A Survivor’s Guide to Baseball Withdrawals
By Selena Smith
4. Brush up on your sabermetrics
Apr 22, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; A general view of the scoreboard during the second inning of a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Baseball throws more stats at us than any other sport hands down. Figuring out all those abbreviations and metrics can make even the savviest of number people dizzy. So I plan on getting a better handle on all these numbers. I wonder if there’s a Sabermetrics for Dummys?