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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Bill James’ The Attribution Problem
Just got my Bill James Gold Mine today and I skimmed it. On page 263 is an article entitled, The Attribution Problem (In Baseball and in Life). It is an interesting read. To be honest, I am not sure I fully understand his logic. In fact, I KNOW that I don’t FULLY understand it. I do think a lot about the, “Is what is good for the individual good for the whole or for society?” problem, which is one of the things that Bill discusses. I am not sure I agree with his premise that a “good RBI” man will reduce the number of runs a bad team scores, although it depends on what you mean by “a good RBI man” and “a bad team.”
Has anyone else read this article? I would like to have a discussion about it. Again, there are lots of smart folks who frequent this blog, and I love learning things from them.
In fact, and I’m sure Tango will agree, but one of the reasons, maybe the main reason, we have this blog is to learn from the many intelligent and thoughtful folks who post here.
As a side note, what do you think our country would be like if it were run by the likes of, or perhaps with the assistance of, folks like Tango, Bill James, Rob Neyer, Keith Law, and I dare say MGL, and some of the other people in sabermetrics that we know and love. I am sorry if I left you out but if you think you should be included, consider yourself included or send in your application!
Seriously, maybe we should start a think tank and somehow make ourselves known to the powers that be. What do you guys (and gals, if we have any) think? Do we have any gals? Sorry about using the word “gal.” How do you know when you are getting old? Your waist size becomes larger than your inseam (somehow my inseam has gotten smaller over the years), you start calling girls gals, and your put on your trousers and not your pants! (And you start calling 30-somethings “kids,” your childhood movie and sports heroes are dying of old age, etc.)
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