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On this episode of the Sports Info Solutions Baseball Podcast, we devote the entire episode to exploring the Baseball Hall of Fame from different angles.- Former Mariners outfielder Mike Cameron shares the story of how Ichiro Suzuki made him a better defensive center fielder.- MLB senior database architect, book author, and inventor of baseball stats Tom Tango gave his recommendations for how to evaluate pitchers for the Baseball Hall of Fame moving forward.- And show host Mark Simon explained why he's looking forward to two years from now, when he'll be casting votes for Chase Utley and Félix Hernández.Thanks as always for listening. Please check out the new-and-improved FieldingBible.com website, follow us on Twitter at @sis_baseball, and read our work at SportsInfoSolutions.com. You can e-mail us at Mark@sportsinfosolutions.com.
Tom Tango – Senior Data Architect, MLB Bill James – Statistician Meghan Chayka (Moderator) – Co-Founder, Stathletes Arguably the two greatest baseball analytics minds of all time will meet on stage for the first time to discuss the Sabermetrics that Bill James created and Tom has revolutionized. Bill James needs no introduction (he has a room at the conference named after him!). Tom Tango is the creator of numerous sabermetrics including Leverage Index and FIP and currently runs the highly influential tangotiger.com website.
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers celebrate that José Martínez has finally been traded to the Rays, then turn to the newest expansion of Statcast data into Infield Outs Above Average, before welcoming in MLB.com Sr. Data Architect Tom Tango to provide a deeper dive into how a metric gets made.
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis, owner of Huntington Press, and publisher of The Las Vegas Advisor.podcastclick to listen - alt click to download Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of Anthony Curtis, publisher of Huntington Press and Las Vegas Advisor[00:34] Louisiana law that prevents skilled players from being barred.[04:27] Las Vegas room rates in December.[07:36] Anthony's dealt royal flush story and bar video poker games/promotions.[19:55] LVA football contest strategy, "Beat the Bookie" promotion at Rampart.[26:54] Raiders stadium progress and parking options.[32:54] South Point Casino December promotions: Senior Days, 2x points, VP classes, etc[34:30] AutoSlash.com: their average user saves over 30% on car rentals.[36:07] VideoPoker.com: GWAE listeners 30-day Gold membership promotion.[39:14] Eating Las Vegas, 7th Edition[44:47] Listener question about blackjack side bet "Top 3."[50:05] Listener question about Anthony's favorite sports betting books."The Book" by Tom Tango, Mickey Lichtman, and Andrew Dolphin https://amzn.to/2SqlsOi"Sharp Sports Betting" by Stanford Wong https://amzn.to/2Q53Zyd"Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting" by King Yao https://amzn.to/2QztC9G"Burning the Tables in Las Vegas" by Ian Andersen https://amzn.to/2U6XA3R"Turning the Tables in Las Vegas" by Ian Andersen https://amzn.to/2U6XA3RAutoSlash - http://autoslash.comSouthPoint Casino - https://southpointcasino.com/https://www.videopoker.com/gwae
The annual SABR Analytics Conference was held over the weekend in Phoenix, Ariz. The MLB Advanced Media Statcast panel, made up of host Mike Ferrin, MLB.com stats analyst Mike Petriello, senior data architect, stats Tom Tango and director of baseball research and development Daren Willman, explain what the Statcast terms, like launch angle, exit velocity, and route efficiency, mean as it relates to the action that happens inside a game. The panel also talks about the future of Statcast and how it will continue to change the game of baseball.
MLB.com's Mike Petriello and Tom Tango break down the six different kinds of batted ball types, expanding from "Barrels" into "Flares and Burners," "Weak Contact," and more, and discuss how to include the difficulty of account for batted balls at the warning track into defensive metrics.
One of the biggest questions at Statcast is how do teams and analysts use it to make defense better. What better way to get that answer than from sabermetrics guru Tom Tango, as he sits down to talk with MLB.com's Statcast host Mike Petriello to discuss this subject on the latest edition of the Statcast Podcast.
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB Advanced Media director of R&D Daren Willman and senior data architect Tom Tango about the latest developments with baseball's Statcast tracking system. Then, they bring on Braves organist Matthew Kaminski to talk about his crowdsourced taunting of opposing players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB Advanced Media director of R&D Daren Willman and senior data architect Tom Tango about the latest developments with baseball's Statcast tracking system. Then, they bring on Braves organist Matthew Kaminski to talk about his crowdsourced taunting of opposing players.
It's the one year anniversary of the MLB.com Statcast Podcast! Statcast host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers celebrate the milestone by introducing the newest member of the MLB.com team, sabermetrics guru, Tom Tango. Author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tom is one of the leading sabermatricians in MLB with many accolades to his name, including developing the FIP stat.
Bill James, Voros McCracken and Tom Tango are all awesome math wizards who helped to revolutionize the way we analyze baseball. Before we look at how advanced stats are calculated, we look at the people who created them. Bonus: Taryn has never seen a baseball card in her life.