Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old STATS That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Righ

For the past fifteen years, many baseball fans, writers, and commentators have remained mired in the muck of old statistics?baseball card numbers such as batting average, saves recorded, and a pitcher's won-lost record?while newer, smarter, and at times counterintuitive baseball stats known as sabermetrics have become commonplace throughout Major League Baseball. Yet, despite their popularity, confusion persists about these new stats, with much of the baseball world still following the ?old? way?a combination of those outdated numbers and gut instinct?to evaluate players' contributions and careers. Baseball, they argue, should be run by people, not by numbers.