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The reporter knew politics. He said that creating a fan base for an unknown reminded him of the Democrats and John Kerry. When Kerry was nominated for president in the primary, he was not well known across the country. The Democrats had to come up with ways of getting him fans in a hurry. The reporter began mentioning the Democrats’ strategies. Eac

Mark Levy • Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content

**Note:** Box score - speaking about my experience recording stats at baseball games with my dadJacobs argues that “strangely enough, baseball was better when we knew less about the most effective way to play it.” In Jacobs’s view, when everyone knows the most efficient way to play the game, the game as a whole loses its color and variety.

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Travis Sawchik • The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

Gil tells me later that when I entered the arena, he heard the applause. The windows of the Corvette were rolled up, but he still heard the crowd. In that moment he had a sense of what I’d been trying to tell him. After the command performance for the Old West judge, after hearing the stadium greet my arrival with a frenzied roar, he understood. He

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Tony Gwynn hit a magnificent .338 for his career.

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