It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case. Bill James casedamageextremely Change image and share on social
There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions. Bill James confessionfalsemurder Change image and share on social
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Bill James closedefeatdodge Change image and share on social
I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball. Bill James baseballdriftfamily Change image and share on social
Crime shapes how we think about the world; it shapes social decisions that we make; it shapes our base of knowledge. But we don't talk about it intelligently. Bill James basecrimedecision Change image and share on social
Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses. Bill James capablekindproud Change image and share on social
Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. Bill James crimefamouslaw Change image and share on social
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 addbasiscatch Change image and share on social
Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn't have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think. Bill James activitybaseballfact share on social
The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork. Bill James announcerbasketballcalculate share on social