Doug Gottlieb: Analytics Cannot Replace the Human Element

The Philadelphia Phillies did all the right things and made all the right moves but nothing could save them from the human element as relief pitcher Orion Kerkering lost his head and made the deciding game of last night’s NLDS look like a Little League game when the pressure of the moment got the better of him and he made an error that may never be forgotten by Phillies fans.

Doug Gottlieb: “Because of the pressure of the moment was likely why he bobbled the ball initially. And then the additional pressure and chaos of having the bases loaded, and a broken bat lying there, and the crowd going crazy, and the game being on the line, and him just, ‘I just throw it home,’ and he freaked out, and it looked like Little League baseball. This is not me telling you that analytics, nerds, don’t have a huge place in sports…Data is important, but there’s always going to be the human element.”


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