Sony’s imaging division has a year end of March 31, so its 2016 financial results came down the pipe this week. (Skip to page 4 of the linked report for the imaging division’s segment.)

Reports are pretty positive, as the division saw a year-over-year increase of 71% in operating income. Woah, right?

Wrong. Sales were down 1.7% year-over-year, and any gains can be attributed to streamlining and cost cutting. This, in the face of one of the busiest camera announcement periods in recent memory.

If Sony’s incredible pace and breakneck specs can’t get that sales number to 0% growth/decline, I’m not sure what will.

To add insult to injury, Canon’s year-end results show a 0% growth/decline in interchangeable lens camera sales. Go figure.

What’s the point of re-linking to a post from John Gruber when I’m not going to say anything new?

Because I’ve respected Joe Girardi for a long, long time. And this little quote is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.

Want to ban the shift? Teach your players to hit the other way. Teach your players that going 1 for 4 with 3 strikeouts and a home-run isn’t as effective as 3 for 4 with 3 singles. Teach your shortstops to be 2nd basemen, and teach your 2nd basemen how to play 3rd base.

If the game is evolving too fast for Yankees management, then it’s time the team crashed and burned. Analytics haven’t ruined the sport — they’ve made it more diversified, more tactical. This is what baseball was built to be — it’s time teams took the game to the next level.