2006
SABR National Convention in Seattle |
Madison
Renaissance Hotel
Seattle, WA.
Wednesday,
June 28th through
Saturday, July 1st 2006
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Puget
Sound Points of Interest | Sponsorships
| Show Your Support for SABR 36!
John Barnes Gravestone Dedication
| Local Convention Committee
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SABR36 MAILER (PDF) FOR ALL KEY DETAILS ON THE CONVENTION
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36 PROGRAM (PDF)
Hotel
Information
Here are your lodging options for SABR36 in Seattle:
Executive
Pacific Plaza Hotel
400 Spring Street, Seattle WA 98104.
The Executive Pacific
Plaza Hotel, is a small, charming, boutique hotel located
in downtown Seattle next to the new Seattle Public Library. It
is 2-3 blocks from the Renaissance.
No rollaways due to fire code.
The rates are:
Queens—(One Queen bed) $99.00
Business--(One Queen Bed) $109.00
Doubles--(Two Double Beds) $99.00
Kings--(One King Bed) $119.00
Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-426-1165 or email reservations@pacificplazahotel.com.
Identify yourself as part of the with SABR Group. A major credit
card is needed.
Cancellations made less than 24 hours before arrival. No shows
will be charged one night room and tax.
The
Silver Cloud-Broadway
1-800-590-1801
1100 Broadway (about .7 miles) from the Renaissance. The
Silver Cloud has a complimentary downtown shuttle and breakfast.
$139 for 2 Queen Beds or King (through April 27)
$169 for 2 Queen Beds or King (after April 27)
Hotel offers free downtown shuttle and complimentary breakfast.
Please give the name of the group (SOCIETY-AMERICAN BASEBALL GROUP)
and ask for the group rate.
The
Baroness Hotel
206-624-0787
5 blocks from the Renaissance
*Smaller and older limited-service hotel, with in-room kitchens
*A wide range of reasonably-priced rooms, ranging from $58 to
$92 (the medical rate), the special medical rate (hotel is near
three large hospitals on “First Hill” (also known
as “Pill Hill”)
*Suites with rollaways are $85-$92 (the medical rate) and can
sleep more than two, rollaways are available (and are free)
*Call and ID yourself as “SABR” and mention that you
should get the “medical rate.” Discuss your room needs
with the hotel (rather than going over the 7 types of rooms).
Web site does a good job of presenting the different
room types
*No Parking or AC (AC usually not necessary, esp. in June)
Madison
Renaissance Hotel
515 Madison Street
Seattle WA
Reserve rooms online at: www.renaissanceseattle.com/sabr
The Renaissance Seattle Hotel on Madison Street
is the site for all SABR committee meetings, research presentations
and panel presentations. At this time, only sleeping
rooms at $240/night remained available.
If you already have a room at the Renaissance and
need to cancel it (before May 15), please contact the SABR office
(1-800-969-7227) and we will transfer the name on the reservation
to another SABR member. If you cancel the room through
the hotel, that room is lost to SABR and the original SABR rate
of $99/night. SABR will be collecting information from members
who are willing to share their rooms, both online at the SABR
Classifieds, and a master list kept at the office (see registration
form on page 12). Sharing rooms is a good way to save money on
your convention experience.
Map
of Madison Renaissance Hotel
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Keynote
Speaker -
Jim Bouton
SABR
is pleased to announce that former New York Yankee, Seattle Pilot
knuckleballer, and Ball Four author, Jim
Bouton will be the keynote speaker for SABR36 in Seattle |
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Click
here to keep in contact with other SABR members about the convention
through the NWSABR Blog
Read Senate
Resolution 8620 (PDF) by Senators Jacobson, Johnson and Fraser,
where the Washington State Senate recognizes SABR and SABR36
Show
Your Support for SABR 36!
