Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. The March 7th, 2018 Wharton Moneyball podcast was full of interviews Casey Massey conducted with 2018 SSAC attendees. This is the sports analytics conference we drew from for the Competitive Advantage & Sloan 2018 posts. … Mina Kimes articulated that data is not a panacea. … Continue reading Moneyball 3/7/18

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Fresh off his World Series victory Jeff Luhnow sat down with the Wharton Moneyball guys to explain how he did it. Actually, that’s not true. The Moneyball interview is from months before the season and that’s even better. Rather than looking back and constructing … Continue reading Jeff Luhnow

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Update: This is a two-parter. First, the update from Falk on Wharton Moneyball and below from his podcast with Zach Lowe. Getting lucky. When asked how he got started in analytics Falk said: “The short answer is right place, right time.” “But also the right … Continue reading Ben Falk

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Mike Lombardi talked with Tate Fraiser about the preseason and first week of the NFL season. Here are some notes about how these ideas apply beyond football. 1/ The rest-stress balance.  “The Redskins were one of those teams that went to training camp to … Continue reading NFL 2017 #1

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Bill Simmons, Mike Lombardi, Joe House and Tate Fraiser covered NFL storylines in a podcast. Not much is happening, so, there’s not much to talk about. Unless you talk about the things other people have talked about. Let’s dig into the notes. 1/ Base … Continue reading NFL Summer 2017 ‘Tawk’

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. … Bad news, this is the last grab bag post. Good news, grab bag is moving to email. If you’d like a weekly email in this style subscribe here. … Julia Galef on The Ezra Klein Show talked about how to change your mind. … Continue reading Grab Bag #2

Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Atul Gawande joined Tyler Cowen in a conversation about good data, good directions, good music, and good results. Here are my notes. 1/ What kind of data do you have? Cowen opens the interview asking, “How far are we from having an AI that is … Continue reading Atul Gawande