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
I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were. Bill James answerknowquestion Change image and share on social
Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. Bill James entertainmentfictionalfull Change image and share on social
We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the word 'need.' We like to have new games every day, and, if we are to have a constant and endless flow of games, we need a constant flow of athletes. Bill James athleteconstantday share on social
We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime. Bill James bookgeniusegenuinely 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
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics. Bill James baseballbrandbreakfast Change image and share on social
I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers. Bill James answerbreakclear Change image and share on social
When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period. Bill James agreedisagreepeople Change image and share on social
The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed. Bill James eliminatehumanlong Change image and share on social
