SABR Analytics Conference
Couldn't make it to Arizona for the inaugural SABR Analytics Conference? Check out SABR.org/analytics for full coverage of the event that brought together more of the top minds of the baseball analytic community than ever before.
- Here's a sampling of tweets from the SABR Analytics Conference:
Cubs owner Tom Ricketts held an exclusive Q&A with SABR president Vince Gennaro on Friday morning. 
#Cubs Tom Ricketts sends all the right messages at #SABRanalytics. All about rebuilding Cubs practice facility to make it first class.- Hillary Superak, a member of Pat Kilgo's research team at Emory University (which won the award for best poster presentation at last year's SABR 41 convention), led a spirited presentation on “Bridging the Gap Between Sabermetrics and Formal Statistical Inference: Toward a Unified Approach to Baseball Research”.
Whew, i'm no @PatKilgo but i made it through the #SABRanalytics talk! Lots of good questions from audience... may have even started a fight- The "Retrospective Look at Baseball Analysis" panel included Dick Cramer, co-founder of SABR's Statistical Analysis Research Committee in 1974; Gary Gillette, on SABR's Board of Directors; and John Thorn, Major League Baseball's Official Historian. Moderator: Sean Forman, Baseball-Reference.com.
Panel with Dick Cramer, Gary Gillette, John Thorn, & @sean_forman was fantastic. Too short. #SABRanalytics
Landmarks of Sabermetrics, Part III: Relative Batting Average, by David Shoebotham. #SABRanalytics ourgame.mlblogs.com/2012/03/17/rel…- Our "Fantasy Baseball Panel", on what we can all learn from Fantasy Baseball and the way it has impacted MLB teams, included: Derek Carty, Baseball Prospectus; Craig Glaser, Bloomberg Sports; and Eno Sarris, FanGraphs. Moderator: Cory Schwartz, MLB.com.
So @enosarris just dropped "predilections" on the fantasy panel at #SABRAnalytics.- We posted audio of selected panels immediately after they happened at SABR.org/analytics. Here's a link to our General Managers Panel with Chris Antonetti (Indians), Doug Melvin (Brewers) and Jerry Dipoto (Angels). Moderator: Ken Rosenthal, MLB Network/FoxSports.com.
For your listening pleasure, today's #SABRanalytics GMs panel: bit.ly/z2KNgg. Thanks to @Ken_Rosenthal, @Indians, @Brewers, @Angels- For the Clubhouse Confidential panel, we included speakers who appear regularly on MLB Network's signature sabermetrics program, "Clubhouse Confidential" (airing at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily). Speakers included: Dave Cameron, FanGraphs; Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus; Vince Gennaro, SABR President; and Rob Neyer, Baseball Nation.
.@DCameronFG goes whole hog for the second wild card. Thinks it's best Selig idea yet. #SABRanalytics
Scrolling like a hampster onna wheel, faving links w #SABRanalytics tag. Wanna have access to the goodies before Twitter disappears them.- Lots of great facial hair at #SABRanalytics—sorry @merknits!—but @jay_jaffe wins Best in Show: bit.ly/A73SgJ (h/t @hangingsliders)
With one day left, I can say without reservation that I am looking forward to next year's #SABRAnalytics conference. This has been great.- MLB Productions, ESPN and Bloomberg TV each had film crews all weekend during the conference. Here's a clip on MLB.com talking with some of the front office executives who attended:
MLB GM's talk advanced metrics at #SABRAnalytics conference - video cameo by moi! atmlb.com/wC8Rzx- This photo is from the John Dewan/Bed Jedlovec presentation on defensive shifts. You can read more about the research presentations at http://sabr.org/analytics/topics.
Learning about defensive research done by Baseball Info and the Ted Williams defensive shift #SABRanalytics http://pic.twitter.com/qRcotJPj- Our Scouting and Analytics panel featured Joe Bohringer, Chicago Cubs; A.J. Hinch, San Diego Padres; and Corrine Vitolo, SmartKage. Moderator: Dan Migala, PCG.
#SABRanalytics buzzing about @ajhinch He displayed 5 tools of a superb front office exec: intellect, cognition, perspective, modesty & humor
Good to meet @FollowThePadres today. Excellent article from the #SABRanalytics conference http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120316&content_id=27343374&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb#comment_container- Ken Rosenthal returned Saturday morning for a Q&A with Cleveland Indians president Mark Shapiro. You can listen to their full interview here: http://sabr.org/latest/sabranalytics-qa-mark-shapiro.
