I remember being five years old ripping through packs of Topps baseball cards and looking at the back. The statistics fascinated me. I’d go through each one, asking my dad what they meant. Over time, I have become more enthralled with the ever-growing amount of statistics that baseball and other sports have to offer. This website is the culmination of years of asking what those numbers mean. Every number has a story. An increase in pitch movement, a decrease in exit velocity, a player’s change in usage, or any other deviation says something about what a player and team have consciously done to change their performance on the field or court. Here at Pipitonia, I hope to fill in the story behind these shifts while relating it to what we all experience everyday.
