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All-or-Nothing Adam Dunn Perfect Fit for Brash White Sox

By Tom KrasovicDec 2nd 2010 – 10:00PM

The White Sox and Adam Dunn go together like deep dish pizza and a cold beer, so it's pleasing to see the likable lug sign up for four years on Chicago's South Side. Their shared trait: Neither is deterred by naked defeat. Both march onward, looking for either the big score or the grand slam. The White Sox believe that...

Las Vegas Hoarder Found Dead in Her Cluttered Possessions

By Hugh CollinsAug 28th 2010 – 2:54PM
Julie Jacobson, AP

Julie Jacobson, AP

(Aug. 28) -- A Las Vegas woman who had been missing for four months was found buried beneath a mountain of garbage and clutter in her own home. Bill James brought the search for his wife Billie Jean to a horrifying conclusion on Wednesday when he spotted her feet sticking out from the pile of junk that filled the room...

The Dugout: Homer at the (At Bat + Win Share / Secondary Average)

By Brandon StroudAug 10th 2010 – 2:30PM

Bill James, the creator of ULTRA Games like Skate or Die, will be making a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. I falsely credited him as that scary face coming out of my television to tell me about Defender of the Crown because the last thing a sports website needs is another God-forsaken post about...

MLB FanHouse Q&A: Bill James

By Tom KrasovicMar 16th 2010 – 1:47PM

Baseball scholar Bill James has written a new book, The Bill James Gold Mine 2010. FanHouse's Tom Krasovic recently interviewed James, the Red Sox senior advisor for baseball operations. Here is an excerpt: FanHouse: How confident are you in the advanced defensive metrics relative to the offensive metrics? James: Well...

Roy Oswalt Wants A-Rod's Stats Gone

By John WaltersFeb 11th 2009 – 4:50PM

It's always interesting to see how peers react when one of their own get clipped for steroids. Barry Bonds seemed to get more vilification from fans than from players (except for maybe Turk Wendell). You would think that among his own, Alex Rodriguez would get the same kind of support. But not from Roy Oswalt. And forget...

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George William "Bill" James (born October 5, 1949, in Holton, Kansas) is a baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential.

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