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Bill James Quotes: Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.
         

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.


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Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.



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I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!



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