Jay GreesonNumbers are pure.
They offer a chance for analysis and comparison. They give a measure of place and stature.
They generate interest and provide balance and create data that can be studied and examined.
Numbers, though, also are static and two-dimensional; read too much into them and they can be rounded and twisted and crunched into myriad messages.
Some are easily connected, like that Tony Gwynn’s lifetime batting average of .338 proves he was a great hitter.