owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@kneemoe1: Perhaps you mistake what I meant by "midgets"."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"Thoughts on a couple of points not answered individually: As to "sunk costs": I am in reality a major advocate of ball clubs learning to understand what they are."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@Artie Fufkin: Such nonsense is why I made a whole site on the topic, but I have found that the old saw is correct: you cannot use reason to get a man out of a position that he didn't use reason to get into."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@twentyfivemillionreasons: Yes, he has."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@Johnny LaRue: Ask my editor: I supplied one short one."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@Gus Johnson's Cardiologist: Look, I was in those places at those times and did those things; asked to write a story about those places and times, what was I supposed to do?"

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@crazyjoedavola: I didn't write it, Alan did; and I saw no way to use part of the quotation without using all of it."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@EroticTangerines: Obvious today, that is."

owlcroft commented on The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2

"@owlcroft: Somehow the post lost the search terms, probably because I put them in angle brackets."