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Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.


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There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.



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Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.



Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.

Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.



I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.



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I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.



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

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



I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!



Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.

Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.





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