I don’t dislike analytics and its use with the game. I agree that it does assist and provide valuable information that can be put to use.

But that they’ve convinced batters that home runs are more important that a double and a single is beyond me.

It’s turned hitters into swinging for the fence on every at bat. And while that makes life scary, it also makes it my life interesting and profitable since my job is to make sure that doesn’t happen and I’m good enough at my job that I have it.

But when I’m watching our guys from the bullpen or the dugout steps as we attempt to score runs or rally, I wonder why we’re not just trying to do what’s easier. It’s easier to hit a double than it is to hit a home run, right?

I mean, you just have to hit the ball really hard down the line for a double. You can roll one to the wall and get a double. You can cut one into the dirt past the bag and hustle a double.

If the opposition is playing a no-doubles defense, meaning the outfielders are back near the warning track to prevent anything getting over their heads; if you’re fast enough you can dump a ball in front of those same outfielders for a double.

And anyone can get a single.

This is a team game, yet the addition of analytics seems to turn it into a game of one.