2007 Origins Committee Annual Report

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Written by Mike Ross

Monday, 31 December 2007 00:00

Briefly the "Origins" of baseball is a bottomless pit and does not have, as with most committees, the ability to hit bedrock in terms of research findings. This is what makes the prospects exciting and why we have and are trying to enlist all members of SABR to dig into the vast resources in the hope that they may find even the smallest clue. It should be noted that each country in the world may have dabbled at some point with promoting the game in varying degrees, and in so doing have added something of value to the canon, even though the game in individual locales may not have achieved popular support, as is the case in Britain where the failure has resounded with an interesting if not a colossal silence, this most surprising given Britain's emergence as the source of baseball's genesis as the mother country of the sport. Meanwhile, Australia has produced major league caliber players...in short Australia and New Zealand, one assumes are rich in vital findings. Basically, we are hoping that members will support our goals and report anything that may be of interest to "Origins" that may be added to 'source material'. So we request that through SABR auspices that members 'keep in touch'.

Finally, SABR UK has through publication of the SABR UK Examiner, edited by Martin Hoerchner, produced an anthology of some of the 'Best of' UK articles relating to Origins related articles. These hearken back to the early 1990's when the UK/Bobby Thomson chapter was founded. We will be submitting this document to Cleveland and the SABR publishing wing for consideration for reprint as a SABR publication for the general membership; this of course in hopes of encouraging further exploration of various sources readily at hand.

Respectuflly submitted,

Mike Ross
Chair, Origins Committee

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