Ben and Sam discuss whether the second wild card has made the stretch run more exciting, then talk about why papers publish columns that criticize advanced stats without making an effort to understand them.
Episode 53: "Is the Second Wild Card Working?/Explaining Mainstream Screeds Against Advanced Stats"
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As Sam points out, we all have to choose which people-smarter-than-us we can trust. Big part of that is knowing which ones we can't.
Anyone else want to point out the column(s) in question here?
Enjoyed the "editors no longer exist" point. One of those things I really should've known but didn't.
Understanding the numbers is essential if you are covering baseball. If a writer refuses to at least make an attempt at understanding the numbers, then he/she isn't taking their profession seriously. Therefore, we the intelligent readers will refuse to take them seriously.