The Baseball Research Journal; Volume 38, Number 2, Fall 2009

147, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball. Established in Cooperstown, New York, in August 1971 by sportswriter Bob Davids. While the acronym "SABR" may have lent its root to the word sabermetrics (for the use of sophisticated mathematical tools to analyze baseball), the Society is about much more than statistics. Well known figures in the baseball world such as Bob Costas, Keith Olbermann, Craig R. Wright, and Rollie Hemond are members, along with highly regarded "sabermetricians" such as Bill James and Rob Neyer. Among Major League players Jeff Bajenaru was believed to have been (until 2006) the only active player with a SABR membership; Elden Auker, Larry Dierker, and Andy Seminick also have been involved. The Baseball Research Journal (BRJ) is SABR's flagship publication since 1972 for members to publish and share their research with like-minded students of baseball. BRJ provides a unique mix of cutting-edge baseball research and historical and biographical articles. The lead article in this issue is entitled: "The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York", by Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg. Also in this issue is the famous article by Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Samuel A. Alito, Jr. entitled :The origin of the Baseball Antitrust Exemption, Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Also in this issue is an article by Dr. Steven A. King entitled "What Inspired "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"? This issue includes a special section on Baseball and the Law. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…