An Interview With SABR Member Alain Usereau (en Francais!)
From Gaetan Alibert at Honus.fr on November 1, 2011, with SABR member Alain Usereau:
On the occasion of the movie “Moneyball” (“the Strategist” in the French version) on November 16, we went to the meeting of Alain Usereau, Member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) organization recognized internationally for [its] work on the history of baseball and who gave [its] name to the new statistical analysis described in the book and movie “Moneyball, The Art of Winning Unfair Game year”: the sabermetrics.
Alain Usereau is a journalist and sports columnist since 1989. He currently works for Radio-Canada and Réseau des Sports (RDS). Leading expert in baseball, including the Montreal Expos, he released a book in 2009 “the glorious days of the Expos.”
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À l’occasion de la sortie du film “Moneyball” (“le Stratège” dans la version française) le 16 novembre prochain, nous sommes allés à la rencontre d’Alain Usereau, membre de la Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), organisation reconnue internationalement pour son travail sur l’histoire du baseball et qui a donné son nom aux analyses statistiques nouvelles décrites dans le livre et le film “Moneyball, The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” : les sabermetrics.
Alain Usereau est un journaliste et chroniqueur sportif depuis 1989. Il travaille actuellement pour Radio-Canada et Réseau des Sports (RDS). Grand spécialiste du baseball et notamment des Expos de Montréal, il a sorti en 2009 un livre “la glorieuse époque des Expos”.
Read the English translation of the article here (via Google Translate).
Read the original version in French here: http://www.honus.fr/moneyball-interview-dalain-usereau-membre-de-la-sabr
Originally published: November 5, 2011. Last Updated: November 5, 2011.