Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:46:48 GMT Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:39:45 GMT Dave Winer dave.winer@gmail.com 1, 2, 3, 16 1 186 1385 1177 2328 <script> function ec (id, showClassName, urlExpand, urlCollapse) { var imgId = 'img_'+ id; if (document.getElementById (id).className == 'hide') { document.getElementById (id).className = showClassName; document.getElementById (imgId).src = urlCollapse; } else { document.getElementById (id).className = 'hide'; document.getElementById(imgId).src = urlExpand; } } </script> <style> .divOutlineBody { padding: 0; margin-left: -16px; } .divOutlineList { margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; text-indent: 0; } .divOutlineItem { margin-left: 16px; } .spanOutlineText { cursor: pointer; float: none; margin-left: 0; color: black; } .show { display: block; } .hide { display: none; } img.expandIcon { position: relative; left: -16px; margin-right: -16px; padding: 0; border: 0; height: 16px; width: 16px; } </style> <div class="divOutlineBody"> <div class="divOutlineList" style="padding-left: 0;"> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Why did the college basketball teams miss his talent?</span><a name="whyDidTheCollegeBasketballTeamsMissHisTalent">&nbsp;</a><a href="#whyDidTheCollegeBasketballTeamsMissHisTalent"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Why did the NBA?</span><a name="whyDidTheNba">&nbsp;</a><a href="#whyDidTheNba"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Really simple. <i>People see what they expect to see.</i></span><a name="reallySimpleIpeopleSeeWhatTheyExpectToSeei">&nbsp;</a><a href="#reallySimpleIpeopleSeeWhatTheyExpectToSeei"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Great <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Moneyball_%28film%29">quote</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_%28film%29">Moneyball</a> about this.</span><a name="greatAHrefhttpenwikiquoteorgwikimoneyball28film29quoteaInAHrefhttpenwikipediaorgwikimoneyball28film29moneyballaAboutThis">&nbsp;</a><a href="#greatAHrefhttpenwikiquoteorgwikimoneyball28film29quoteaInAHrefhttpenwikipediaorgwikimoneyball28film29moneyballaAboutThis"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">"People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins."</span><a name="peopleWhoRunBallClubsTheyThinkInTermsOfBuyingPlayersYourGoalShouldntBeToBuyPlayersYourGoalShouldBeToBuyWins">&nbsp;</a><a href="#peopleWhoRunBallClubsTheyThinkInTermsOfBuyingPlayersYourGoalShouldntBeToBuyPlayersYourGoalShouldBeToBuyWins"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">This lesson doesn't just apply to basketball or baseball or sports, it applies to <i>everything. </i></span><a name="thisLessonDoesntJustApplyToBasketballOrBaseballOrSportsItAppliesToIeverythingI">&nbsp;</a><a href="#thisLessonDoesntJustApplyToBasketballOrBaseballOrSportsItAppliesToIeverythingI"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">And btw, the reason people didn't expect he'd be a great basketball player was his race. So we're going to get a chance to clear up some racism now, so that's another good thing.</span><a name="andBtwTheReasonPeopleDidntExpectHedBeAGreatBasketballPlayerWasHisRaceSoWereGoingToGetAChanceToClearUpSomeRacismNowSoThatsAnotherGoodThing">&nbsp;</a><a href="#andBtwTheReasonPeopleDidntExpectHedBeAGreatBasketballPlayerWasHisRaceSoWereGoingToGetAChanceToClearUpSomeRacismNowSoThatsAnotherGoodThing"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><a href="javascript:ec('psIWentToTheAHrefHtt7222','show','http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/rightWedge.gif','http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/downWedge.gif');"><img class="expandIcon" id="img_psIWentToTheAHrefHtt7222" src="http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/rightWedge.gif" border="0"></a><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">PS: I went to the <a href="http://photos.scripting.com/2012/february/knicksBeatMavericks">Knicks game</a> today and he's every bit as exciting a player in person as he is on TV. What a gift! :-)</span><a name="psIWentToTheAHrefhttpphotosscriptingcom2012februaryknicksbeatmavericksknicksGameaTodayAndHesEveryBitAsExcitingAPlayerInPersonAsHeIsOnTvWhatAGift">&nbsp;</a><a href="#psIWentToTheAHrefhttpphotosscriptingcom2012februaryknicksbeatmavericksknicksGameaTodayAndHesEveryBitAsExcitingAPlayerInPersonAsHeIsOnTvWhatAGift"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> <div class="hide" id="psIWentToTheAHrefHtt7222" name="psIWentToTheAHrefHtt7222"> <div class="divOutlineList" style="padding-left: 30px;"> <div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 140%;"><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Om_cG5hlC1o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span><a name="iframeWidth400Height233Srchttpwwwyoutubecomembedomcg5hlc1oFrameborder0Allowfullscreeniframe">&nbsp;</a><a href="#iframeWidth400Height233Srchttpwwwyoutubecomembedomcg5hlc1oFrameborder0Allowfullscreeniframe"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>