I really hope the Yankees get an A.J. Burnett trade done soon, if only because the waiting and anticipation of such a move is beginning to get a little bit uncomfortable. Maybe it’s because I don’t wish a forced relocation to Pittsburgh on anyone, but it

While all the invited speakers are all-stars, Jeffrey S. Moorad VSL ’81, vice chairman and CEO of the San Diego Padres, stole the show. Moorad announced his commitment of $5 million to Villanova Law School for the creation of a new Center for the Study o

Moneyball was born as the 1993 Phillies were dying. Billy Beane, the general manager and now part-owner of the Oakland A's - who developed the statistically based system of player analysis out of financial necessity - told a Villanova Law School symposiu

Billy Beane's influence on using baseball statistics and economics in building a team has stretched from the diamond to the silver screen. He may even help Brad Pitt win an Oscar before he leads the Oakland Athletics to a World Series championship. For B

By DAN GELSTON updated 5:56 p.m. ET Feb. 10, 2012 VILLANOVA, Pa. He may even help Brad Pitt win an Oscar before h

"Moneyball's Impact on Business and Sports," featuring Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, was the topic of the 2012 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal Annual Symposium held Friday afternoon at the Pavilion. Joining Beane on the st

The Villanova University law school announced it has received a $5 million gift to underwrite the creation of a center for the study of sports law, its largest gift ever. The gift was made by Jeffrey S. Moorad, a 1981 graduate of the law school and curre

This post is inspired by Aaron Gleeman’s review of the Johan Santana trade over at Baseball Prospectus earlier this week, as well as Ted Berg’s earlier look back at the same trade. Basically, the idea is that the trade hasn’t worked out ideally for eithe

âBelieve it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illumi

BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic -- A large group of eager teenagers took their first step toward their big league dreams and Major League Baseball took another step forward in Latin America on the first day of the Venezuela-Dominican Republic Showcase on

It was a win, which made it much better than a loss, but for a Mets fan, it was mostly uneasy. The Mets were making their second Sunday Night Baseball appearance of 1998 on ESPN, their twentieth overall. The previous nineteen — beginning with the very fi

I wanted share news with you about an upcoming event at the Villanova University School of Law – a dialogue that will bring together some of the biggest names in baseball during arguably the most unique Hot Stove Major League Baseball has ever seen. On F

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Villanova University School of Law (VSL) convenes an all-star roster of leading experts from sports and television for its 2012 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal Symposium, “Moneyball’s Impact on Business and Sports.” Jeffrey S. Moorad VSL ’

I have to say it took me a while to appreciate Beltran and his contribution during his tenure. I think the turning point in the relationship came when Beltran went to Colorado to have surgery on his knee after the club, namely Omar Minaya and Tony Bernaz

We began our Top 50 prospects series on Monday and today we are rolling right along with another pitching-heavy segment in nos. 31-40. As an aside, I’ll dabble in my own prospect evaluation philosophy here a bit to give everyone some background to the ra

Let’s face it, there hasn’t exactly been a lot of Mets news this offseason. The Jose Reyes saga is over, Sandy Alderson probably isn’t going to make any splashes via trades or free agency-heck, there won’t even be any arbitration cases. Outside of remaki

I started off slow. I asked him how he's settling in. He said that he's getting ready to move the wife and kids to San Diego and that he'd been living out of a hotel. Interesting answer since he's been with the team for a while, but I guess when you're a

Adam Rubin, late of the New York Daily News and now of ESPN New York, is one of those guys who've been on the Mets beat as long as we can remember. (He remained on it despite a memorably bizarre incident in 2009 where Omar Minaya accused Rubin of writing