Happy birthday, Bill James and Monty Python

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 5, 2009 2:45 PM CDT

Happy birthday to Bill James, who was born 60 years ago today.

And happy birthday to Monty Python -- their first show aired 40 years ago today.

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Greatness.

by jam0152 on Oct 5, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions

Bill James is like a stream of bat’s piss.

by shroomer on Oct 5, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions

Oh by the way

which one’s Monty?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year

by RangerMad on Oct 5, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions

Dunno

They both get credit for the holy grail

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Oct 5, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Excellent.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 5, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions

For all of you Flying Circus fans...

“Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)” will air on IFC (Independent Film Channel) October 18-23, 2009

During “Python-a-thon,” IFC will air one episode of its Original six-part docu-series Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) each night at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT beginning October 18, followed by a feature Python film such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian or Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, and an episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 5, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions