Is Baseball Losing Its Human Touch?

Is there such thing as too much data? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly discuss Moneyball, sabermetrics, and statistics in baseball with data analyst, Ben Marrow. Can you predict the world series? What does Pythagoras have to do with baseball? Learn about predicting wins and other important numbers and equations in baseball. Discover the father of sabermetrics: Bill James. Are some statistics over valued or undervalued? What’s the best stat for predicting wins? What’s the sneakiest? Is sabermetrics responsible for the decline in hits? All that, plus, with all this data is there such thing as analysis paralysis? Get the NEW Cosmic Queries book (5/5 ⭐s on Amazon!): https://amzn.to/3dYIEQF Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #neildegrassetyson 02:50 - Moneyball: Where We Are Now 04:19 - Undervalued Stats 12:05 - MVP Winners & OPS 16:15 - Batting Angles & Analysis Paralysis 21:15 - Data Collection & Technology 24:06 - Did sabermetrics cause the drops in hits?