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David Brown statistically details the many reasons why free agent players are such risky propositions.

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That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Sep 3, 2009 1:24 PM CDT reply actions  

This was good...

…but I feel like not up to David’s normal level. Maybe it’s because I’m not crazy about the classification system he used for free agents…I dunno. I agree with the premise, I’m just not sure that was a complete/best way to prove it.

If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.

by GhettoBear04 on Sep 3, 2009 1:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah, but

If you grab a monarch migrating to central Mexico, you might upset the ecological balance of the whole hemisphere.

"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 Sep 3, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Can I cite this article everytime

you say you’d rather have Juan Cruz than Tommy Mendonca?

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Sep 3, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions  

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