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| | TIME.com: Bill James -- May 8, 2006 -- Page 1 |
 | | When I asked our general manager, Theo Epstein, what he thought about James' impact on the game, he said, "The thing that stands out for me is Bill's humility. |
 | | He taught us, among other things, that individual ballparks have a profound effect on a ballplayer's production, that the largest variable determining how many runs a team will score is how many times the leadoff hitter gets on base, that much of what we perceive as pitching is actually defense. |
 | | What James demands is that we take the time to listen to what the game is telling us over and above what we are predisposed to believe. |
| www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187260,00.html (410 words) |
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