By Stephen Jones
A mass of numbers —Â that’s baseball.
Now, however, stats of memory (and tradition)
Are being supplanted . . . by accounting firms who
Leverage numbers for metric analysis.
You sing: Where have all the baseball cards gone?
The answer is: Welcome to the data crunch.
It isn’t enough, anymore, to say so-and-so hit two-forty.
Calipers now have been applied —Â it’s a
Surgery of analytics, to build a better bionic team.
Is this the beginning of robotizing baseball? Ye Katz & Little Fishes! I sure hope not.