When Scientists Betray Truth
their teammates in the outfield. Major league scouts track the careers of 3,000 U.S. minor league players printout. Such traditional scouting reports as "He's got an arm that can throw a lamb- chop past a wolf" may no longer suffice.
But baseball romantics need not despair, writes Weissman. Discus- sions of America's favorite pastime have always been punctuated by statistics and probabilities-batting averages, earned run averages, strikeout percentages. Now fans will just have more numbers...