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Blog #7

 I will be discussing the Diffusion Theory in talking about analytics in baseball. 

  

The Diffusion Theory goes through five phases. Pioneers/Innovators, Early Adapters, Early Majority, Late Adapters, and Laggards. 


In the case of baseball analytics, the big part that is used a lot in baseball today is the shift. For the shift, analysts would be considered the pioneers, due to them being the first to introduce the shift to the world of professional baseball. The Early Adapters would be low A minor league teams. Early Majority would be high A minor league teams. When it comes to Late Adapters, this is the phase that was considered revolutionary in the world of baseball. It's one thing to change rules and thought process in the minor leagues, but to bring it to Major League Baseball, "America's Pastime," was very controversial. The first few teams to use the shift would be considered the Late Adapters. Finally, The Laggards would be the rest of the teams to start using the shift. 

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