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Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has long railed against the analytics push in sports, and some of the surprising results of the presidential election gave him the opportunity to extend the push into politics. On Wednesday’s show, Russo absolutely lit into Nate Silver:
Chris Russo: Nate Silver is a fraud, bad on TV, and is one of those nerds who would've taken Blake Snell out against the Dodgers (via @JimmyTraina) pic.twitter.com/bPEBL2fN04
— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) November 5, 2020
Whether Silver would or would not have taken out Blake Snell in Game 6 of the World Series is unknowable, but this was a 100 MPH fastball of a rant from Russo.