March 31, 2008
Bill James Interview
BBTF posts the 60 Minutes Bill James interview.
Update: Joe Posnanski puts something into words that I couldn't. I didn't want to say this was a bad piece, because it really wasn't, but there were things in there that were inaccurate. Joe nails that:
Point is, I think 60 Minutes is a great show -- as long as you don't know much about the topic. I would guess that people who understand classical music probably had no use at all for the Gustave Dudamel piece, they probably felt like it was shallow and silly and borderline inaccurate.
I say this because, of course, I DO know Bill James. You know Bill James. And that gives us a unique look at the 60 Minutes piece on him Sunday. I will say first that I liked the piece because I thought Bill came across well, and I'm guessing it was probably well received by people who know nothing at all about baseball. But, it was certainly those other things too, shallow and silly and borderline inaccurate.
Isn't this what the blogosphere really exposed? Now, if someone in the media reports on something, there's an expert out there who knows better to set things right. So after 40 years we finally realize that if 60 Minutes is a good show if you don't know something about a topic, it's probably a bad show.
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For those of us who don't feel like watching it, how was the interview inaccurate?
Incidentally, as a classical musician, I found the Dudamel interview to be interesting, especially regarding the incredible music education system in Venezuela. Classical musicians do not watch major media outlets expecting to hear deep, insightful things about classical music. We simply don't expect non-musicians to do non-musician things.
Avid baseball fans well-steeped in VORP and the like should likewise not expect a news to really get below the surface of things either.