Hardball Times: The Magic and Mysticism of Baseball's Projections.

[weams]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-magic-and-mysticism-of-baseballs-projections-2/

Projections elevate sabermetricians to sabermagicians. Although much of sabermetric thought draws from the logical tradition, projection demands creation. No matter how much time is spent poring over historical statistics and deducing trends, projecting a hypothetical baseball season requires another significant step. Logic is solely deductive; it lacks the ability to create.

[BRobinsonfan]

"The Mesopotamians would have loved StatCast"

[weams]

"The Mesopotamians would have loved StatCast"

After slaughter, autopsies of the entrails were made as a matter of course, and a detailed record made of the findings against any contingency that might arise.

[Frobby]

That's an awful lot of words to tell us what we already knew.