I'm not a baseball guy by any stretch. I've been reading Lowetide long enough that I'm not totally clueless, but I'm pretty close.

In any case, baseball has been the leading sport in changing the way statistical analysis is viewed, and one of the groups contributing to this work is Baseball Prospectus. It's probably worth noting that they now have an affiliated hockey site - Puck Prospectus. I've been doing some reading over there, and I find myself disagreeing with a lot of the statements made. Still, the conversation is good, and there's quite a bit of stuff over there that is worth reading, so I'm going to add them to the sidebar.