Spring 2016 Event: Moneyball: UChicago

Moneyball: UChicago

Chicago Society welcomes you to Moneyball: UChicago, an event discussing the statistics and strategies used behind today’s winning baseball clubs.

With the Chicago Cubs batting the pitcher in the 8th slot and the Toronto Blue Jays scoring 120 runs more than any other team during the past season, such an event will shed light on exactly what makes a winning baseball club and which team has the best chance for the 2016 season.

Our May 5 speakers include:

ANDY ANDRES

Senior Lecturer at Boston University MLB Datacaster at Fenway Park Baseball Analyst for BaseballHQ.Com

VINCE GENNARO

President of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) M.S. Program Director at Columbia University

ROB NEYER

National Baseball Editor for FOX Sports, SB Nation and ESPN.Com Voting Member of the Fielding Bible Awards

Our May 12 speakers include:

JIM ALBERT

Professor at Bowling Green State University Co-Author of Analyzing Baseball Data with R

DAVID BERRI

Professor at Southern Utah University Co-Author of The Wages of Wins and Stumbling on Wins

TIM DIERKES

Creator and Owner of MLB Trade Rumors Interviews with WGN Chicago and MLB Home Plate on XM