Monday, May 11, 2009
John Dewan Speaking at Northwestern
Posted by Victor WangJohn Dewan will be speaking at Northwestern on May 20th. The exact details are as follows:
Who - John Dewan
What - "Baseball: It's All in the Data"
When - May 20th, 7 pm
Where -
Parkes Hall, Room 213
1870 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201
This should be a great event as I'm sure most of you know Mr. Dewan is one of the leading innovators when it comes to evaluating baseball fielding. He was recently featured in this Sports Illustrated article:
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1153911/index.htm
If you plan to attend this event, please RSVP here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cm1oSWxNQkFiOUxJZnZBNzB3UkJvV2c6MA..
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Victor Wang's work on OPS has been featured in SABR's By the Numbers magazine, and was the 2007 recipient of SABR's Jack Kavanagh Memorial Youth Baseball Research Award. He can be reached via email here.