The 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. tours of Nationals Park are now SOLD OUT. The noon tour still has slots available, and/or you can put your name on a waiting list for the later-afternoon tours.

The schedule for SABR 39 is now online – click the image to enlarge.

SABR 39 schedule

If you're coming to the convention and the official Baltimore Orioles, Potomac Nationals, and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs games aren't enough for you, or if you'd like to spend some time in the area before and after the Convention, you can now view an excellent schedule of ballgames in the area in the weeks surrounding the convention!

Looking for quick and cheap eats while in D.C. for SABR-39? You don’t have to go far. In fact, you don’t even have to walk out of doors if you don’t want to.

“Eat @ National Place” is a food court chock full of fare of all kinds. How does this lineup sound?

• A Slice of Italy Pizzeria
• Amazon Café
• Five Guys Burgers and Fries (a fave of mine)
• Kabuki Sushi
• Meiwah Express (another personal favorite)
• Moe’s Southwestern Grill
• Naan & Beyond (for you “Slumdog Millioniaire” fans)
• Quiznos
• Grill Kabob

You can pick out the lineup and choose your own cleanup hitter.

Also adjoining Eat @ National Place, but not officially considered part of it, are

• Danbine
• Soho Café & Market
• Corner Bakery
• PJ’s Sandwich Deli
• Fuel Energy Café

Eat @ National Place is connected to the J.W. Marriott Hotel, the official hotel of SABR 39, by escalators, walkways and elevators, but it is not nearly as labyrinthine an exercise as it was at SABR 38 last year in Cleveland.

And Eat @ National Place has its own Frequent Eaters plan. As for a “Frequent Eater” card and ask them to stamp it. A dozen stampings and you get a free entrée up to $6.50 in value.

Oh, and Eat @ National Place is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you choose, you can actually go outside the hotel and enter the food court from F Street NW.

And if none of this floats your boat, F Street, right across the street from Eat @ National Place, has several restaurants to fit all manner of palates, including an organic eatery.

Bon appetit!