It is a copycat league. So why is nobody copying the Braves?
Why does mimicry in the majors only come with the newest gadget, metric or job description?
Playing baseball well, which has greater resonance when it feels like so many decisions diminish or ignore context and favor throw it, spin it or hit it harder. Walt Weiss stands next to Brian Snitker as Ozzie Albies walks into the dugout during a Braves-Diamondbacks game on July 18.“I’ll say this is probably not politically correct, but I think there’s a lot of groupthink in this game and they probably see us as an outlier,” Atlanta bench coach Walt Weiss said.
“I don’t know that there is a secret sauce, but I think one of the factors is that we have all the information that other teams have,” Weiss said. “We do a good job with that. But we blend that with the wisdom that comes from being in the dugout many years. So it’s the information and the ability for veteran people to put context to that information. The information is just about probabilities. You have to blend that with what the scoreboard is telling you.
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