<![CDATA[Real managers managed defense — analytics people manage spreadsheets]]>Old school: manager reads the count, shifts the corner infielder two steps, saves the run. Modern: analytics tells the infield to play straight up because the model says so. The model doesn't know that the pitcher tipped his fastball twice. The manager does. Experience still matters.

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