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That's a good point. I was thinking more about sports commentary, rather than what happens in the teams themselves, but it's true that teams have been all over
by mjn 13y ago
That's a good point. I was thinking more about sports commentary, rather than what happens in the teams themselves, but it's true that teams have been all over statistics for years. I do think commentators, perhaps conscious of their role as public faces of an entertainment product, have been more resistant to statistics-driven commentary, and have instead played up horse-race type narratives.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoTo be fair, when you're watching the game, horse-race commentary is just straight up more fun to hear. I love hearing a radio announcer just get excited about what's happening. However, even live, they do throw in some statistics. Admittedly, these are the sort of post-hoc statistics that aren't good for anything (e.g. "they win 90% of their away games that fall on Friday"). Offline, fans of some sports are almost exclusively about statistics and numbers. Baseball is famous for this.