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October 14, 2013
Last night, October 14, 2013,
we had 30 SABR members in attendance at our
monthly Larry Dierker Chapter meeting and we
welcomed two new members to our
chapter, Susan Thompson and Josh Thompson.
Rudy Terrasas, Professional Scout
for the New York Mets, spoke at great length
about his 32 years as a scout from the time
he began with the Phillies to his most recent
trip to the Dominican Republic last week for
the Mets. Rudy articulated the difference between
amateur scouting and MLB scouting and the opportunities
each presents.
Rudy told us about the first time
he saw Lance Berkman while Lance was in high
school. Recommending Lance as a first-round
draft pick, even though he prefers college players,
was a no brainer but Berkman decided that he
wanted to attend Rice. The rest is history.
Rudy also went through his years as Mets' Scouting
Director preparing for the major league draft
and relying on his team of scouts to provide
the very best information so they could make
the best informed decisions. It's not just the
first-round picks that are important because
many players selected down the line often make
it to "the show" before the first-rounders
do. Two of his picks include Matt Harvey and
Ike Davis.
Bob Dorrill took the group through
a proposed agenda for SABR
44 and invited members to set aside time
next summer to attend and help the chapter properly
host the annual convention. He reviewed the
process for members to submit articles for next
summer's The National Pastime and the necessity
for those wishing to make presentations at the
convention to develop an outline of their talk
and submit it to SABR for approval.
Mike Vance gave a spirited report
on the "Save the Dome" activity as
their committee gets ready for the November
5 referendum. In this regard he and passed out
decals, placcards and individual fans supporting
the cause.
Mike also brought with him four
beautiful 12 x 18 color prints drawn by Patrick
Lopez showing two Houston baseball parks long
gone which are for sale. They range is price
from $25 for one to $90 for the set. Several
members took advantage of this opportunity to
buy this terrific art.
Other announcements included the
Houston Babies' playing schedule: October 26
at the George Ranch and November 23 at the Liendo
Plantation in Homestead, the Rogers
Hornsby Chapter Winter Meeting on January
11 in San Marcos, Norman Macht's collection
of signed photogtraphs and posters that are
for sale plus the date for our next meeting
which is November 11.
Larry Wemberly wrapped up the
session with his trivia contest won by Mike
Vance. Ira Liebman provided a variety of door
prizes.
See you all soon.
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