VORP over arabists? Not so much. Or, more proof that games played and RBIs are junk stats.

Words just about fail me.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the latest Great Moment in Public Diplomacy:

“Sports is a universal language… Everybody knows that if you can play baseball like Cal Ripken then you’re going to… have the world at your feet… So he’s going to go out and I’ll bet he’ll find people who want to be Cal Ripken in Pakistan and people who want to be Cal Ripken in Guatemala and people who want to be Cal Ripken in Europe… That’s the wonderful thing about sports: it really transcends culture and it transcends identity.