Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.
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
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.
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…
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break. - Bill James
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.
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.
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…
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. - Bill James
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes! - Bill James
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!
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