On many other stats something has to be dramatically different from the norm to be of consequence. It's up to the announcer to bring the stats to life. Simply rattling off numbers doesn't get the job done. I've learned that All-Star Games are the most difficult to broadcast because strategy goes out of the window. You prepare differently to include more about the personalities involved and how they do what they do.
Statistics become magnified.
Numbers become nuggets. And stories are pure gold. All-Star Don Mattingly. I said that before Mattingly traveled to the game, he had graciously agreed to use the bat of his teammate Mike Fischlin, an obscure utility man on the Yankees who wanted his bat to make an All-Star appearance because he knew he'd never get to the game himself. It's easy to misuse stats.