You may have heard that baseball attendance is down this year. By a not-small amount. This has led to a cottage industry of takes.
A couple days ago, Joel Sherman wrote a pretty smart piece about how the “statistical revolution” is killing baseball. That is, the advanced stats that we all love so much here at DRB, though they are good for teams, are driving away fans. And I say this is was a smart piece because he got a lot of things right. Advanced stats are a turn off for some people of a certain age and/or mindset.