Good read on the Yankees dysfunction. Are analytics to blame?
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Today’s leadership, by contrast, has been so decentralized that Boone is forced to share his dugout and clubhouse with members of the analytics department.
And that, I bet, is what Judge was talking about this week.
This is what another ex-Yankee told me after watching enough games on YES to finally turn off the TV in disgust.
“Guys hit home runs and there’s like 10 non-player personnel high-fiving. Who are these people?” he said. “I would hate that. I would be like, ‘Get the [bleep] out the dugout, you don’t belong here.’ Can you imagine Paul O’Neill about to smash the water cooler and there’s five computer geeks in his way?
“Same thing in the clubhouse. When you have multiple levels of the front office going in and out of that room, computer guys and whoever else is in there with their iPads, that’s bad for morale. It makes you wonder, ‘Who’s in charge here?’ Because that room is supposed to be a special place for the players only. It’s sacred. Obviously, things have changed.”
It's going to be a busy off-season in the Bronx, and it won't be centered just on Aaron Boone's job security.
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