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I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were. Bill James
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I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were. 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’s. Bill James
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break. Bill James
You can’t ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Bill James
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason – because some people like them. It’s the same with baseball statistics. 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 other. Bill James
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes! Bill James
I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers. Bill James
There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve. Bill James