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From: David Short on 21 Mar 2010 16:12
I know several of you think James is the devil incarnate. I thought you
might be interested in this interview. He writes better than he interviews.

http://cnati.com/spring-training-2010/talking-with-bill-james-part-1-001559/

http://cnati.com/spring-training-2010/talking-with-bill-james-part-2-001571/


From: Ron Johnson on 22 Mar 2010 08:16
On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, "David Short"
<David.No.Sh...(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote:
> I know several of you think James is the devil incarnate. I thought you
> might be interested in this interview. He writes better than he interviews.

Might be as simple as being shy. At least that's how he came off when
I ran into him at the Toronto SABR.

There are always a few strange answers in any interview. I'm pretty
sure it's his way of saying, "Dumb question". He really need Crash
to teach him his cliches.



From: David Short on 22 Mar 2010 09:40
On 3/22/2010 8:16 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, "David Short"
> <David.No.Sh...(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote:
>> I know several of you think James is the devil incarnate. I thought you
>> might be interested in this interview. He writes better than he interviews.
>
> Might be as simple as being shy. At least that's how he came off when
> I ran into him at the Toronto SABR.
>
> There are always a few strange answers in any interview. I'm pretty
> sure it's his way of saying, "Dumb question". He really need Crash
> to teach him his cliches.

I wasn't trying to be overly critical of the interview. I thought it
showed what he's like. In person, he was extremely humble and self
effacing when I met him at a conference 18 years ago.

John K in particular seems to think that James is some sort of self
promoting bozo and I thought he might want to see a different side.

dfs
From: John Kasupski on 22 Mar 2010 12:22
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:40:03 -0400, David Short
<David.No.Short.(a)Spam.wright.Please.edu> wrote:

>On 3/22/2010 8:16 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, "David Short"
>> <David.No.Sh...(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote:
>>> I know several of you think James is the devil incarnate. I thought you
>>> might be interested in this interview. He writes better than he interviews.
>>
>> Might be as simple as being shy. At least that's how he came off when
>> I ran into him at the Toronto SABR.
>>
>> There are always a few strange answers in any interview. I'm pretty
>> sure it's his way of saying, "Dumb question". He really need Crash
>> to teach him his cliches.
>
>I wasn't trying to be overly critical of the interview. I thought it
>showed what he's like. In person, he was extremely humble and self
>effacing when I met him at a conference 18 years ago.
>
>John K in particular seems to think that James is some sort of self
>promoting bozo and I thought he might want to see a different side.

I don't recall having ever said anything about Bill James' character. I've said
that I don't necessarily buy into what the countless hordes of math geeks who
have followed in his footsteps have concluded about the game of baseball. Nor do
I discount it all...but note James' comments in that interview with CTR relative
to what Bill Lajoie talks about here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8847084&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

JK

From: RJA on 22 Mar 2010 12:37
On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, "David Short"
<David.No.Sh...(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote:
> I know several of you think James is the devil incarnate. I thought you
> might be interested in this interview. He writes better than he interviews.
>
> http://cnati.com/spring-training-2010/talking-with-bill-james-part-1-...
>
> http://cnati.com/spring-training-2010/talking-with-bill-james-part-2-...

Who knew that Janish was such a prospect?
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