Growing SABR: Community, Baseball Research, and Balancing Legacy with Innovation with Scott Bush

Growing SABR: Community, Baseball Research, and Balancing Legacy with Innovation with Scott Bush

May 14, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 109

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Scott Bush discusses his journey to leading SABR and the organization's mission to promote baseball research.

On this episode of The Association Podcast, Scott Bush, CEO of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), shares his path from mechanical engineering to a decade in minor league baseball, leading to his role at SABR focused on growing revenue and membership. He explains SABR’s origins in 1971, its mission of sharing baseball research, and its structure of 85 worldwide chapters and 34 research committees spanning analytics, history, and niche topics, including projects restoring grave ...

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Hosts: Jake Toohey, Ben Muscolino, Gretchen Steenstra

Guest: Scott Bush

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Organizations: Society for American Baseball Research

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