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Wait ‘Till Next Year: the 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:36:38 +0000

Yup, another Clubhouse Confidential appearance, from Tuesday, January 10, this following my three-hour chat on the day the results were released and my evaluation of the voting results. This time, I discussed the top candidates who will debut on the 2013 ballot, a slate that’s as controversial as it is stacked, with Barry Bonds, Roger ...

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The Steroid Question(s)

Jay Jaffe — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:42:00 +0000

If you’re like me, you’ve almost certainly got topic fatigue when it comes to steroids in baseball. Lord knows I do, even given the fact that big steroid-related news tends to put my services as a pundit in demand. Given the way the stories like Barry Bonds’ indictment and the releases of the Mitchell Report ...

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Strange Bedfellows in this News Cycle

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:32:00 +0000

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 ...

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Fear and Loathing Atop the All-Time Home Run List, or Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?

Jay Jaffe — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:15:00 +0000

Our long national nightmare is finally over. On Tuesday night, Barry Bonds finally hit his 756th home run, topping Hank Aaron’s record, a record that stood for over 33 years as perhaps the most hallowed statistical accomplishment in the annals of sport. Surprisingly, the world didn’t end. I missed the home run. Or rather, to ...

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