Hello and happy holidays to you all. I’m here at the tail end of my winter trip to Salt Lake City. The snow is falling but I’m finally beginning to see daylight as far as my massive winter workload is concerned. At last count I’d delivered some 50,000 words to Baseball Prospectus, Fantasy Baseball Index …
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Words I never thought I’d utter: “Hi, I’m Jay Jaffe, and I’m here to be a guest on Inside Edition.” Anybody who wants to see my suddenly-in-demand expertise in the field of yapping about steroids in baseball chopped up into itty-bitty soundbites can tune in to Monday morning’s episode of Inside Edition. In the New …
I don’t love talking about steroids in baseball, but my services seem to be in demand when the big stories break. Lacking the good sense to run screaming in the other direction, I try to bring some rational discussion to an issue that generally provokes irrational responses. With the Mitchell Report set to hit the …
Poking my head above water for a few hours… the first installment of this year’s JAWS analysis of the Hall of Fame ballot is up at Baseball Prospectus. In this one we cover seven infielders, including Mark McGwire, Alan Trammell, and the Lil’ Bastard, Chuck Knoblauch. I’ll be hosting a chat starting at 2 PM …
Safely ensconced in our new Brooklyn apartment, I took a lengthy timeout or three from burrowing away at my winter work to plug the Hall of Fame candidacy of Tim Raines. The BBWAA ballot was announced on Monday, leading me to pen not one but two Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered posts as well as my SI.com …
So much going on and so little time for me to write. After more than seven months of waiting, my wife and I finally closed on our Brooklyn apartment and will be moving this weekend, thus ending my nearly 13 years in the East Village. The timing isn’t exactly great, coming in the middle of …
Carlos Gomez, the indy-league sidearmer and sabermetric enthusiast who I interviewed for Baseball Prospectus back in 2004 has hit the big time. According to the Arizona Republic, Gomez has been hired by the Diamondbacks as a major league scout. Gomez didn’t exactly take a tried and true route to the majors. After graduating from Purdue …
With Joe Torre now officially in as Dodger manager, many have asked me what I think about Torre and Alex Rodriguez vis-à-vis the Dodgers. Here are a few selected snippets and parting thoughts for the week: • On the impact of Torre to the Dodgers: Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts put together an in-depth look …
Just clearing my clipboard: • This week’s installment of Prospectus Hit and Run just went up. In it, I note that the 2007 Red Sox are in very fine company in terms of post division-play teams that went on to win the World Series after conclusively proving themselves as the best teams of the majors …
When one door closes, another opens, goes the old saying. Today’s news not only finds Joe Girardi accepting the Yankees’ offer to manage, but the man he replaced and the man he beat out headed to the dugout of the Dodgers. Reports out of LA have the Dodgers firing Grady Little and hiring Joe Torre, …