Reads v's Stats

Originally Posted by Parasurama

reads>>>>>>>stats, stats don't tell you about lines villains take with specific types of hands and what lines they view as strong or weak. In addition, stats give you the knowledge that villain is making a particular play with x% of hands whereas reads tell you what specific hands make up that x%. Reads are also more varied and versatile. Reads can clue you into metagame aspects that stats can't touch.

I quoted this in another thread, but the Mets' longtime announcer Ralph Kiner said that statistics are like bikinis-- they show you a lot, but they don't show you everything.