Link to the SABR 2010 Annual Report.  The report includes the Business of Baseball Committee annual report which highlights the contributions made by Business of Baseball committee members.

http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/sabr-annual_report-2010.pdf

During SABR Convention 2010 in Atlanta, the SABR Business of Baseball Committee launched its new website.  The new website was built with new goals in mind, and some of the features should fit with feedback received from committee members through the committee communications survey fielded earlier in 2010.

The website is designed with enhancements for simplicity and user-friendliness.  Some of the highlights include:

• Historic photos on the homepage.  The photo appearing on the home page changes each time the website user visits the homepage.  There is also a photo magnification feature that can be activated by clicking on the photo.
• A help page for citing research from the SABR Business of Baseball Committee.
• Archives of the SABR Business of Baseball Committee newsletter, Outside the Lines.
• A news feed devoted to SABR Business of Baseball Committee annoucements, accomplishments, and other important communications.
• Resources such as databases like the Scholarly Works Database, documents such as the 2007-2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, and lists such as books related to executives.

While the new website has been launched, more resources are in the process of being added to the website, meaning that more information should be available to you soon.

Take a look around the new website, and enjoy!

Thanks to Peter Garver, Ken Cherven, and a special thanks to Bill Hickman for making the new website a reality.

SABR Business of Baseball Communications Survey Results

To further the understanding regarding how SABR Business of Baseball committee members think and feel about potential modes of communication and types of business of baseball information, the committee conducted an online survey of committee members in February 2010.  The topics of interest included:

·        Modes of communication

·        Frequency of communication

·        Communication screening

·        Committee listserv

This article describes the results of the survey.

Click on the "Read More" icon below to view the rest of the article.

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