Another week, another poll. This time I’m wondering whether you consider yourself sabermetrically inclined, “old school,” or both. Me? A little of each. As I’ve mentioned numerous times, I grew up reading Bill James. At the same time, I’m a romantic at heart.
Honestly I’ve never understood why there’s been such a disconnect between the two factions. We’re all baseball fans, right?
Anyway, let me know what you think:
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As always, feel free to leave a comment if checking a box just doesn’t get it out of your system.

What am I reading this morning? Glad you asked:

Bill James Interview (Hardball Times). Chris Jaffe talks to the man who first popularized sabermetrics (and actually coined the term). James on what kinds of issues sabermetrics might tackle in the future:

League-perspective decision making. Looking at decisions based from the standpoint of the league.

Simple example: the wild card. The National League has 16 teams, and four teams make the playoffs. Sixteen is divisible by four. The natural thing to do, it would seem to me, would be to make four divisions and have four division races.

It wasn’t done that way, and if …read more