Bill James made his name as the godfather of sabermetrics, his statistical calculations forming the backbone of the popular "Moneyball" philosophy in baseball. These days, James, 75, is a bit of a ...

Fortunately, in the meantime Bill did write another book, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (covered in this space when it was published last November). And those of you who have the ...

After five years spent revising his 1985 "Historical Baseball Abstract," Bill James has delivered "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract," fresh for 2001. As Alan Schwarz points out in ...

An hour from the nearest major-league team wouldn’t appear the ideal environment for a baseball writer, but it suits Bill James perfectly. Despite recently becoming senior baseball operations ...

The biggest news from the rekindling of the negotiations was the fact that Jose Altuve volunteered to move to left field. In ...