60 minutes
Shown people how to interpret baseball
MLB was slow to appreciate
Saber Metrics

Bill James 0 was on board as a grand design, to break the 86 year old curse.

Numbers will not say it all. The intangible. The magic.

Very sophisticated business
Taken a gut business to stats
Fenway park,

David Ortiz – great player

Mike Lowel –

Albert Pulhouse
David Wright is the best pick
25-29 years of age are the best
Aging players are not a good selection
Game is played by people

Sr Advisor to Baseball – Boston Red Sox.

Closer – best reliever?

Bill Costa – “simply expressed logic”

First love was baseball.
Took everything and appi

Stokely Foods, pork and beans plant
Stack

Saber Metrics.
Batting Avergages
On Base Percentage
One Loss Records
Strikeouts, walks, etc.
Strike out to walk record
crunched numbers – new stats
Baseball Abstract – 68 pages
Tiny Ad in Sporting News
Night Watchman selling stats

James gained a small

Bill James – pioneer in a new school of thought, what is the most important stat

Catcher makes the biggest difference in stolen bases.
James