Bill James
1949
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Quotes
Biography
Bill James is a renowned baseball writer and historian who revolutionized the way the sport is analyzed and understood. Born in 1949 in Kansas, James gained fame for his pioneering work in sabermetrics, a statistical analysis of baseball data. His self-published annual Baseball Abstract became highly influential in the baseball community, leading to his eventual collaborations with professional baseball teams. James's innovative approach to evaluating players and teams has had a lasting impact on the game and has cemented his legacy as a leading figure in the field of sports analytics.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.
2
The day that I became a baseball fan, Roger Maris got his 61st home run.
3
A baseball box score is a pithy little biography of a game.
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Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.
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There will always be people who are ahead of the curve and people who are behind the curve, but knowledge moves the curve.