I know it sounds like a joke, but I'm afraid to say that it is not.
The last two decades of professional baseball have been marked by many things - steroids, dramatic salary increases, lavish ballparks. But one of the defining elements of the era has been the schism between those who still ascribe to the "scouting" method of talent evaluation, and the new breed of statistic/sabermetric hounds. The former focus on what their eyes tell them, the latter focus on what the numbers tell them.
Naturally, that's a simplistic take, and all teams nowadays would fall into some hybrid category. Be that as it may, most lean in one direction or the other.
The Chicago Cubs have a definite lean, and it may have something to do with a certain 88-year old, blind Cardinals fan who scouts the San Diego Padres for the Cubs. That is a mouthful. Read all about it, and what it might mean for this franchise.
Alison Preston
Irina Shayk
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Back in Time: November 6
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