How Big Data Changed Baseball

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 20, 2017

Keith Law, a former MLB statistical analyst who now writes for ESPN, joins us to discuss his new book, Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball. Law argues statistical measurements and computer programs have revolutionized how we evaluate teams and players.

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