Frankly, I don't understand why there has to be a choice. Kimmi and others that understand and use stats to support an argument have said numerous time that the human element plays a part in performance and that it's not always quantifiable.
If having people bow down before your extensive knowledge of baseball simply because you've been watching it for 50 years is important to you, perhaps you're in the wrong place.
I've been watching since the sixties and I come to forums like this because I'm usually still able to learn something I didn't know.
You want respect and admiration, get a dog.