I picked up a copy of Bill James’ Historical Abstract some 20 years ago. I am a baseball fan, and the book interested me enough to plop down some $5 for this tome on the bargain table. I read it cover to cover. Then I read it again. I was fascinated by the concept of “Runs Created”, Bill’s prime statistic, and one nobody really ever considered.
Now, Dan Lips has done something similar in National Review Online regarding education. Success comes from directions most of us don’t imagine.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 – 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
Comment by first premier credit cards — September 27, 2004 @ 5:23 pm