November 18, 2002
BASEBALL: Art on Bill James
Projo sports editor Art Martone on the Red Sox' hiring of Bill James; James basically tries to make the case for himself as a non-controversial guy who will fit right in in a major league organization. It's largely spin, but it's what James has to do to get baseball people to listen to him: convince them that he's not telling them anything they don't already know. I wish him luck. It's also interesting to note that Rob Neyer was instrumental in getting James hired.