Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 10, 2004
The Sultan Of Stats

At Home Plate has an interview with Bill James. Here's an example:


2) How does your input influence decisions with Theo Epstein and ownership?

Well, here's an example. When you're in a position where you HAVE to overspend for a player--you HAVE to pay more for a player than he really is worth--how do you know when to stop? It's a very serious question for every baseball team, and I have a way of deriving an answer. Theo needs an answer, and ownership needs an explanation. Theo doesn't HAVE to buy my answer, and ownership doesn't have to buy my explanation. Theo is free to ignore my calculations; ownership is free to reject my approach. But. . .they need an answer; I have an answer. So I have a certain degree of influence on the discussion.

Hat Tip: William Bragg.com


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Comments

Nice interview. Mr. James seemed not to be as querilous as he often is in Q&As. It's fun when he's carnky too, of course.

Posted by: John Velousis at March 10, 2004 07:07 PM