There are only DAYS left to get a $30 discount on your SABR 39 convention registration. Once 2008 slips into 2009, the discount vanishes. Go now to the SABR store to register.

SABR 39’s host city, Washington, D.C., is one of a handful of cities where two major league stadiums are still standing: Nationals Park (which just finished its inaugural season) and RFK Stadium (Stadium-Armory stop on Metro’s Blue and Orange lines). While you’re in D.C., you can also visit the site of American League Park I (14th Street and Florida Avenue NW), American League Park II (7th Street and Florida Avenue Northwest, which is also the site of Boundary Park/National Park used by the Washington Senators of the NL in 1892-99 and the American Association in 1891), and Griffith Stadium bounded largely by Howard University and 7th Street, U Street, and 5th Street NW. The more enterprising among us can also search for the following 19th century pro baseball parks: ; Swampoodle Grounds, 1886-89 (National League Senators); Capitol Grounds, 1884 (Union Association Senators); National Grounds, 1872 (National Association Washington Olympics — and Baltimore Canaries!); and Olympic Grounds, 1871-75 (National Association Olympics, Nationals and Blue Legs).