I am an A's fan. This you can all see. But what might not be as clear is just how much I love all of baseball in addition to the A's. Billy's moves might be the ones that I obsess over the most (I loved the Giambi pick-up BTW), but I'm just as intrigued by Mark Shapiro's moves over in Cleveland. My memories of the game begin with Rickey Henderson, my favorite player as a kid, but I also enjoy reading about Tris Speaker, a man who played his best ball before my 93-year-old grandmother was born. I am a baseball fan. Which means it's probably for the best, lest I drive my family and friends insane, that I was given a SABR membership for Christmas.

Now, however, I have a question for anyone who is, or has been, a SABR member. What do you think of their annual conventions? I'm (somewhat prematurely) thinking of ways to use my 12 vacation days from work and even though my membership is barely a month old, I figured it might be fun to use four of the days and see how the convention plays out. But then I also thought it be fun to take a week and follow the A's through the Northeast. There's just not enough time to do everything, I suppose.

And so naturally, as I have in the past, I decided I'd turn to all of you, the first baseball community that I grew attached to, in looking for an answer. Consider this a discussion of all things SABR, but really, as I said and as the subject line states, I'd love to get some thoughts on the SABR convention in particular.

Thanks, folks, my best to one and all.