If one isn't into statistics as a baseball fan, to me it's a bit like the old "I buy Playboy for the great articles" statement. You are likely either lying to the people you're talking to, or you're lying to yourself. Now saying "into statistics" shouldn't get anyone's anti-sabermetrics ire up, because that isn't quite what I'm saying. Baseball is a game of numbers and percentages, and thus the statistics that keep track of these numbers and percentages are a large part of the game. It doesn...
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