Ryan is a first rate speaker and thinker.  Tip top.  Here is the release with meeting details from Steve Manioudakis:

SOCIETY for AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH 
 
SABR 
 
WALTER RABBIT MARANVILLE CHAPTER 
SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS 
 
Next Meeting – Monday September 21, 2015 
 
TIME:			7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. 
 
WHERE:		Bears Den - Lower Level of the Campus Center 
			Western New England University 
			1215 Wilbraham Road 
			Springfield, MA 01119 
 
REGISTRATION FEE: 	$5.00 
 
SPEAKERS:	BOB RYAN: will be presenting on his new book—“Scribe: My Life in 
Sports,” as well as speaking about his experiences covering baseball in general, 
and the Red Sox in specific. 
 
Bob Ryan, a Hall of Fame Sportswriter, is one of America's most respected sports 
reporters, writers, and columnists. He retired from daily work at the Boston 
Globe in 2012 after some forty-five years at the paper, and still contributes a 
weekly column. He is the author of many books including:  The Four Seasons, Wait 
Till I Make the Show: Baseball in the Minor Leagues, and The Boston Celtics: The 
History, Legends, and Images of America's Most Celebrated Team. He continues to 
appear regularly on various ESPN shows. 
 
Refreshments will be served and there will be a new selection of  baseball 
books, hats, and other baseball related items for sale. 
 
	If you have any questions, please call the following: 
 
Steve Manioudakis (President) 	413-427-4681 or stavkim@charter.net 
		Jim Winston (VP/Secretary)             413-584-1110 or 
james@jameswinsonlaw.com