Three more presentations from SABR 39 are online this week:

• Does Running the Bases Harm Pitching Performance?, by David W. Smith
• Baseball's First Expansion Draft, by Eric Thompson
• How Does the Quality of a Team’s Defense Impact Pitching Usage?, by Vince Gennaro

Three more presentations from SABR 39 are online this week:

• Strategy, Fatigue, or Something Else? The effect of defensive position on offensive performance, presented by Pat Kilgo (multiple authors).
• Doubled Up: The Mysterious Illness that Almost Ended George Sisler’s Hall-of-Fame Career. presented by Jim Provenzale (multiple authors).
• Mis-Management 101: The American League Expansion of 1961 by Andy McCue.

SABR 40 will be held at the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel from August 5-8, 2010!

You can make hotel reservations now under the "Plan Your Trip" menu option, and there will be more information in the coming weeks and months to help you prepare.

We are also excited to announce that the first three research presentations from SABR 39 are online.

In anticipation of the announcement of the dates for the 2010 Convention in Atlanta, the site is undergoing some work to prepare for SABR 40.

The site will be back with information about the Convention and content from the 2009 Convention as soon as the information is available.