Stats in sport – allowing us to tell better stories, or is this the rise of the machines?

There I was on the street, minding my own business and contemplating what unremarkable sandwich I might enjoy for luncheon, when I was unmercifully bundled into an unmarked van and brought to Second Captains towers for a “chat”.

Talk ensued about what is now being measured in sport, and sleep, and Nate Silver, and Ken Early channelling his inner old man and how a US sports team has bought a $500k Cray supercomputer. And why there will always be a place for George Hook.

Listen via the link or the player below.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/second-captains