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Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

~Bill James

Topics: Affluent Aspirin Charge Given Hospitals Medicine Miracles Professionalism Us Will

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It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case.

~Bill James

Topics: About Before Case Damaging Extremely Facts Fair Fair Trial Heard Judgment Newspapers People Radio Reaching Trial

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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.

~Bill James

Topics: Considered Figuring Fun Great Great Fun Intangible Living Many Measure Out People Things Ways You

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I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

~Bill James

Topics: Always Answers Asking Asking Questions Been Better Knowing Much Questions Than Were

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In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

~Bill James

Topics: Become Bed Crime Details Example For Example Important Relation Staircase Story Tremendously Where

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Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice.

~Bill James

Topics: Brought Case Justice Law Professionalism Simpson Us

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I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

~Bill James

Topics: Answers Break Clear Difficult Down General Large Questions Resolve Small Specific Take Them Try Very

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Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.

~Bill James

Topics: Baseball Because Brands Breakfast Cereal Like Need People Reason Same Some Some People Statistics Them

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I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.

~Bill James

Topics: Baseball Drift Even Family Mind Much Obviously Spend Tends Them Though Time Toward I Can

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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?

~Bill James

Topics: About Anymore Baseball Changes Even Japanese Know Little Mean Names Think Twice Us Way Which You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 5th, 1949

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