How Bill James Changed Our View of the Game of Baseball

If all you think Bill James has done is changed our view of baseball, then maybe not. But if you add in how this guy from Lawrence, Kansas, with "mismatching sox and dirt under his fingernails," has changed how people think about a lot of things, including baseball, then maybe he does. Here are twelve provocative essays by people who know James' work well, interspersed with shorter reflections by "just plain fans" and concluded with a last word by Bill James himself. Articles include:

• Freeing My Mind by Alan Schwarz
• Ten Things I Learned from Bill James by Dave Studenmund
• The Arrogance of Bill James by Gary Huckabay
• Prove It by John Thorn
• James, Tenace, McGraw and Kluszewski by Hal Richman
• Selling My Soul to Bill James by Sam Walker
• Slapping Myself on the Forehead by Steve Moyer
• The Collision of Sabermetrics and Fantasy Baseball by Ron Shandler
• Baseball, Basketball, Whatever by Daryl Morey
• Ready for the Next Question by Susan McCarthy
• The Bill James Way of Life by Rob Neyer
• Bill James Is Worth the Wait by John Dewan
• The Last Word by Bill James