Reply to "Spin Rate - Is it really that big of a deal?"

collegebaseballrecruitingguide1,000+ posts

Great article, BOF'er. Loved how it address spin rate so frequently.

Clearly analytics are hear to stay, and the geeks are ruining the games we have loved. I'd rather see the late 1980's Piston-Lakers or Celtic-Lakers matchup before all this focus on analytics. Man, those were awesome matchups. Hated Rick Mahorn and Bill Lambier, but man they were a great low post duo.

The Billy Beene story is great, love how he and his guys figured it out. They weren't trying to change the way players played however, more so they were taking advantage of player tendencies, match up advantages , etc and using analytics to maximize that effect. Is he personally a big believer in spin rate? Might be, not sure.

Glad you are thinking of me though, crawled out of my cave to read the post just for you.

Cheers

12/19/192:29 PM

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