The next meeting of the Rabbit Maranville Springfield (MA) Chapter of SABR will feature special speakers of great interest:  Dan Duquette and Gordon Edes.

DAN DUQUETTE is the former GM of the Red Sox, Expos and Orioles.  He was twice named the Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year when with the 1992 Expos and 2014 Orioles.  He is widely recognized as having created the foundation of the 2004 curse busting BoSox by bringing Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Tim Wakefield, Johnny Damon, Jason Veritek, Derek Lowe and Kevin Youkilis to Boston.

GORDON EDES has been the Boston Red Sox team historian since 2015.  Prior to joining the Sox he covered the team for 18 years, initially with the Boston Globe, and then with ESPN Boston.  Gordon is an award winning, well respected journalist.  He is the author of Marlins Mania: the 1993 Inaugural Season.  He is a contributor to Boston Red Sox: Every Picture Tells a Story (Skybox, 2014) and The Rivals: Red Sox vs. Yankees, an Inside history. (St. Martins, 2004).

Refreshments will be served and there will be a selection of baseball books, hats and other related items for sale.  All are welcome.  Registration fee: $5.

Meeting Details:

Mon., April 22, 2019

7:00 to 9:00 PM

Bears Den – Lower Level of the Campus Center

Western New England University

1215 Wilbraham Rd.

Springfield, MA 01119

For more details contact Jim Winston, 413-584-1110, james@jameswinstonlaw.com or Steve Manioudakis at 413-427-4681, stavkim@charter.net