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I took your MOOC on edX to help me learn SQL! Thank you for presenting SQL in such an interesting format. I really enjoyed the course.

I heard recently, on a Bill Simmons podcast or something of the sort, that the idea of analytics resulting in major shifts (no pun intended) in the game in the near future is not likely and that any changes via analytics would come in much smaller forms than what we have seen recently.

Where do you see the next frontier in analytics going and how do you see that shaping the game going forward? And do you think any part of the old way of thinking will return to baseball (300+ IP starters, small ball, reduction in shifts) naturally as time goes on?

I also have the idea that MLB should push fences back to decrease the reliance on HR's and increase exciting plays (Triples, Doubles, Hit and Runs). Obviously this would be costly and home runs pay the bills, but do you think that is a feasible way to return action to MLB?