What Moneyball Has Done to American Culture - The Atlantic
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You can make a thing so perfect that it's ruined.
This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Forwarded this newsletter? Sign up here to get it every week . The return of the World Series this weekend offers an opportunity to engage in America’s real national pastime : wondering loudly why people don’t like baseball as much as they used to. Speaking personally, my relationship to the game these days is one of nostalgic befuddlement. The nostalgia part comes from spotless memories of watching Sunday Night Baseball on my parents’ couch, nestled between my
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