Bill JamesVisualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.375Thought
Bill JamesI 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.328ThoughtTime
Bill JamesI learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other … ▶251Humanity
Bill JamesIt'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.276HumanityTruth
Bill JamesThe 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 calcu… ▶298Truth
Bill JamesWell, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing. ✨ The Man Behind The 'Moneyball' S… ▶204Life
Bill JamesLetting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.248Love
Bill JamesDo 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.189Humanity
Bill JamesTelevision is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. ✨ Writer Bill James. Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.158Humanity
