Thanks to technology, baseball broadcasters are armed today with any conceivable statistic that might be relevant to any topic of discussion. Unfortunately, they're responding by overloading viewers with information instead of letting us enjoy the game.

Recently, I complained that Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay saturated viewers with pitch count stats during Mike Mussina's complete game shutout. But Kay is not alone.

Tonight, during the A's/Giants game in San Francisco, John Miller and Joe Morgan were analyzing a poor A's performance this season. A graphic presented at least six different statistics for which the A's ranked near the bottom of the American League. This was already overkill; it's obvious the A's are not putting people on base and not hitting home runs. We didn't really need any statistics besides those two.

Then, Miller exclaimed, "And none of the Oakland starters has more than two wins!" Well, yes. If hitting averages are way down, that means hitting is essentially absent on a consistent basis, which means wins will not come on a consistent basis. This is like reporting that a company lost money and then expressing surprise that costs exceeded revenue.

Broadcasters and their stats teams need to be more selective. With any phenomenon in sports (winning streaks, slumps, run production, pitching), there are always one or two most important factors. Watching baseball, until the game is really on the line, should be fun and relaxing. The constent peppering of broadcasts with every relevant statistic is not only analytically flawed; it also interferes with the baseball viewing experience.