WAR, what is it good for?

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=81437:date=Mar 4 2010, 12:47 AM:name=leonardsipes)-->QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Mar 4 2010, 12:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think anyone who works in a profession that requires specific knowledge, understands, that a person with knowledge will provide a better evaluation than statistics. I think so many people, spend so much time with baseball stats, that they don't think baseball is like the rest of the world.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I would prefer to have a person with knowledge <i>as well as</i> a working understanding of and appreciation for advanced stats influencing player personnel decisions over a person with knowledge without such an understanding and appreciation.