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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave
I object, to some extent, the notion that you need advanced metrics to validate conventional wisdom. You don't need (and never have needed) advanced metrics to know you put the better defender at SS if you have a choice. I personally don't see the point of doing all of that number crunching just to determine that it was correct to have Ozzie Smith play Shortstop rather than 2B.
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You crunch the numbers because sometimes you
do learn something new, even if you end up confirming what you already know nine times out of ten. Seems completely reasonable to me. Eh, different strokes etc.
