
absolutely mandatory, we very strongly encourage researchers to submit their
abstracts electronically, either in a standard word processor format (Microsoft
Word preferred) or as plain-text email.

The email address for submitting abstracts is
sabr2009-presentations@....

The submission deadline for SABR39 abstracts is midnight PST, Sunday, MARCH 15,
2009.

Through on-site judging, the best presentations will receive the Doug Pappas
Award for best oral presentation and the USA Today Sports Weekly Award for best
poster presentation.

The above-listed email address should be used for all abstract submissions, as
well as for questions and information requests regarding research presentations
at SABR39.

Volunteers seeking to participate in the blind review process and/or on-site
judging are also requested to apply by sending a message to the above email
address.