Bill Ripken

Send us Fan MailFormer major league infielder, Emmy-award winning MLB Network analyst, and proud “old school” baseball guy, Bill Ripken wants you to get off of his lawn. Kidding…maybe.Today’s Major League Baseball lives and dies by its “new school” numbers. Over the last few decades, newly established statistics and on-field measurables have become so influential that they have infiltrated front offices, baseball operations departments, player development and scouting, and have significantly changed the game’s landscape. Major League Baseball measures everything now and relies less and less on baseball experience and the wisdom established over years of playing and coaching. The power dynamic has changed. Stats are now king. This shift is the root of Major League Baseball’s growing culture war and the impetus behind Ripken’s new book “STATE OF PLAY: The Old School Guide to New School Baseball”   (From 4-2-20)