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

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

(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)

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

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

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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05/23/12 Thieves Steal $300 From Church, Leave Thousands in... Source: FOX/ABC - NewsCenter Fox 28 & ABC 6 - Columbus OH CHILLICOTHE--Chillicothe Baptist church members are cleaning up after someone broke into their building and stole $300, but left thousands more in damage.
05/23/12 County board okays hospital bond issuance Source: The Mount Airy News - Mount Airy NC The Surry County Board of Commissioners gave a go-ahead nod Monday night to a plan by Northern Hospital executives to refinance three bonds, a move healthcare administrators say will save millions in interest payments over the life of the bonds.
05/20/12 Port of Port Angeles reports good budget news in its... Source: Peninsula Daily News - Port Angeles WA The Port of Port Angeles' first-quarter budget figures are better than expected, since tanker repairs and log exports continue to run ahead of early budget estimates.
05/18/12 North Carolina same-sex marriage amendment: Confusion... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Mecklenburg County commissioner Bill James survived his own primary race on May 8.
05/17/12 Red Sox Hoping Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton Stay Cold in... Source: NESN The temperature gauge is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters are.

Background on bill james

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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