SABR36 "Ball
Four" Buttons
All proceeds go towards securing
exceptional speakers and panelists for the Seattle 2006 Convention
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Plan your Family Vacation in Seattle and the Great Northwest Around
the 2006 SABR Convention
Optional
Events
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Make your plans to bring your family to Seattle
during SABR 36. While members attend the convention, your family
will have many organized tours and trips to choose from. They
will be open to both SABR family members and friends. These organized
events will be offered not just before and after the convention,
but also during. Your loved ones will not be
left to fend for themselves and plan on their own, while you immerse
yourself in baseball history. They’ll be with other SABR
family members on pre-arranged tours, run by experts in the business,
showcasing the best the Northwest has to offer.
Of course, we’ll also provide you with information
and discounts on outings you may want to do on your own, from
museum trips to the Space Needle.
We will offer tours from Monday June 26 through
Sunday July 2, starting with a boat trip to Victoria, British
Columbia and ending with a cruise to the San Juan Islands. Other
tours include outings to Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. We will
also have a SABR group departing from Seattle on a 7-day Alaska
cruise Sunday afternoon July 2.
Some trips will be offered twice during the week,
to offer flexibility. The exact schedule and pricing will be finalized
in the next few weeks. At that time, there will be a link whereby
you can sign up and pay for these trips since space may be limited.
Prices will be surprisingly affordable and excellent values.
So the trip to SABR 36 in Seattle is not just for
SABR members! It’s for your wife (or husband) and kids too.
Don’t leave home without them! And you won’t feel
guilty during the convention, because they’ll be having
as good a time as you’ll be having. Plan to find your Emeralds
in the Diamond City and surrounding areas.
Steve Steinberg
Tim Herlich
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Convention
Links of Interest
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Puget
Sound points of interest & things to do:
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Transportation
Information
The Seattle
area is served by the Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport, known as SeaTac , and has direct and
nonstop service throughout the United States and the northern hemisphere,
included daily nonstop flights to/from Europe and Asia.
Click
here to review the terminal layout.
SeaTac is about
16 miles from downtown Seattle. Incoming visitors can reach downtown
hotels via:
taxi ($35)
Gray
Line Airport Express bus service ($10.25 adult and $6 child
one way, $17 adult and $10 child round trip)
Shuttle
Express Seattle Van Service (rates vary, beginning at $21.25
one way)
Public
transit ($1.25–$2.00 one way, single fare; Sundays, all
day pass $2.00)
For general
information on Seattle, also known as the Emerald City, click
here.
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John Barnes Gravestone Dedication
Image courtesy of David Eskenazi
Press Release
(PDF)
It’s nearly 77 years late. But for local
devotees of the national pastime, it’s never too late to
tangibly express appreciation for the man universally considered
the father of Pacific Northwest professional baseball.
The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) will
unveil a headstone for the late John S. Barnes on Wednesday, June
28, at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 11111
Aurora Ave. N.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m., helping to
kick off the SABR National Convention to be held June 28-July
1 at the Seattle Renaissance Hotel.
Barnes, a lifelong athlete, promoter and entertainer, achieved
an astonishing feat in 1890. He established the region’s
first pro-baseball circuit, the Pacific Northwest League by raising
money to start teams in Spokane, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle
in just one week’s time.
After Barnes, 74, died on Sept. 15, 1929, he was interred next
to his wife at Evergreen-Washelli, where he has rested rather
anonymously for nearly 77 years.
“John Barnes created the forerunners of the Mariners, Rainiers
and scores of other professional baseball teams throughout the
Northwest,” says Mike Rice, president of the Northwest chapter
of SABR, “so we feel it is only fitting to honor him in
a way that will survive for centuries to come.”
SABR, a non-profit organization, will accept donations to defray
the cost of Barnes’ headstone through Aug. 31.
Checks payable to SABR should be inscribed “for the restricted
use of erecting a headstone for John S. Barnes.”
Checks should be mailed to:
SABR,
Suite 719, 812 Huron Road,
Cleveland, OH 4
4115-1123.
For more information, contact Eric Sallee at 206-284-6208,
ersallee@msn.com, or Dave
Eskenazi at 206-441-1900, dave_eskenazi@msn.com.
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