Is it possible to find a book both highly valuable and cringe-inducing? I’d never come across a book worthy of that distinction until I read The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. It is in equal measure one of the most important baseball books ever written and a deep look into the disturbing views of […]
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The Assets of Humanity
During Game 1 of the 2019 World Series FiveThirtyEight writer Travis Sawhcik tweeted out this absolute gem, Before we dig into the meat of that little nugget, I’ll be honest, I have lots of problems with Sawchik. I regularly go after his opinions on Twitter and in general find him to be a lousy representative […]