Wharton Moneyball
The Wharton School
Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What sports streaks are the most impressive? How do you rank the best players? Can athletes be compared across sports? Moneyball explains how decision-makers in the game can avoid the common mistakes and embrace the data. Episodes are recorded at the Wharton School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jul 3, 2024 • 27min
Moneyball Highlights: Tracking Data in Sports
Wharton's Cade Massey and Adi Wyner speak with Dan Cervone, Co-founder of Zealous Analytics about the latest innovation in tracking data and analytics across the major sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 26, 2024 • 52min
6/26/24: Stanley Cup Finals | AI in Sports | Alok Pattani
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Jun 26, 2024 • 27min
Moneyball Highlights: AI in Sports
Wharton's Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, and Adi Wyner speak with Alok Pattani, Sports Analyst Consultant and Developer Advocate at Google, about the implementation and future of artificial intelligence in sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2024 • 52min
6/19/24: US Open | Baseball Hot Streaks | Tennis | NBA Finals
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Jun 19, 2024 • 29min
Moneyball Highlights: NBA Finals/Tennis Elo Ratings
Wharton's Eric Bradlow and guests dive into NBA Finals, Boston Celtics' path to championship, tennis Elo ratings, and Novak Djokovic's impressive play. Topics include Celtics vs. Mavericks playoffs, Elo ratings in tennis, and analyzing player performance in baseball.
Jun 12, 2024 • 30min
Moneyball Highlights: MLB Hall of Fame w/ Dan Szymborski
Wharton's Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow and Shane Jensen speak with Dan Szymborski, Sr. Writer at FanGraphs, about the influence of MLB traditional statistics on Hall of Fame balloting and whether the criteria for the Hall of Fame needs to be updated for the current style of play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2024 • 52min
6/12/24: Sports Streaks | NBA Finals | Banana Ball | Dan Szymborski
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Jun 5, 2024 • 22min
Moneyball Highlights: MLB Analytics with Scott Powers
Wharton's Cade Massey, Adi Wyner and Shane Jensen speak with Scott Powers, Professor of Sports Analytics at Rice University, about MLB analytics, WAR leaderboard, importance of the timing of RBI when it comes to statistical value, team expectations, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 5, 2024 • 52min
6/5/24: College Sports | NBA Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | MLB | Scott Powers
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May 22, 2024 • 53min
5/22/24: MLB Pitching | NCAA Golf | NBA Playoffs | Nate Duncan
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