SABR Analytics Conference

2013 SABR Analytics Conference Schedule

The second annual SABR Analytics Conference was held March 7-9, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Here is the full schedule for the 2013 SABR Analytics Conference. Click on any link below for more information, including multimedia clips, photos and highlights:

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
ASU Cronkite School

Thursday’s programming was  held at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, 555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004.

• 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Diamond Dollars Case Competition, presented by YarcData
  First round of the Diamond Dollars Case Competition.
  
• 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.: Registration open at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
• 2:00-2:15 p.m.: Opening Remarks: Vince Gennaro/Marc Appleman
  SABR President Vince Gennaro and Executive Director Marc Appleman welcome attendees to the 2013 SABR Analytics Conference.
  
• 2:15-3:00 p.m.: Featured Speaker: Brian Kenny
  Speaker: Brian Kenny, MLB Network host.
• 3:00-3:15 p.m.: SABR Analytics Research Award presentation: Historical Analysis/Commentary
  The 2013 SABR Analytics Research Award for Historical Analysis/Commentary was presented to Dave Studeman of The Hardball Times.
  
• 3:15-4:00 p.m.: RP1—Graham Goldbeck, “Batted Ball Success by Depth in the Zone” (Sportvision PITCHf/x Summit presentation)
• 3:15-4:00 p.m.: RP2—Alan Nathan, “Using F/X and TrackMan for Novel Baseball Analysis”
• 4:30-5:15 p.m.: Joe Posnanski, “The Romance Of WAR (and FIP and DIPS and Runs Saved)”
  Speaker: Joe Posnanski, National Columnist, NBC Sports.
  
• 5:30-6:15 p.m.: Player Panel
  Speakers: Brandon McCarthy, Arizona Diamondbacks; Javier Lopez, San Francisco Giants. Moderator: Steve Berthiaume, Fox Sports Arizona.
  
• 6:30-7:30 p.m.: Bloomberg Sports—Next Generation of Team Analytics
  Speakers: Bill Squadron, Bloomberg Sports; Jerry Dipoto, Senior VP/General Manager, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
• 7:30-10:00 p.m.: Welcome/Networking Reception with Baseball Industry Network
  The welcome reception is an opportunity for conference attendees to meet some of our panelists, speakers, writers and others working throughout the baseball industry. Cash bar.  

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

Please note: Friday’s programming will be held at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, 340 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

• 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: Registration open at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.
• 8:30-9:45 a.m.: General Managers Panel
  Speakers: Jon Daniels, President of Baseball Operations/General Manager, Texas Rangers; Rick Hahn, Senior VP/General Manager, Chicago White Sox; Jed Hoyer, Executive VP/General Manager, Chicago Cubs. Moderator: Brian Kenny, MLB Network.
• 10:00-10:45 a.m.: One on One: Stan Kasten
  Speaker: Stan Kasten, President and CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers. Moderator: Vince Gennaro, SABR President.
• 11:00-11:30 a.m.: Special Announcement: Rawlings Gold Glove Award adds sabermetrics component with SABR
  
• 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: RP3—Geoff Miller, “Making Intangibles Tangible”
• 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: RP4—Kevin Tenenbaum and Dave Allen, “Nash Equilibrium Solution for Fastball Locations in Two-Strike Counts”  (Sportvision PITCHf/x Summit presentation)
• 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch
  Analytics Conference registration includes lunch.
• 1:45-2:30 p.m.: Featured speaker: Bill James
  Speaker: Bill James, Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations, Boston Red Sox  
• 2:30-2:45 p.m.: SABR Analytics Research Award presentation: Contemporary Commentary
  The 2013 SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Commentary was presented to Lewie Pollis of Beyond the Box Score. 
• 3:00-3:45 p.m.: RP5—Matt Swartz, “Bayes at the Plate: Game Theory and Pitch Selection”
• 3:00-3:45 p.m.: RP6—Ben Jedlovec, “The Anatomy of a Batted Ball”
• 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Clubhouse Confidential Panel
  Speakers: Brian Kenny, host, MLB Network; Rob Neyer, Editor, Baseball Nation; Dave Cameron, Editor, FanGraphs; Vince Gennaro, SABR President.
  

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

Please note: Saturday’s programming will be held at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, 340 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

• 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: Registration open at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
  
• 8:00-8:30 a.m.: Baseball-Reference.com Q&A
  Baseball-Reference.com founder Sean Forman will be on hand to answer questions and provide tips on getting the most out of his website and its research tools.
• 8:30-9:45 a.m.: Analytics Super Panel
  Speakers: Brian Kenny, host, MLB Network; Bill James, Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations, Boston Red Sox; Joe Posnanski, National Columnist, NBC Sports.
• 10:00-10:45 a.m.: Business of Baseball Analytics: Marketing-Mixed Optimization: Agent-Based Modeling Approach
  Speakers: Damon Ragusa, ThinkVine; Alex King, Cleveland Indians
• 11:00–11:45 a.m.: Business of Baseball Analytics session: Using Research and Analytics to Impact Revenue 
  Speaker: Bill Nielsen, Scarborough Sports Marketing. 
• 11:00-11:45 a.m.: RP7—Vince Gennaro, “The Big Data Approach to Baseball Analytics”
• 11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: SABR Analytics Research Award presentation: Contemporary Analysis
  The 2013 SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis went to Bill Petti and Jeff Zimmerman of FanGraphs.com.
• 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  Analytics Conference registration includes lunch.
• 1:15-2:15 p.m.: Player Development Panel
  Speakers: Tyrone Brooks, Pittsburgh Pirates; Derek Falvey, Cleveland Indians; Yeshayah Goldfarb, San Francisco Giants. Moderator: Rob Neyer, Editor, Baseball Nation.
• 1:15–2:00 p.m.: Business of Baseball Analytics: Strategic Fan Segmentation in MLB
  Speaker: Eric Paquette, Copernicus.
• 2:15–3:15 p.m.:  Business of Baseball Analytics: Executive Revenue Roundtable
  Dan Derian, Major League Baseball; Barry Kahn, QCue; Andrew Miller, Cleveland Indians; Zaheer Benjamin, Phoenix Suns. Moderator: Dan Migala, Property Consulting Group.
• 2:30-3:15 p.m.: RP8—Andy Andres and Rory Kirchner, “Merging weather data to PITCHf/x and HITf/x”
• 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Player Agent Panel
  Speakers: Gregg Clifton, Jackson Lewis, LLP; Casey Close, Excel Sports Management; Rex Gary, Turner-Gary Sports. Moderator: Dan Migala, PCG.
• 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Diamond Dollars Case Competition, presented by YarcData
  Final round of the Diamond Dollars Case Competition.
• 5:30-5:45 p.m.: Conference wrap-up

For more coverage of the 2013 SABR Analytics Conference, visit SABR.org/analytics/2013.