Ep. 165: Tom O'Connell Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Tom O'Connell of O'Connell Sports Management. Since 1997 O'Connell has represented over 70 professional baseball players and is a certified agent with the Major League Baseball Players Association.

The topic is entrepreneur.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• How O'Connell became the entrepreneur he is today, starting off in the club business
• His plans for the baseball offseason
• "Moneyball" and the use of statistics
• Salary arbitration
• Projecting results into the following year
• The importance of risk
• What O'Connell learned from working with baseball scouts
• Competition amongst other agents
• Comparisons to the hedge fund world
• Some of the more interesting baseball characters that O'Connell has sat down with
• The importance of getting out of your comfort zone

Jump in!

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