Premier League Preview: Can Liverpool Fight Off the Metrics Dragon?
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#58127)
Every metric-follower of any sport has an imaginary dragon lurking to torment, if not slay, their favorite player and/or team. In baseball it's the BABIP Dragon, causing your pitcher to give up hits on soft contact simply because he hasn't in a while. Or your favorite hitter to hit screamers right at the third-baseman...