Several years ago, one of my good friends called my attention to a baseball blog called USSMariner. The site was a small-scale operation dedicated to the Seattle Mariners, but it featured a blogger with powerful opinions, caustic wit, and an entirely different take on baseball analysis than I had ever really confronted. Dave Cameron used USSMariner as a soapbox at first and eventually as a sprinboard to writing for ESPN, the Wall Street Journal, and Fangraphs (one of the most highly-regarded baseball sites). More importantly, Cameron brought sabermetric baseball analysis to the mainstream persuading even many of his most ardent doubters in the process.
Last year, Cameron announced on the blog that he had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) -- a shocking diagnosis for someone of his age (29). This article provides background about Cameron's rise to prominence as a baseball analyst as well as his fight with cancer.
"The Stats of Life" by Doug Miller
Published on MLB.com, April 17, 2012
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120416&content_id=28844170&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
Eric
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