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I think stats can be useful but you can tell who the hitters are, who your best pitcher is, etc without them. The person keeping the book is absolutely the key. I have seen some very, very creative score keeping.
I was following an 8U machine pitch team from my DD's org in "Nationals" on GC. Over the 4 games I followed, their team, nor the team they played, made a single error according to GC..I think stats can be useful but you can tell who the hitters are, who your best pitcher is, etc without them. The person keeping the book is absolutely the key. I have seen some very, very creative score keeping.
I was talking to a coach last night about playing time and batting order etc and he told me he never looks at stats. He told me you have to go by your eye because stats lie.
I believe stats can be deceptive, if you have a small sample size, but that direct observation or "eyeballing" is subject to all sorts of inaccuracies, biases and prejudices.
What say you?
I was talking to a coach last night about playing time and batting order etc and he told me he never looks at stats. He told me you have to go by your eye because stats lie.
I believe stats can be deceptive, if you have a small sample size, but that direct observation or "eyeballing" is subject to all sorts of inaccuracies, biases and prejudices.
What say you?
Depends on whether you trust the person doing the book...