Why Bill James ruined baseball.

Do you know who Bill James is? He was one of the first baseball sabremathicians who quantified stats in baseball using computer models. His baseball abstract was required reading when it first came out. I must admit I enjoyed it. Not the math, that was a lot of bullshit. But the rankings and snark about the players. Sometimes I pull those old books out and read the player rankings and little blurbs. That's a lot of fun. But the whole science of stats is so overblown it's not funny. It's an example of creeping La Russaism in which everything is done based on a computer model. That's why pitchers only pitch five fucking innings and are given a quality start. What a lot of bullshit! Take two and hit to left. It's a round ball and a round bat and you have to hit it square. Stick him in the ear. Pitch to him but don't give him anything to hit. Play baseball for Christ sake. Leave the math to those nerdy accountants. Jeeez.