Are you a FanGraphs Member? Are you going to be within the Chicagoland space August 23-24? Would you prefer to attend Sabermetrics, Scouting, and the Science of Baseball, often known as Saberseminar? Nicely nice information! FanGraphs is doing a Saberseminar ticket giveaway for our Members.
Hosted by Illinois Tech at their Chicago campus, Saberseminar is a charity convention that brings collectively baseball followers, sabermetricians, information scientists, and entrance workplace personnel for a two-day showcase of the newest developments in baseball analytics. Researchers, college students, and trade people spend the weekend presenting their newest work. Final yr’s convention featured talks from Reds senior director of analytics Nick Wan and Chicago White Sox senior advisor to pitching Brian Bannister, amongst many others, and this yr’s lineup is equally spectacular. It’s additionally a spot to community and construct neighborhood throughout the trade, whether or not it’s with followers, reporters overlaying the sport, scientists learning it, or entrance workplace personnel. A number of FanGraphs writers previous and current will probably be in attendance, together with me! And the entire convention’s proceeds go to charity causes just like the Alliance to Treatment Cavernous Malformation.
FanGraphs has been a supporter of Saberseminar for over 10 years. This yr, we’re giving freely six tickets to the convention to our Members. To enter, merely fill out this Google type together with your identify and the e-mail handle related together with your Membership. That is necessary, as it’s how we’ll confirm your Membership standing. You’re restricted to 1 entry per e mail handle. We’ll do a random drawing subsequent Thursday, August 14, to find out who will get the tickets.
Convention Particulars
August 23-24
Hermann Corridor Convention Heart at Illinois Tech
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Full Schedule
Saberseminar Meetup (21-plus)
August 23 at 5:30 PM
Maria’s Neighborhood Bar Again Patio
960 W thirty first St, Chicago, IL 60608