Interesting to re-read the Will and Kagan essays after all these years. Neither realized just how the analytical approach to the game would cement the importance of the three true outcomes. Gotta give the argument to Will, however, if only because Kagan concluded his description of Ted Williams with, "His last game was a fitting end to the career of a great hitter and stylist but not of a hero."

Imagine writing that Ted Williams was "not a hero."