Baseball team Quote by Michael Lewis

“The statistics were not merely inadequate; they lied. And the lies they told led the people who ran major league baseball teams to misjudge…

— Michael Lewis

“if gross miscalculations of a person’s value could occur on a baseball field, before a live audience of thirty thousand, and a television audience…

— Michael Lewis

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.

— Suzanne Fields

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

— Joe Torre

If the players don't produce, and aren't in the position to be evaluated correctly, then a manager's job of winning or losing baseball games…

— John Smoltz

“However, more important to all of that: the players played the game as a true team. There are many teams in baseball, but not…

— Michael Delaware

“In high school I wrote an essay on baseball and my teacher told me I had to rewrite it on a more serious topic.…

— Tucker Elliot

“They say statistics by their nature don’t lie, but in my opinion they sometimes do and damnably at that.”

— Craig Johnson

“But that line had been obtained by the use of statistics, and as everyone knows there are three kinds of lies – lies, damned…

— Vladimir Rubtsov

“Statistics lie. They are designed to sway opinions. Take the time to keep yourself informed on things that matter.”

— Steve Maraboli

“Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]”

— Michael Lewis

Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of…

— Leonard Koppett