In 2007, Tom Tango and two others published The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Since then, “The Book” has encouraged baseball minds at all levels to revisit conventional wisdom about topics like “batting and pitching matchups, platooning, the benefits and risks of intentional walks and sacrifices, the legitimacy of alleged “clutch” hitters, and many of baseball’s other theories on hitting, fielding, pitching, and even baserunning“.
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In a recent interview, Tango was asked if there was one idea from his book that had not yet been tried at the major league level.