itsinthegame:
For one, I care. The pitcher whose ERA is inflated because the scorekeeper calls errors hits should be upset. The hitter who gets a clean hit but the scorekeeper decides that the fielder could have got there if frogs had wings, etc., has a right to be upset. Does it affect the outcome of the game? No, of course not. Will it be the difference whether a young man is drafted or not? Highly unlikely? Is it wrong? Yes, it certainly is. If it is wrong, I care. After all, one man's bs is another man's fertilizer.
FormerObserver:
Stats average themselves out if half the games are played at home and half away only if we assume two things: 1) home teams cheat on stats and 2) they cheat the same way. One perhaps but both, highly unlikely.
TW344