For the majority of American history, baseball was the most popular sport in the country. And, not coincidentally, for the majority of American history, baseball was a game where the ball frequently went in play. Sadly, neither of those things are true anymore.
Somewhere over the last few decades, we unconsciously discovered a problematic reality in our attempt to better understand this perplexing game: The most productive way to play an MLB game is decoupled from the most entertaining way to play an MLB game. This simple fact has been an anchor on the sport we love ever since!