Bill James... baseball nerd extraordinaire. This one is for you Ben Tao.

I can almost hear Ben Tao yelling across the Pacific Ocean, saying, "Hideyo, you're an idiot. How can you think that Marvin Benard is no good?" Marvin Benard is one of many points of contention we had. Included in the list are Mike Hampton's pitching ability outside of the Astrodome, reformed theology, affirmative action, Macintosh computers, whether or not compassionate conservativism actually exists, foreign policy, Ben's skill in wrestling, Puff Daddy's skill in rapping, the President's intelligence, Ben Tao's intelligence, and my intelligence.