Statcast & Stethoscopes
Bobby Scott, MDGet one practical, baseball-inspired insight every 1–2 weeks to help you think more clearly and make better decisions—in medicine and beyond.
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Why Publishing My First Post Was a Terrible Idea
Precisely one year ago today, I decided to click publish on my first Statcast & Stethoscopes post.
Now I am going to tell you why that was a bad idea.
It’s not that the writing was bad — it was mediocre, which is a completely different ad...
Don't Just Do Something — Stand There!
“We just felt at this point something needed to be done.”
This was how Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski justified his decision to fire manager Rob Thomson just twenty eight games into the season.
Thomson got the...
Don't Just Do Something — Stand There! (audio)
On action bias and the question we should be asking instead
When a team starts losing or a patient’s labs trend the wrong way, the pressure to do something visible can be overwhelming — even when the better answer is to wait.
Meds Above Replacement: LAAC for AF Stroke Prevention (audio)
Noninferior on paper. More complicated in practice.
Your patient just saw a WATCHMAN commercial and wants to stop taking apixaban—and your referral decision is the highest-leverage moment in the entire process.
Why I Started Statcast & Stethoscopes
Being a doctor is harder than it looks.
Not technically hard—though it is that too. But hard in a subtler way.
Every day I make decisions with incomplete information, knowing that the outcome isn’t entirely in my hands.
Two carefu...
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Bobby Scott, MD is a practicing family physician and associate professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. On Statcast & Stethoscopes, he explores what baseball can teach us about making better decisions in medicine.
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