odd use of "newbie" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Bill James, making the case for Dwight Evans in the baseball HOF:

"If I didn't follow those steps, the people who have read my stuff over
the years would know immediately that I wasn't playing by the rules, and
they would tear me a newbie over it right away."

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7555836/an-open-letter-mlb-hall-fame
-dwight-evans-rightful-place-cooperstown

If he had written "new asshole" instead of "newbie", it would have made
perfect sense to me.
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