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infielddad- I would argue that sabermetricians fight FAR more dogmatic traditional views than vice versa. Sabermetrics is objective analysis of the sport, it does not involve opinions. I don't believe an analyst would ever discredit the importance of a player's makeup, but I also don't believe it's dogmatic to state the fact that it is currently financially unquantifiable. Makeup (the "sixth tool" as it's being called here) is certainly an important factor. The question is: how important? I don't buy that the answer will always be "I don't know." We'll figure it out eventually.

7/9/1411:52 PM

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