Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Bill James
Born: October 5, 1949 (age 75)
Bio: George William "Bill" James is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics.
Known for:
- The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1985)
- Win Shares (2002)
- Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? (1995)