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An in-depth analysis of: The sacrifice bunt, batter/pitcher matchups, the intentional base on balls, optimizing a batting lineup, hot and cold streaks, clutch performance, platooning strategies, and much more. Read Excerpts & Customer Reviews
I agree with you, tangotiger. The initial surprise of Bonds' not even been offered a job caused very strong conjectures of libelous and collusive behavior by the teams.
As an employee of one of those teams, Bill James can not publicly state that there is no good reason for Bonds to not have an offer - without causing potentially libelous problems for his employer. Don't expect James to change his main point, even if he agrees with you.
James tried avoiding the Bonds issue for a long time, but now that he started he has to "use statistics as a drunk uses a lamp post".
I agree with you, tangotiger. The initial surprise of Bonds' not even been offered a job caused very strong conjectures of libelous and collusive behavior by the teams. As an employee of one of those teams, Bill James can not publicly state that there is no good reason for Bonds to not have an offer - without causing potentially libelous problems for his employer. Don't expect James to change his main point, even if he agrees with you. James tried avoiding the Bonds issue for a long time, but now that he started he has to "use statistics as a drunk uses a lamp post".