Sabermetrics, Scouting, and the Science of Baseball, a weekend seminar for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund, puts you up close with some of baseball’s top coaches, statisticians, scouts, doctors, and scientists. The seminar takes place on August 4 and 5, 2012 in Boston, MA, and is limited to 200 of baseball’s best fans.

Register now so you can join us on August 4 and 5, 2012 at Boston University’s Metcalf Science Center and enjoy the edge that professional scouting, science, and sabermetrics will give you at your next fantasy or real-life baseball game.

During this event, you will grasp how science is blended with advanced baseball statistics and traditional scouting assessments to produce outstanding results for teams. Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn about the deeper game of baseball from insiders and pros, meet people who love the game, and help the Jimmy Fund.

You will enjoy presentations and panel discussions with the manager of the Boston Red Sox, Bobby Valentine; team Bench Coach, Tim Bogar; Director of Professional Scouting, Jared Porter; BrooksBaseball.net creator, Dr. Daniel Brooks; baseball physicist, Dr. Alan Nathan; and many more including world renowned neuroscientists, physicists, sports medicine physicians, professional sabermetricians, professors, journalists, writers, and other baseball enthusiasts.

Register now Tickets for the weekend seminar are $125, with a discounted pass of $65 available to full time students, with all proceeds from the event going to the Jimmy Fund. Help cure cancer while talking baseball with some of its top minds!

We are proud to announce that every one of the speakers at this event (who are not only incredible baseball resources, but are also amazingly altruistic) are donating their time to participate in this seminar. Boston University’s Center for Neuroscience and Department of Physics graciously sponsored our event, and volunteers have helped with this website, the program, and snacks and drinks. This means that every penny earned during this baseball weekend will go directly to the Jimmy Fund. The organizers of this baseball weekend would like to express their gratitude to everyone who helped make this event possible.

March 29, Surprise and Peoria, AZ

Kerry Wood,
Guillermo Mota,
Jeremy Affeldt,
Shawn Camp,
Matt Cain,
Clayton Richard,
Steve Edlefsen,
Ernesto Frieri,
Matt Harrison,
Michael Kirkman,
Christopher Volstad,
Joe Thatcher,
Koji Uehara,
Alberto Cabrera,
Luke Gregerson,
Brad Brach,
Yoshinori Tateyama

Spring ball is winding down. As teams starting moving towards home, we'll get some games in big league parks but with more (non-)prospects than usual. Here's a rundown of the next few days, through April 4

tomorrow, March 30, just Surprise and Peoria
CWS @ KC
SF @ SD

March 31, still two parks but two games in one location
Mil @ SD
ARI @ KC
SD @ SEA

April 1, Yankees head to Miami for a warm-up game in the new park
KC @ SEA
SD @ TEX
NYY @ MIA

April 2, just one game in the Cactus League but four more in the big parks
COL @ SEA
PIT @ PHI
LAD @ LAA
NYY @ MIA
OAK @ SF

April 3, eight games from big parks
MIL @ ARI
BOS @ WAS
KC @ SD
PIT @ PHI
LAA @ LAD
CWS @ HOU
SF @ OAK
MEX @ TEX

April 4, the fish open the new yard for real, and five exhibition games ... TBF is some college team I guess.... UPDATE: F is for futures, Rays prospects (thanks, Reggie).
STL @ MIA *
LAA @ LAD
CWS @ HOU
MIL @ ARI
OAK @ SF
TBF @ TB

If you write for a blog or website and want to automatically generate links to player cards for your pitching related posts, copy and paste your entry into here...

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/player_cards/pc_link.php

...and you will get back text with all the player names turned into links to the appropriate player cards!

The Player Cards are receiving near-daily updates from Harry and Lucas.

Here's a list of the pitchers who made their PITCHf/x debuts this Spring, through March 25.

Jason Lane,
Deunte Heath,
Stephen Dodson,
Dustin Molleken,
Andrew Kown,
Jarrett Grube,
Jean Machi,
Pedro Figueroa,
Josh Sullivan,
Yoervis Medina,
Justin Souza,
Jose De Paula,
Pedro Hernandez,
Juan Oramas,
Daniel Otero,
Brett Hunter,
Edwar Cabrera,
Roman Mendez,
Jay Jackson,
Brett Lorin,
Jacob Odorizzi,
Robert Ross,
Joseph Wieland,
Trevor Bauer,
Ryan Buch,
Patrick Corbin,
Jorge Reyes,
Robert Erlin,
Jeremy Berg,
Noel Arguelles,
Richard Hembree,
Javier Salas,
Kevin Johnson,
Alex Fernandez,
A.J. Salcines,
Christian Diaz,
Eric Nedeljkovic,
Alex San Juan