Analytics or heart: Can old-school baseball reclaim sport’s soul?
by Camilo Fonseca
Nov 01, 2023
4 minutes
For once, New York Yankees fans wish their team were more like the Texas Rangers.
It’s not just that the Rangers are one win away from clinching the World Series. It’s also that, in an era when baseball in particular is increasingly defined by statistical analysis, the Rangers seem to be a testament to steady, old-school thinking. They still have, as many see it, a baseball soul.
The portrait is admittedly simplistic. Everyone uses statistical analysis to guide their decision-making – even the Rangers. But as the season draws to a close, it’s the time for an annual reset. And some fans are
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