Reminder: RAB and FanGraphs Live Discussion in NYC on August 7
ByMark your calendars for August 7. That’s the day that FanGraphs invades New York City to bring you the first, but hopefully not last, FanGraphs Live Discussion. It’s going to be an eventful morning of baseball talk that will feature a number of top baseball minds discussing and analyzing the game. Best of all, RAB will be a big part of it.
Ben, Mike, and I will lead the New York baseball discussion, one of the many panels at the event. We talk baseball with you guys every day, but this format will allow for a more intimate, more guided discussion. We’ll be led by FanGraphs’s Carson Cistulli, who hosts and produces FanGraphs Audio. Check that link for an example of Carson’s inimitable discussion-guiding skills. They are, as I’m sure he’d say himself, white hot.
(Also, check back at that link soon; I’ll be on the pod in its next appearance.)
In addition to that we’ll have a riveting discussion of baseball media that will feature former Deadspin editor and current New York magazine contributor Will Leitch, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, Alex Speier of WEEI, and Wall Street Journal contributor David Biderman. Best of all, RAB fave Jonah Keri will moderate the discussion.
There will, of course, be plenty of nerd stat speak going on, featuring Mitchel Litchtman, better known as MGL, from The Book blog. And then there are all the FanGraphs notable, including founder David Appelman, Dave Cameron, and Bryan Smith.
You can catch the event at The Florence Gould Hall, which is up on 59th Street between Madison and Park, which is close to 4, 5, 6, N, R, and Q subway stops. You can buy your tickets here for $15, plus $1.37 processing fee.
If you miss this you’d better be dead or in jail. And if you’re in jail, break out!
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Definitely thinking about going. Any idea how long this thing is supposed to last?
I think it’s until noon.
I believe it’s slated to end around noon.
When does it start?
Thanks. You guys need to practice not talking over each other for the big day, though. We can’t afford to have any of these messups when the Fangraphs people are watching.
I would LOVE to go, but I live in Boston and have like $400 to my name…
http://www.fungwahbus.com/default.html
I wouldn’t get on one of those if they paid me.
I’ve had far more weird incidents on Greyhound than Fung Wah.
SSS Alert.
that, too. I literally saw one explode once. I was on I-93 (which Fung Wah shouldn’t have even been on), and there was a cloud of smoke up in front of me, so I switched lanes, and as I drove by I saw a small explosion in the back of the bus. And it kept going.
I saw one on the side of the Pike missing a few wheels.
yeah but i’d need to get up awfully early…
Or late, figure the bars in Boston close at 2, so hop on the 2 AM Fung Wah, bam in NYC at 6 then just have to kill 3 hours till the start.
first: I’m 18, so bars in boston are always closed to me (Boston’s BIG on underage drinking; you can’t order a glass of wine when you’re at a nice restaurant with your parents without getting carded).
second: very few bars in boston close at 2; most at midnight.
third: three hours is a lot of time to kill
fourth: stop talking me into this guys. I’ve gone from 100% sure I’m not going to like 52% sure I’m not going in the span of like 2 minutes.
Pete, Bolt Bus typically runs around $30 round-trip.
https://www.boltbus.com/
…and I will buy your root beer. Will also moderate your drinking of said root beer, vis-a-vis others’ beverage choices. I’m told that’s what a moderator does.
megabus.com
Truckasaurus!
I was thinking about catching a bus up from DC and going to the game afterwards, but secondary market ticket for a Sox game + two nights accommodations might be too rich for my blood.
Anyone have an idea for a cheap place to stay?
Does anyone know where the cruise for Old Timers the night before the game, leaves from ?
Looking to stop by and get some autographs.
Thanks