

In the final (for now) installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to sabermetric pioneer Sherri Nichols about her trailblazing work in baseball analysis and then data scientist and sports entrepreneur Tiffany Kelly (41:02) about her experience in the sports analytics field, touching on their contributions to rec.sport.baseball, Retrosheet, and ESPN and the need for greater diversity and representation in the industry (plus a postscript from Ben on Scott Boras and insights and takeaways from the entire Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange series).

Audio intro: Tegan and Sara, "Come On"

Audio interstitial: The Sensations, "Let Me In"

Audio outro: Nas, "Represent"

Link to Ben’s article on Sherri

Link to story on Sherri on the CMU site

Link to story on Sherri in the CMU magazine

Link to Sherri writing about Defensive Average in 1990

Link to rec.sport.baseball archive

Link to story on the Andrew File System

Link to Tiffany on her career in sports analytics

Link to Tiffany on the Sports Analytics Club Program

Link to the SACP’s site

Link to article about Rachel Balkovec

Link to Jalen Rose’s comments about analytics

Link to Jalen Rose’s follow-up comments

Link to ESPN report about the MLB Racial and Gender Report Card

Link to past MLB report cards

Link to MLB Diversity Fellowship Program

Link to Boras prediction

Link to order The MVP Machine

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