intangibles

“He got all the intangibles, and so the sky’s the limit for him.”

They personify intangibles that sabermetrics can never quantify and that fans yearn to encounter: Hope.

But if Edman can heat up at the plate in October, he would add considerable length to the playoff lineup, an added bonus to the many intangibles he brings on offense and defense.

“Now having a family and compartmentalizing that and how that affects you on the court and off the court … all these intangibles that you don’t really think of, he’s been with me through that journey.”

But the intangibles always seemed to come first.