” You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don’t even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean? “
” Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you. “
” Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn’t have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities… just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think. “
” Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing. “
” Bunting is usually a waste of time. The – generally, yeah, I mean, if you think about it, bunt is the only play in baseball that both sides applaud. The – if the home team bunts, you get a base. The home team applauds because they get an out, and the other team applauds because they get a base. So what does that tell you? “
” There are many things that you can’t measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to measure things that people previously considered intangible. “
” Baseball does become slow sometimes. It’s totally unnecessary. The – you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can do about. “
” When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you – period. “
” You can’t ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. “
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