possumbait
03-22-2004, 10:45 AM
Hi all. I am a Red Sox fan, and I really enjoy baseball.
I have long considered myself very much in the stathead end of the spectrum, but am bemused by a growing trend: More and more is being said about less and less in terms of performance analysis. This may be an offshoot of having achieved something near the limit of what our current and historical data can provide, or of the growing amount support for statistical treatment of performance yielding less clarity, or my brain getting a bit crusty (though I only turned 40 not so very long ago). I figure a combination of all three -- none of them are so whacked that they should be discarded.
I suppose there are various 'cycle of life' permutations regarding stats vs. tools, but I am here to post once in a while, not write a novel. :) Suffice to say, I enjoy thinking about the game...
I have long considered myself very much in the stathead end of the spectrum, but am bemused by a growing trend: More and more is being said about less and less in terms of performance analysis. This may be an offshoot of having achieved something near the limit of what our current and historical data can provide, or of the growing amount support for statistical treatment of performance yielding less clarity, or my brain getting a bit crusty (though I only turned 40 not so very long ago). I figure a combination of all three -- none of them are so whacked that they should be discarded.
I suppose there are various 'cycle of life' permutations regarding stats vs. tools, but I am here to post once in a while, not write a novel. :) Suffice to say, I enjoy thinking about the game...