From the Atlantic: How Moneyball ruined absolutely everything.
Tip of the hat to commentator DickAllen,
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
"The analytics revolution, which began with the movement known as Moneyball, led to a series of offensive and defensive adjustments that were, let’s say, catastrophically successful. Seeking strikeouts, managers increased the number of pitchers per game and pushed up the average velocity and spin rate per pitcher. Hitters responded by increasing the launch angles of their swings, raising the odds of a home run, but making strikeouts more likely as well. These decisions were all legal, and more important, they were all correct from an analytical and strategic standpoint."
Tip of the hat to commentator DickAllen,
Yes, kudos to DickAllen and to the author of the piece, Derek Thompson, who says quite succinctly and beautifully what I've been struggling to say in many more words for years now!
ReplyDeleteHe's right about many more things, too, including sports such as football, and entire ways that American companies go about their business.
Derek Thomson wrote "The Pandemic's Wrongest Man" about Alex Berenson. Maybe this one will hold up better.
ReplyDeleteAnd the inanity of the modern game on full display tonight, as the Astros refuse to leave their pitcher in even when he's throwing a World Series no-hitter.
ReplyDeleteNo immortality for you, my friend!
Incredible what a dull Series this is, for one that is about to be knotted after four.
y(f)u ck - a combined no-no for the Ass-tros
ReplyDeleteHuck Fouston
ReplyDelete10 hits—by one team.
ReplyDeleteAll the scoring in a single, half-inning.
A combined 25 strikeouts.
A "no-hitter" by three pitchers.
Oh, what a thrill.
The last two games are what is wrong with the modern game.
ReplyDeleteone night- 5HRs.
the next night no-hit.
Perhaps more telling, as a lifetime MLB fan who used to watch each WS with family and/or friends, I did not watch a single inning.
I guess the Lords of Baseball don't want this old congers money. [Although I have more disposable income right now than I have ever had before.]
I think that they forget that many of us oldsters have two houses, boats, trips to Belize and such.
my disdain and hate has turned to apathy, which we all know, is the worst possible outcome for the Yanks and for MLB.
Now I will watch this spiral down as a kind of bloodsport.