Bill Conlin, egotist and oh yeah, child rapist, dead. (http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20140109_HED_TOO_LONG__Bill_Conlin__Daily_News_sports_columnist_whose_career_ended_in_disgrac.html)
Also memorable for giving us the gift of "Laptop Science (http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/11/thanksgiving-more-like-nothanksgiving.html)."
Quote from: ChuckD on January 10, 2014, 03:20:51 PM
Also memorable for giving us the gift of "Laptop Science (http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/11/thanksgiving-more-like-nothanksgiving.html)."
Weird that I had forgotten all about his more recently-revealed pederastry and thought of his (slightly earlier) hilarious blind punches in the that he attempted to thrust at sabremetrics and, after re-reading this (http://deadspin.com/326411/its-important-that-you-know-bill-conlins-compensation), I can truly say--knowing what we all know now--that I wished he had lived longer and suffered more.
Quote from: PANK! on January 11, 2014, 08:56:12 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on January 10, 2014, 03:20:51 PM
Also memorable for giving us the gift of "Laptop Science (http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/11/thanksgiving-more-like-nothanksgiving.html)."
Weird that I had forgotten all about his more recently-revealed pederastry and thought of his (slightly earlier) hilarious blind punches in the that he attempted to thrust at sabremetrics and, after re-reading this (http://deadspin.com/326411/its-important-that-you-know-bill-conlins-compensation), I can truly say--knowing what we all know now--that I wished he had lived longer and suffered more.
The whole in the that?