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Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell, And The Dirty Secret Of The MIT Sports Analytics Conference

Posted by Sean Forman on March 11, 2011

And the idea is taking hold elsewhere: The Wharton School at UPenn is holding its first annual Sports Innovation Conference in April. Among the guests: Caps/Wiz owner Ted Leonsis, former Hawks and Braves president Stan Kasten, and Baseball-Reference founder Sean Forman. In other words, it's the Sloan JV team.

via Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell, And The Dirty Secret Of The MIT Sports Analytics Conference.

I just wanted to say how flattered I am that Deadspin saw fit to lump me in with Stan Kasten and Ted Leonsis as the Sloan JV team.  I've been working out daily and hope to get the call to varsity sometime in the not too distant future.   Info on the Wharton conference is here: http://www.whartonsportsconference.com/

5 Responses to “Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell, And The Dirty Secret Of The MIT Sports Analytics Conference”

  1. MarkW Says:

    Hey, it's an honor -- didn't Michael Jordan get cut from *his* JV team?

  2. bluejaysstatsgeek Says:

    Is Greenberg still on the speaker's list now that he's out in Texas?

  3. Sean Forman Says:

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