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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Speaking of having no clue as to the efficacy or wisdom of the sacrifice attempt…

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This was written by Joe Sheehan in today’s BP.  Joe is a smart guy and a sabermetric writer.  When these guys write fluff pieces, do they turn into blithering idiots, with all due respect to Joe, who is also a nice guy?  O.K., I am being a little harsh, but these things really piss me off and I am getting too old to pull any punches.

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