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In response to
"I’d been meaning to look into if this was a recent development or had always been true."
by
Tim
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Bill James was writing about it in the 80s. Nobody listened before Billy Beane.
Posted by
David (aka David)
Aug 2 '23, 11:42
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There's a hilarious anecdote in Moneyball (the book) about one hitter. That person possessed such a dramatic difference in batting average and slugging that James just mailed the front office a letter, figuring he should tell somebody. He never heard back.
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