TAMPA, Fla. — Running a major league team for the first time in four seasons, 60-year-old Ron Gardenhire thought about all the data and video rammed into the microchip of his iPad, a slew of statistics his bosses hope transform defeats into triumphs.
Baseball wasn't like this four decades ago, when Gardy left college to begin his career as an infield prospect in the low Carolina League, down in Lynchburg, Virginia.
"If you're not changing, you're probably not going to last," the new Detroit Tigers manager said. "There's so much information out there. You have to use it.