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Mission Impossible: African-Americans & analytics
Mission Impossible: African-Americans & analytics
Why blacks are not feeling the sports metrics movement
"The mission was to find black folks who spend anytime talking about advanced analytics, whose conversations are framed by — or even casually include references to — win shares or effective shooting percentage, WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched) or points per 100 possessions. It’s a failed mission so far. Totally empty. Conclusion: Advanced analytics and black folks hardly ever mix. Set aside the tiny handful of black men who make a living somewhere in the sports industry dealing directly with the numbers and there is absolutely zero mingling."
I was responding to a thread and the OP had one interpretation of the article and I had a totally different one. To say I was completely amazed at his interpretation is putting it mildly.
Mission Impossible: African-Americans & analytics
Why blacks are not feeling the sports metrics movement
"The mission was to find black folks who spend anytime talking about advanced analytics, whose conversations are framed by — or even casually include references to — win shares or effective shooting percentage, WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched) or points per 100 possessions. It’s a failed mission so far. Totally empty. Conclusion: Advanced analytics and black folks hardly ever mix. Set aside the tiny handful of black men who make a living somewhere in the sports industry dealing directly with the numbers and there is absolutely zero mingling."
I was responding to a thread and the OP had one interpretation of the article and I had a totally different one. To say I was completely amazed at his interpretation is putting it mildly.