Wharton Moneyball

Full show from 7/12/17Guests: Jon Wertheim - a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, is one of the most accomplished sports journalists in America. His work has been cited in The Best American Sports Writing anthology numerous times, as well as in The Best American Crime Writing. He is the author of various book including New York Times bestsellers Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won (co-written with University of Chicago finance professor Tobias Moskowitz) and You Can't make This Up (with sportscaster Al Michaels.) His most recent book, This is your Brain on Sports, was released in February 2016. Rick Peterson - former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, the A’s, the Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Keith Law - Senior baseball writer for ESPN Insider; Analyst for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight; Author of Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About BaseballFinbarr Kirwan - High Performance Director at the US Olympics Committee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Mark Glickman - Senior Lecturer on Statistics at Harvard University, Author of the Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports Sean Foreman - Founder of Baseball Reference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Dan Okrent - Founding Father of Fantasy; Author; First public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine Rick Peterson - Spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a recent book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 6/21/17 Guests: Mark Glickman - Senior Lecturer on Statistics at Harvard University, Author of the Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports Sean Foreman - Founder of Baseball Reference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Neil Paine- Senior Sportswriter FiveThirtyEight Rick Peterson – He spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a recent book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Stephanie Kovalchik - Lead data scientist in the Game Insight Group at Tennis Australia - Tennis Analytics Patrick Lucey - Director of Data Science at STATS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 6/7/17 Guests: Stephanie Kovalchik - Lead data scientist in the Game Insight Group at Tennis Australia - Tennis Analytics Patrick Lucey - Director of Data Science at STATS (Returning Guest) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 5/31/17 Guests:Rick Peterson – Former pitching coach for the major leaguesJeff Sackman – Runs TennisAbstract.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Matthew Reicher - MS, ATC, CSCS, CISSN; Head Athletic Trainer and Exercise Scientist for NY Sports Science Lab Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.