Figured since people are interested in discussing it that we may as well have a thread on Unobstructed Views about it so we don’t litter all the others with talk about old men raping children.
An Interview with Bill James
What the hell do you say about Bill James? No introduction is necessary, but not having one seems lame. It’s Bill James. Obstructed View: You’ve mentioned in recent years how talking with scouts in Boston has helped you see the game in a way you hadn’t explored before. Has this changed the way you view some of the conclusions you …
Yes you can measure intangibles
It’s popular for the anti-stats crowd to say that you can’t measure intangibles. Brian Burke explains how we already do measure intangibles. h/t to Tangotiger
Chicago Tribune is now accepting hearsay from random people
Per NDB Paul Sullivan, some dude wearing a purple tshirt thinks he saw Theo Epstein at a Chicago Starbucks. True to form, he managed to work in a completely unrelated dig on Zambrano. Seriously, Tribune? There have been sightings of Theo all over the city, and this is the one you dug up? We intrepid investigators at Obstructed View have …
More Shameless Self Promotion
My dad’s book came out this week on Amazon and Kindle (link below). He and his co-author made a brief appearance in the film “Catching Hell” – they’re the two self-appointed Commissioners of the Bartman Play. The book is an adaptation of their Commission Report and basically analyzes the play from a rules perspective. It is their contention that the …
Breaking Bad: End Times
Walt, left just over the edge of sanity from the events of last week, is left with too little money, too little leverage and too many people to protect.
Breaking Bad: Crawl Space
Fuckin’ A.
Breaking Bad: Salud
I don’t see how this season comes down to anything other than this faceoff from last season resulting in the death of one of them.