John Dewan

[ConstableRabbit]

He came to Northwestern to talk about his new book and is a pretty cool guy. I couldn't stay for his whole presentation but my friend got me a copy of The Fielding Bible II. Dewan signed it "To Adam: Defense Wins Championships!"

 

He also said a lot of teams know who is and isn't good defensively well before the media does (e.g. Soriano), something I found pretty interesting.

[Eric Clipperton]

He used to be an actuary. As someone who works in actuarial consulting, I kind of view him as the pinnacle of actuary coolness, which is to say that regular people might find him cool-ish and mathy types would think he is super interesting and not too nerdy, which in the world of actuaries where 50% are painfully awkward and most of those you originally find cool or decent enough have some incredibly nerdy traits as well, or just straight up eat their fingernails right in front of you during meetings, makes him sort of like Pujols if he played in a league solely otherwise comprised of 600 clones of Aaron Miles.

 

Interesting to hear that he came across well, although I'll assume you're more on the math side just by knowing what the Fielding Bible is, rather than OMFG ERRORS?>!!?>!

[kujay]

The only time I ever hear this guy on the radio is when he is on with Murph. And you can hardly hear or understand what he's saying due to constant interruptions about BRO-OW-OW-OW-OW-OWN'SCHICKENITTASTESBETTERGOSEEMYFRIENDSOVERATBROWN'SCHICKENWHAT'SYOURBEEF?!