The danger of metrics: how the Bill James comments dehumanize baseball players
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The danger of metrics: how the Bill James comments dehumanize baseball players

Bill James, the inventor of the baseball analytical method sabermetrics, controversially tweeted that baseball players could easily be replaced with no effect on the game. This prompted a swift and outraged reaction from players. It also raises a larger point — should businesses focus primarily on metrics, or on people? James was in a Twitter…