Detroit — God help us if we get to the point in baseball where people think the manager doesn’t matter.
God help us if it gets to the point where a big-league manager is merely a rubber stamp for the whims of the general manager and analytics department — just checking the color-coded charts and playing exactly what the data calls for, like he’s playing Strat-O-Matic Baseball.
God help us if baseball gets dehumanized to the point where it becomes essentially a computer simulation game, sponsored by EA Sports.
You think I am kidding?