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2 months ago
"Umberto"
Thanks for keeping tabs on me...I think I am beginning to figure out who you are. I do find it sad that you need to hide behind numerous incognito names, but it is, what it is, I guess.
That said, sabermetrics are not 'all encompassing' of my passion for baseball. While they make up a great deal of the reading and research I do within baseball, I understand that there is a lot more to the game then simply the numbers.
However, I also understand that baseball writing is a conversation. It is challenging and ever evolving. This is the reason why baseball, despite being a game with rules from the 1800's, is the most technologically advanced professional sport. This conversation is the reason why people go to prestigious universities to study the game.
Thus, I question what people have to say, and why they have to say things. I want to understand if a player 'sucks' because he is the best player on an opponents rival, or if there is a new and interesting measure which points to this. I want to understand how 9=8? Or how 5 innings is less important then 2, or 1.2 is substantially different then 2 (simply examples).
Lastly, I take offense to not only your cursing-never needed-but also claiming that I am the only person who finds statistical analysis a relevant part of baseball. I dare you to flip on any baseball game on any channel. Look at the numbers the announcers are discussing, OBP, SLG, WHIP, XBH, BB/9, K/BB, etc. Then ask yourself, 'how many of these were commonly discussed in the 60s? 70s? 80s? Or even the 90s?'
The fact is, whether you like it or not, statistics are a major part of baseball. Alan Swartz wrote 'The Numbers Game' which dates back to 1858 documenting the fan's obsession with numbers in baseball and how it has grown.
All that being said, no one can argue that sabermetrics have made baseball worse. Even if there is nothing extra taken from the literal numbers, the additional study of baseball has made it far more technical and that much more interesting. It is sad you miss out on all of that.
I encourage you to send me an email from your real email address. There's no reason we can't have a decent conversation (4heikoob@dyc.edu, bheikoop@baseballdigestdaily.com).