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The Ballot Battle

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:49:19 +0000

Another day, another TV appearance… Okay, it really isn’t that routine, but twice in one week? From the same show? Somebody up there must like me. Even before I’d gotten to appear on last Wednesday’s Clubhouse Confidential with my own JAWS take on the ballot, host Brian Kenny and company had booked me to participate ...

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Chatterboxscore

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Friday’s Baseball Prospectus chat was one of the most enjoyable ones I’ve done in recent memory, the happy coincidence of a fun time of year, a good batch of questions, and a lack of the technical gremlins which have created a distraction in every one of my chats in recent memory. A few anwers covering ...

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Preview Redux

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:52:00 +0000

The SportsIllustrated.com version of my NLCS Preview is up now, complete with, like, three grammatical corrections even. Talk about a value add. I actually had no idea how long the piece was, word-count-wise, but ESPN’s Rob Neyer counted it up in the service of giving me a nice shoutout in a blog entry($) today: 5,408 ...

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Clearing the Bases: Chitter Chatter Pitter Patter

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:20:00 +0000

A few things: • The 12-minute spot I recorded on Wednesday morning for “The Young Guns” show on Boston’s WWZN 1510 AM is available here. Hopefully now that the show’s got a blog they’ll be archiving all of my appearances so I can share them here (you can listen to a web stream if you’re ...

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Five Style

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:58:00 +0000

Well, my trip to the ballparks last weekend didn’t work out quite as planned, with rain washing away the Brewers-Phillies game and depriving me of my first opportunity to see Citizens Bank Ballpark. Given the way the rest of the weekend unfolded for the flat Brew Crew — including the shocking firing of manager Ned ...

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Jet Lag, Deadline Drama, and Endless Patter

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:37:00 +0000

Back from my west coast swing (no to be confused with my western swing). I had a great time visiting friends in Seattle, catching up with family and watching killer whales on San Juan Island, and packing my stay in Los Angeles with trips to museums — the Getty, MOCA, LACMA, the Norton Simon. Our ...

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The 2008 All-Star Game: This Time It Didn’t Suck

Jay Jaffe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:58:00 +0000

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the All-Star Game. Since attending the infamous tie ballgame in Milwaukee in 2002, my allegiance to the so-called Midsummer Classic has been in a downward spiral: •Skipped the 2003 game in favor of a Staten Island Yankees-Brooklyn Cyclones game, where I saw an 18-year-old center fielder named Melky ...

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Hitting the Trifecta

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Three pieces of Prospectus-flavored content to note here, an average of one for each manager fired this week (Willie Randolph, Seattle’s John McLaren, and Toronto’s John Gibbons). With apologies to Bill Bavasi… • First off, here’s the transcript from Tuesday’s chat as well as a few slices: Dan (windowless office): Should we ignore the Hit ...

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Marching On

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:30:00 +0000

Halfway through my mad, mad month here. Thus far the spring update coverage for Fantasy Baseball Index has gone well. Though I’m actually less of a fantasy junkie than my intended audience, it’s one of my favorite projects of the entire year. Not only do I immerse myself in the familiar tropes of spring — ...

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The Madness Begins

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:48:00 +0000

Most sports fans associate March Madness with the NCAA college basketball tournament, but for me, the month is a crazy one due to the demands of my various writing positions as they pertain to spring training. For the third year in a row, I’m handling Fantasy Baseball Index‘s spring update coverage, delivering camp notes for ...

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