SABR Rattled

Doug Pappas, one of the leading writers about the business of baseball, has died at the age of 43. An attorney by trade, Pappas was a regular contributor to Baseball Prospectus, was chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research's Business of Baseball committee and maintained a personal weblog covering the business of baseball weblog. ESPN’s baseball writers Jayson Stark and Rob Neyer had long known of Pappas’ passion, and had frequently cited his research in their columns.

(Props to Don for bringing this to my attention.)