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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Sloan Sports Conference wrap-up


I'll do a full wrap later, but here is the liveblog archive of the event:
Rob Neyer just walked by
When do you tear down a stadium?
Projections and steroids
Title defense
Nobody gives a...
Who would you start a league with?
Intangibles

Posted by Sal Baxamusa at 5:10pm (0) Comments

Intangibles


Rick Carlisle, former NBA player and coach, is telling Bill James that there are some things that you just can't measure. You can't measure a player's heart, he says. We hear that all the time. In the previous panel, however, somebody asked Bill what teams should be measuring and quantifying that they aren't now. He said that a record of a player's makeup or character would be immensely valuable. So who's right, Rick Carlisle or Bill James?

Posted by Sal Baxamusa at 5:00pm (0) Comments

Who would you start a team with?


We hear this question all the time. But at the Baseball Analytics panel of the Sloan Sports Conference, this question was posed to some serious baseball insiders: author Vince Genarro, Diamondbacks, Diamond Mind creator Tom Tippett, scout Joe Bohringer, and sabermetric legend Bill James. Who did they pick, considering age and contract status?

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Posted by Sal Baxamusa at 4:00pm (0) Comments

Nobody gives a…


Peter Gammons just related a fun story. Apparently, Bill Parcells and Mark Shapiro met at Scott Pioli's wedding (who was marrying Parcells's daughter). At the time, Shapiro was farm director for the Indians. Parcells asked him how things were going. Shapiro started talking about about his players and their injuries when Parcells interrupted him and said, "Nobody gives a ####."

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Posted by Sal Baxamusa at 3:07pm (0) Comments

Title Defense


Well, I guess I was right about Bill James. After munching on sandwiches with Keith Woolner - a perfectly delightful human being - and a short chat with Rob Neyer, I filed into the auditorium for the Title Defense panel when who else but Bill James should walk by. He's going to be on panelist this afternoon on baseball analytics, so I'll be sure to check in with anything interesting from that.

Now, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey and New England Patriots Director of New Business Development are introducing a panel title "Defending the Title." Who's moderating?

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Posted by Sal Baxamusa at 1:32pm (0) Comments