28A – Interview with Sam Miller, Baseball Prospectus, Putting Analytics into Practice

28A
A discussion with Sam Miller, Editor in Chief at Baseball Prospectus and co-author of the new book: The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team. We discuss the story of how Sam and his co-author Ben Lindbergh, two self-acclaimed stat head nerds, were put in charge of a baseball team – from recruiting to team strategy. What can we learn about applying analytics and research in practice?
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More information about my guest:
www.baseballprospectus.com
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/blog/daily_podcast/
http://theonlyruleisithastowork.com/
The Only Rule Is It Has To Work

More information:
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
My ASU Web page
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Twitter: @Shakeywaits
Email: robgray@asu.edu


Credits:

The Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action
Lo Fi is Hi Fi – I’m on a Talk Show
Mark Lanegan – Saint Louis Elegy
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