Ceci Clark, Major League Mental Performance Coach of the Cleveland Indians and Meg Popovic, Director of Player Well-Being of the Toronto Maple Leafs, sit down with New York Times Best-selling Author, Daniel Coyle, to talk about using people analytics in sports and what it is like to climb the ranks…Read More The post Performance: Ceci Clark and Meg Popovic with Daniel Coyle | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference appeared first on People Analytics.| People Analytics
The last St. Louis Browns game took place on September 27, 1953, and saw the Browns fall to the Chicago White Sox 2-1 in 11 innings. Seventy-two years later, the last two surviving players from tha…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Bob Heffner, who pitched for 5 seasons in the major leagues in the 1960s. He died at his home in Allentown, PA, on June 25, at the age of 86. Heffner pitched for the Boston Red Sox (1963-65)…| RIP Baseball
In his first baseball career, Ron Taylor was an 11-year reliever in the major leagues, playing a role on two championship teams. In his second, he was “Dr. Baseball,” a medical professi…| RIP Baseball
RIP to outfielder Horace Speed, who played for parts of three seasons in the 1970s. And yes, he was pretty quick on the bases and was used frequently as a pinch-runner. Speed died on May 26 at the …| RIP Baseball
RIP to Rod Nichols, a pitcher for three major-league teams in the 1990s and the owner of three World Series rings, accumulated as a player and coach. The resident of Helena, MT, died on May 14 at t…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Scott Sauerbeck, a former Rule 5 pick who went on to become one of the busiest left-handed relievers in baseball for the better part of a decade. He died on February 18 at the age of 53 in P…| RIP Baseball
RIP Baseball has featured stories about several one-game wonders — who had one and only one game in the big leagues for a variety of circumstances. Jim Lawrence fared a little better than tha…| RIP Baseball
The Cleveland baseball franchise now called the Guardians hasn’t been cursed so much as it has been a victim of some bad ownership, bad rosters and some bad luck. But if a franchise were to b…| RIP Baseball
One of the more interesting quirks of baseball’s history is that the Chicago White Sox, an original American League team that has been around since 1901, never had a 30-homer season until Bil…| RIP Baseball
RIP to pitcher Al Fitzmorris, an original Kansas City Royal and a rare player who was selected in two different expansion drafts. He died on December 4 at the age of 78. Fitzmorris played for the K…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Bob Kelly, a pitcher who played for parts of 4 major-league seasons in the 1950s. He died on November 27 at the age of 97, and days after celebrating his 75th wedding anniversary with his wi…| RIP Baseball
Rico Carty had seven seasons in which he hit over .300, and that includes the year he won the NL batting title. If he is overlooked today, it is because his career was overshadowed by the injuries,…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Bud Daley, an All-Star pitcher and a two-time world champion with the Yankees. Daley, a long-time resident of Wyoming, died on October 15 at Help for Health Hospice in Riverton, WY. He had c…| RIP Baseball
While the corkscrew windup of pitcher Luis Tiant may have been memorable, it wasn’t half as impressive as what happened when he let go of the ball. “El Tiante” won two ERA titles …| RIP Baseball
RIP to Mike Ferraro, a New York native who reached the majors with the Yankees in the 1960s. He later served as a major-league coach and manager. He died in Las Vegas on July 20 at the age of 79. F…| RIP Baseball