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...some colorful language in the book, making the reams of statistical information much more reader-friendly. At one point, you basically compare teams that use the shift against Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz to "Polocks hunting landmines." You say they're "dumb." Though you are quick to point out that there are only "three Polish guys" who are "offended by Polock jokes." Why push the envelope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Baseball Guru Bill James | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Everybody who is my age, or everybody who is over 30, knows that joke. I mean, I'm not sure I get the point of the over-shift against David Ortiz. It helps you if he hits a ground ball, but if the bomb goes off, you can put those infielders anywhere you want to, it doesn't really do you any good. The damage that David does comes when he hits the ball 380 feet. It really does not matter much where you put your infielders when that happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Baseball Guru Bill James | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Wallach and his allies began to shift local opinion by showing that going green wasn't just about saving the polar bears but also cutting waste and saving on rising fuel bills and building a stronger, more resilient town. Those arguments made sense even to Greensburg's old-timers. "Our church sometimes costs up to $1,000 a month to heat," says George, who plans to reconstruct the building to meet the highest energy-efficiency standards. "Now, I'm not a tree hugger by any means," he says. "But we have to be prepared for a future in which energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Greensburg | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...your novels about Jesus Christ the end of your evolution as a writer or merely the beginning? -Kyle McCartney, Huntington Beach, Calif.It's the beginning of a new epoch. It was a big shift and the great thing about it was that it allowed me to draw on all of my experiences as a writer-I realized that my experience as a story teller could be used for a new vocation. I thought, 'I'm going to write about you and bring you to life in novels for people who don't believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Anne Rice | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...still a distant long shot, operating a bare-bones campaign on a bank loan with a dilapidated staff of mostly unpaid advisors. Then almost everything broke his way: Mike Huckabee won Iowa, crippling the powerhouse campaign of Mitt Romney. Rudy Giuliani abandoned New Hampshire, allowing his moderate supporters to shift to McCain. Fred Thompson stayed in the race until South Carolina, bleeding enough votes away from Huckabee to allow McCain to win that key state. Even Huckabee seemed to cooperate, devoting crucial days to a foolhardy effort in Michigan and swearing off any negative attacks on McCain before he bowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Luck of John McCain | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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