• Real managers managed defense โ€” 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.

  • 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.