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Defending Bill James on Kirby Puckett
Published 4/5/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
By now, the Bugs and Cranks post taking Bill James to task on his paragraph in 2008's Gold Mine -- which loosely mentions Kirby Puckett and Gary Gaetti in the same breath as steroids -- is old news. Our boy Josh Alper has given his take too. We get it: It's not cool to bust on Puckett and the Twins for things we do not know. Still, the outrage is not universal. The Hardball Times' Dave Studeman called the Bugs and Cranks headline irresponsible, and Rob Neyer pointed out the irony in a place named Bugs and Cranks taking issue with a slight bit of ...

Defending Bill James on Kirby Puckett
Published 4/5/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
Filed under: Minnesota, Twins, AL Central, MLB Media WatchBy now, the Bugs and Cranks post taking Bill James to task on his paragraph in 2008's Gold Mine -- which loosely mentions Kirby Puckett and Gary Gaetti in the same breath as steroids -- is old news. Our boy Josh Alper has given his take too. We get it: It's not cool to bust on Puckett and the Twins for things we do not know. Still, the outrage is not universal. The Hardball Times' Dave Studeman called the Bugs and Cranks headline irresponsible, and Rob Neyer ...