Quote of the day
Posted: April 18, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, George V. Higgins, quotes, sports 3 CommentsThe seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes that he could do it, if only God had seen fit to make him just a little bit less clumsy.
~George V. Higgins
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Quote of the day
Posted: April 14, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Jackie Robinson, quotes, sports Leave a commentA life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
~Jackie Robinson
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Quote of the day
Posted: April 6, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Pat Gillick, quotes, sports Leave a commentBaseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it’s about love, integrity, and respect.
~Pat Gillick
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Infographic: Big Data & Baseball Statistics
Posted: April 5, 2018 Filed under: 19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century | Tags: Allan Roth, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Bill James, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodgers, Buffalo Bisons, Chicago White Sox, Earl Weaver, history, infographics, John Thorn, Major League Baseball, MLB, Oakland Athletics, Pete Palmer, quotes, SABR, Sean Smith, sports, statistics Leave a commentSomeone (unknown) once commented, “Baseball is an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics.” There’s no doubt statistics drive the game. Here’s a good general timeline on how that has played out over the years.
Quote of the day
Posted: April 3, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Harry Caray, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports 2 CommentsNow, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I’ll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.
~Harry Caray
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Quote of the day
Posted: March 23, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Harlan Coben, quotes, sports 2 CommentsI like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It’s very thin, it’s made of something very flimsy like lime, and if you cross it, it really starts to blur where fair becomes foul and foul becomes fair.
~Harlan Coben
Quote of the day
Posted: March 18, 2018 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, quotes, sports Leave a commentThe sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating or depressing, depending on how you felt about baseball. The same intellectual resources might have cured the common cold, or put a man on Pluto.
~Michael Lewis
