Sunday, April 24, 2005
BILL JAMES CHOKES UP: Baseball's Leading Man of Math Has Some Second Thoughts About the Numbers: "The debate had not changed much for years. Then Bill James himself announced that he was thinking of switching parties.
In an essay published this winter - in something called The Baseball Research Journal, a Jamesian outlet if ever there was one - he argued that clutch hitters might indeed walk the earth. Not only that, but he also proceeded to challenge a handful of other numbers-based doctrines, including the belief that hot and cold streaks do not exist."
In an essay published this winter - in something called The Baseball Research Journal, a Jamesian outlet if ever there was one - he argued that clutch hitters might indeed walk the earth. Not only that, but he also proceeded to challenge a handful of other numbers-based doctrines, including the belief that hot and cold streaks do not exist."
