Insight into Hillman's frame of reference?

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After signing a contract, the late Tug McGraw famously said, "Ninety percent I’ll spend on good times, women and Irish whiskey. The other 10 percent I’ll probably waste."

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on Mar 29, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

Classic line.

by Steve Hovley on Mar 29, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

Might partially explain why he's no longer with us, though.

by Steve Hovley on Mar 29, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

said Mickey Mantle.

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on Mar 29, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

This is also the part of his life he feels he most neglected last year. No coincidence, he believes, that it was a trying summer.

by Will McDonald on Mar 29, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, neglect of spending time reading "The Book" did make it a tough summer

But he misunderstood when some suggested he spend more time reading The Book.

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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 29, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Very funny d_f.

No reason he can’t study both and make everyone happy.

by hunter s. royal on Mar 29, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

From the looks of things

being caught with The Book, a THT or BP annual/preview, or a Bill James’ corpus while on Royals’ property is grounds for immediate termiination for all team employees.

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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 30, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions