How To Watch Baseball and See the Future. How to watch baseball and see the future For the modern major league team, player evaluation is a complex, multi-pronged, high-tech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environment-as Michael Lewis Moneyball once forecast-the role of the scout in todays game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a data-driven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a teams arsenal. Loud Tools, Bad Makeup is a thorough dive into the world of the contemporary scoutmdasha world with its own language, methods, metrics, and madness. From rural high