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Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics guru weighs in on Adam Greenberg in Jewish Jocks collection

November 16, 2012

Remember when I warned about the motives of Jeffrey Luria and the Miami Marlins when they signed Adam Greenberg to a one-game contract so he could get that first official at-bat? So much for the good-will he engendered with that act of kindness. Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of one of my favorite book series (and […]

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Bits and pieces, Nov. 9

November 9, 2012

♦  One of my neo-favorites books have been the Freaknomics series. Their blog included this item about the eternal question (well, eternal since 1903, with the occasional break), “Does the best team win the World Series?” By teh way, Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner contributed an essay about everybody’s favorite comeback kid,  Adam Greenberg, in […]

Tagged as: Adam Greenberg, Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner

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