Which writer for The Ringer published a December 30, 2016, article forecasting a surge in Hall of Fame support for Bonds and Clemens based on ballots made public to that point? This former editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus (from 2012-2014) had also previously worked for both Grantland and Five Thirty Eight. He and Sam Miller co-wrote The Only Rule Is, It Has To Work, about trying to apply sabermetric principles to the baseball operation of the independent Sonoma Stompers.
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