Quote of the day

Longtime major league pitcher Jerry Reuss on statistics:

“(Dodgers general manager and president) Branch Rickey once called statistics lies and nothing but damn lies. Or they can be what agents call inducements. They’ll say, ‘Let’s keep track of this, because this is what’s positive for my client, so maybe we can get him a bonus.’ ”

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