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Monday, July 11, 2011
How to get SABR relevant to baseball researchers?
Colin was liveblogging at SABR, and made these comments:
One of the big problems for SABR, from where I sit, is that they are no longer the essential thing they were. The Internet has been a boon to baseball researchers of all stripes, and SABR was very slow to embrace the Internet, and has created a walled garden separate from the larger Internet community. It’s an interesting question of how to solve this problem space, and I don’t know if there’s a good answer. (If it comes up here in the business meeting, I will share it.)
Now someone is complaining about the lack of printed bulletins, as SABR is transitioning to online methods of communication. This is an example of the problem SABR faces - satisfying their core membership’s desires is contrary to the goal of growing the organization.
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And most of what’s happening in sabermetrics is happening well outside of SABR. As I mentioned on Day One, SABR is an organization at a crossroads; they are going to literally die off if they can’t get younger people interested in the group. I get the sense that many SABR members think the challenge is getting young people interested in baseball research. Baseball research, however, is as vibrant as it’s ever been. The question is how to get SABR relevant to baseball researchers.
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