About five hundred years ago, an astronomer named Copernicus put forth the idea that the earth orbited the sun – since been proven a basic principle of astronomy, but pretty groundbreaking stuff at the time and extremely controversial. As a result of his idea, Copernicus was subjected to much scorn and criticism. Similarly, Thomas Edison’s work regarding the electric light bulb was described as “completely idiotic.”
Sabermetrics is the mathematical and statistical analysis of baseball statistics utilized to make decisions regarding player performance and has been angrily dismissed by many baseball purists who claim it is ruining the game.