NY Times · Jan 11, 2018
The Analytics Guy Failed to Compute One Thing: How to Be Accepted in Mexico
Anton Dahbura, and his wife, Marlaina R. Miller, who provide analytics to a baseball team in Mexico, watched a game streamed from there at their home in Hagerstown, Md. Much of their advice of late has been ignored.HAGERSTOWN, Md. — On a wintry night in December, Anton Dahbura sat on his couch, transfixed by a baseball game 2,000 miles away in Mexico.
He winced and shuffled notes. A few times, he yelled at three computer and television screens streaming the game.
“Wait,” he exclaimed nervously as the manager of the team he was closely following trudged to the mound. “What’s he doing?”