The suggestion that baseball nerds all live, respectively, in their mother's respective basements is a common one in modern sportswriting. A cursory tour of the internet reveals that the phrase "parents' basement" is used much less frequently in the characterization of the saberly oriented.
Finding: Divorce Leading Cause Of Baseball Nerdery
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The implication is clear: divorce creates baseball nerds. With news from the most recent census, however, that divorce rates are falling, it's probably fair to say that sabermetrics has seen its best days.
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