A chart of numbers that would put an actuary to sleep can be made to dance if you put it on one side of a card and Bombo Rivera's picture on the other.
Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing. - Bill James
Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.
- Bill James
Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle… - Bill James
Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle…
Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened. - Bill James
Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break. - Bill James
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.
A chart of numbers that would put an actuary to sleep can be made to dance if you put it on one side of a card and Bombo Rivera's picture on the othe… - Bill James
A chart of numbers that would put an actuary to sleep can be made to dance if you put it on one side of a card and Bombo Rivera's picture on the othe…
Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice. - Bill James
Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.
I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were. - Bill James
I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes! - Bill James
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. - Bill James
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.
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