Tag Archives: Bill James

Quote Du Jour: Bullshit Dumps

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Baseball men often like to attribute the success or failure of a team to clutch performance. Those of us who study baseball systematically know that his is largely untrue, that the number of runs a team scores is … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 27, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If one were to take the time to document a thousand instances in which Ty Cobb went out of his way to be kind to people, including black people, would this change his image? I fear … Continue reading →