The Game Within the Game Is Disappearing

“Baseball is a game with a stat for everything—except the things that really matter.” - Bob Costas

There’s a game underneath the game and we’re watching it get stripped away, one rule at a time.

Not the score. Not the box score. Not the highlight reel.

I’m talking about the thinking part of baseball. The tension. The adjustments. The slow-burn chess match that rewarded memory, intuition, and attention to detail. That quiet layer between the pitches, be…