tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post7389160891706907329..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Bill James In Spotlight For Several Tweets Some Players Found Offensiveallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-83811705770609607332018-11-11T13:36:17.213-08:002018-11-11T13:36:17.213-08:00James is right. The players are being way too sens...James is right. The players are being way too sensitive. In addition to the many batboys, PR assistants, and clubhouse people, perhaps Henry and Werner should hire a slave, as the Romans did, to stand a step or two behind each player who crosses home plate and points two digits to the skies. <br /><br />The slave should then approach, and whisper in the player's ear,<br /><i>"All glory is fleeting."</i>. <br /><br />Extra slaves could be procured for DuckBoat rides.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-10135821945129795172018-11-10T11:25:14.745-08:002018-11-10T11:25:14.745-08:00I don't get it. There's a book called The ...I don't get it. There's a book called The World Without Us which studies the environment and human civilization by positing the questions: what would happen if all humans suddenly disappeared from the Earth? How long would it take for natural systems to take over again?<br /><br />Should the author be criticized for his disrespect of humanity? It's a hypothetical James was referring to.Zenslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040836002694584468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-38799946989271654992018-11-09T17:34:58.911-08:002018-11-09T17:34:58.911-08:00James can be combative and extremely opinionated, ...James can be combative and extremely opinionated, but he usually doesn't fire off tweets as fast as he can type.<br /><br />I saw this:<br /><br />Andrew Getrarer<br />You're right, the game would go on. And you said it the way you've said everything since the earliest Abstracts: with a combination of sarcasm and hyperbole. But you're the Establishment now and the Establishment has limits on how it is expected to speak. That's the way it is.<br /><br />Bill James:<br />I think that's right; in fact, that's a remarkable Twitter-short summary. I don't think of myself as the Establishment or part of the establishment, but I do think that this controversy has arisen because yesterday's comments were perceived in that way.<br /><br />***<br /><br />James also tweeted these two posts:<br /><br />I do my best not to offend people. Can't say that I have much talent for it.<br /><br />What I said here yesterday, I once said to Marvin Miller. Marvin very strongly disagreed with it, but we were still friends. He understood that it was not in any way disrespectful to the players; he just thought it was factually wrong.<br />allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-63604516344769032112018-11-09T13:24:44.182-08:002018-11-09T13:24:44.182-08:00I should add that his later comments (re the game ...I should add that his later comments (re the game endures) seem very different than that initial statement. I don't read that as a different expression. I read the first as contempt for the players and the second as (at best) clarifying but perhaps backpedaling.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-78361081270809968832018-11-09T12:13:30.618-08:002018-11-09T12:13:30.618-08:00I admire and respect Bill James, but I agree unequ...I admire and respect Bill James, but I agree unequivocally with Tony Clark. No company, no organization, exists without its workers. James' tweet is insulting and offensive. If the players' union didn't say that, they're not much of a union.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-85307343109326635072018-11-09T12:03:50.602-08:002018-11-09T12:03:50.602-08:00I found all this criticism of James kind of dumb. ...I found all this criticism of James kind of dumb. Isn't it pretty easy to understand the perspective he's writing from?Zenslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040836002694584468noreply@blogger.com