Dr Krauss singled out a piece in a popular sports news magazine that praised a team trainer who violently restrained a baseball player during a seizure, calling the trainer a hero.
This understanding of numbers has made him a hero to the modern "Moneyball" generation of baseball fans and executives who see baseball as one big algorithm.
His transformation into an action-hero involves grabbing his trusty garden tool, donning his son's baseball catcher's vest, and slipping on roller-blade kneepads.