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...enduring story will be Schilling's. Boston's ace had to pitch off an ankle tendon sewn in place to keep it from wobbling out of its torn sheath. He pinned down the Yankees in the sixth game, a 4-2 win in the House That Ruth Built. As Schilling worked the Yankee lineup, blood leached from the wound, turning his sock red. Holy metaphor! Then Lowe, who won the clinching game in all three postseason rounds, threw nothing but worm balls as the Sox won 10-3 in the decider. With that kind of momentum, did the Cards stand...
Henry, who had owned the Florida Marlins, is part of a new breed captivated by a strategy for evaluating players called sabermetrics. Its adherents dismiss traditional measures like batting average and RBIs, seeing stats like on-base percentages and pitch counts as better indicators of productivity. In this view, a guy who hits .250 and walks 50 times might create as many runs as one who hits .300 and strikes out a lot. He'd be a damn sight cheaper too. Sabermetrics produced signings such as that of third baseman Bill Mueller (with a $2 million-a-year salary...
...aggressive. But general manager Theo Epstein prides himself on not overpaying for talent. Martinez, who made $17.5 million this year, is likely to seek at least a four-year contract worth some $15 million a year. But is an often injured 33-year-old who can rarely pitch beyond the sixth inning worth all that? "He's replaceable," says an American League general manager. "They can go out and get two quality pitchers for that price...
...cell phones by ignoring the impending switch from analog to digital technology. Or its rival, Nokia, which missed the popularity of clamshell phones. Recognizing an impending technological shift is just part of the challenge; companies also have to guess right about when to embrace it. "It's like a pitch coming in--you have to decide if it's a fastball or curveball," says Bain director David Harding...
Jamie Foxx, star of Ray, has received considerable Oscar buzz for his almost perfect portrayal of Ray Charles—and deservedly so. From the close-eyed, contorted face that seems to interpret the world with tactile emotion to the quick paced, pitch-perfect, squeaky southern drawl, Foxx has Charles dead on. But with a script devoid of any genuine emotion, and a filmmaker who isn’t quite sure what he’s doing, Foxx’s performance does not resonate. It bears a greater resemblance to a three hour-long impression rather than an Oscar...