Haven't stats been involved with baseball from the 60s? I don't the analytics are ruining baseball, but rather the meatheads who prescribe to the black and white aspect of the statistics. To me it's like hiring a high school athlete to coach, then teaching them basic stats, and telling them to execute based on something just learned. The poor guy will do what's black and white without thinking about other nuances. Such was the deal this past season with holding guys to pitch counts. When a guy is dealing, perhaps you should let him go beyond your original plan of 3 innings. These managers simply can't learn principles of statistics and control charts, overnight, and in my mind they're the ones ruining the game. In some ways it keeps it interesting because they can f-up a game by their stupid decisions. What you'll probably see more over time, is people who are smarter coming up the ranks to become managers, and that's when the game will become pretty predictable.
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