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more about #billjames more comments → owlcroft: 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 w... more » kneemoe1: No Midgets? Has Dustin Pedroia shown you that that one wasn't quite right? more » Catenaccio: This guy also has a site about induction cooking, which he calls 'simply the best cooking technology there is...' No, it's not and therefore I discou... more » Chris Hanson's Axe: Also, you've got to be pretty fucking full of yourself to claim all "analysis" for your own term, which would be more accurately called "hyper-statist... more » Artie Fufkin: You should mention that a lot of the Oakland A's late 1980s-1990s success was due in part to steroids. Buckets and buckets of steroids. oh and a dash ... more » thetaxman: This is nothing - you should see the upcoming 2 parter on Gizmodo authored by Sony Betamax. more » MeanMachine: There is a definite relation between runs scored and runs allowed over a stretch of games and games won during that stretch. No fucking shit, Sherlock. more » Kid Canada: NOT ALL GIANTS - JUST NO MIDGETS -- I have the same sign taped to my headboard. more » Pedro Cuatrocinco: "Whining Baseball" /fixed more » crazyjoedavola: As Alan Schwarz put it in his New York Times article on it, "One of the most influential baseball minds of the last 40 years is angry. And he is comin... more » Gus Johnson's Cardiologist: Anyone else confused? I could see if Craggs had used his intrepid reporting skill to uncover the true founder of the Moneyball theory, but to just let... more » ClickClickThud: Surprising stat: The New York Mets this year are tied for the NL lead in outs made per inning. more » Johnny LaRue: Aren't "footnotes" supposed to be brief? (except for legal briefs with strict page limits, of course) more » the earl of weaver: Besides my main baseball site, High Boskage House, I not long ago established another baseball-related site, Steroids, Other "Drugs", and Baseball. ... more » ClintonPortishead: Nice try Walker, but you're at least 15 minutes behind Drew. more » -
#moneyball
The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 1
He calls himself "the pebble that started the avalanche," the man who taught baseball analysis to Billy Beane. Gandhi, someone wrote, sparking MLK's revolution. Today, Moneyball remains a hotly debated phenomenon. Eric Walker is a footnote. Here's the footnote's story. More » -
#watercoolerfodder
Your Daily Dead Mets Walking Update
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More » -
#mlb
Calling All Baseball Dorks! Bill James And Joe Posnanski, In Conversation!
They're talking about Randy Johnson, but does it really matter? I've written slash fiction about this very moment. [SI.com] -
#collegefootball
Bill James Dismantles The BCS Computers
The world's greatest stat nerd explains why the BCS computer "rankings" are a complete farce and why any mathematician who participates in it should be ashamed of themselves. But who is he betting on? [Slate] -
