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 JamesIt's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.
Bill JamesLetting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.
Bill JamesBecause crime stories reveal an aspect of our personality that everybody has, but which we normally keep very deeply hidden. We like to talk about the good sides of ourselves. We don't like to talk about our hatreds, our distrusts of one another, our secrets, but crime stories drag those things to the surface and consequently they fascinate people and always have throughout all history.
Bill James