SABR43 Call for Abstracts

SABR invites all members to present their research findings to their colleagues attending SABR43.  Oral presentations are expected to last 20 minutes, followed by a five minute question-and-answer period.  Posters will be presented, with the author on-hand to discuss the work, during a poster session of 90 or so minutes, and will probably remain on display throughout the convention.

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

SABR43 will be held in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 31-August 4, 2013.  As it happens, 2013 represents an anniversary of numerous local baseball-related events that could provide inspiration for topics.  For example, it has been:

* 5 years since the Phillies’ last World Series win
* 20 years since the Toronto’s Joe Carter’s walk-off homer to defeat the “Wild Bunch” Phillies in the World Series
* 30 years since the Wheeze Kids
* 40 years since Mike Schmidt’s first full season
* 60 years since Shibe Park became Connie Mack Stadium
* 65 years since Ashburn and Roberts debuted (and the Phils changed from blue to red)
* 70 years since the Phillies became the Blue Jays
* 80 years since both Triple Crown winners played in Philadelphia
* 100 years since the Philadelphia A’s $100,000 Infield collected their last World Championship together
* 130 years since the Phillies were born

This list is by no means exhaustive and, as always, abstracts covering *all* aspects of baseball research are welcomed.

In general, we will follow the procedures used in recent years for reviewing and selecting research abstracts.

  * 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 *two* abstracts—one oral and one poster—will be accepted from each submitter.  Researchers are encouraged to submit multiple abstracts, but no more than two of them will be accepted for presentation. In addition to the reviewers’ scores, the submitter’s preferred medium will be taken into consideration in the selection process.  If more than one of a submitter’s abstracts scores well enough to be accepted in one medium (but neither scores well enough in the other medium for acceptance), the researcher will choose which one to present in its medium at SABR43.
  * 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.  For oral presentations at the convention site, SABR will provide laptops and computer-connected projection systems.  If your work will need another type of AV equipment, please let us know.
  * 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 submission deadline for SABR43 abstracts is *midnight PST, Sunday, FEBRUARY 17, 2013*.

Submit abstracts to */sabr2013-presentations@comcast.net/*, the research presentations address for SABR43. 

You may also use the alternate address */sabr43-presentations@comcast.net/*.

Questions regarding the submission, review, and evaluation procedures should also be sent to the */sabr2013-presentations@comcast.net/* address.