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I don't have a link, but I was interested to read in the paper that baseball statistics (sabrematrician) guru Bill James has been hired by the Boston Red Sox. Among other duties he will consult on all trades.
I started buying Bill James' yearly Baseball Abstract when I was a kid growing up in Massachusetts. What little mathematical facility I have is due in large part to my fascination with his elaborate and rather arcane formula for quantitizing player performance. Great great stuff. And the idea that he will be helping the utterly hapless BoSox is icing on the cake. I'd like to see it work, but I'm not sure even Bill the great can turn baseball in that town around.