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Surprise appearance on Olbermann

Jay Jaffe — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:47:19 +0000

Out of the blue on Tuesday afternoon, a producer from Keith Olbermann’s show reached out and asked if I wanted to come in to tape a spot for the night’s show, discussing the absurdity of new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred naming Mets owner Fred Wilpon to chair the MLB finance committee. Now, when news of ...

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Friday’s Child: Losing it?

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:30:46 +0000

Went to two Yankees-Rays games this week and they couldn’t have felt more different, nor could my writeups pertaining to them. On Monday, I sat in the pressbox as the team welcomed Joe Torre and Don Mattingly back to Yankee Stadium for the first time since their unseemly departures and unveiled their massive, ostentatious monument ...

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Meet the Mets

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:47:53 +0000

As promised, here’s my in-depth look at what’s ailing the Mets, who did manage to take two out of three during the CitiField leg of the Subway Series. From the part about the pitching staff: The front of the rotation is essentially sound. Johan Santana is pitching about as well as he did prior to ...

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Beat the Mets

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:39:28 +0000

Sunday’s sad news about Lima Time prevented me from catching up with my latest BP links. In addition to the usual Hit Lists (AL here, NL here), I had my second press box adventure inside of a week, attending Friday night’s Yankees-Mets game at CitiField. For a Subway Series, this one kicked off under rather ...

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Taking the Plunge

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:32:39 +0000

On Saturday I fulfilled a long-held dream, one that I could barely have conceived of when I started this blog back in 2001: I attended a game as a member of the working media, with access to the press box, the locker rooms and the field, the whole behind-the-scenes megillah. Credential in hand (or more ...

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Friday’s Child: the Royal Sampler Edition

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:13:45 +0000

This week’s National and American League Hit Lists are up, as is the combined ranking with the all-important league adjustment (-21 points for NL, +24 for AL to balance out the asymmtrical number of teams). Here’s a royal sampler: [#2 AL Yankees] Tex Time: While helping to secure a series win, Mark Teixeira scores a ...

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Ballgame Barbie She Ain’t: Emma Span’s 90% of the Game is Half Mental

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:24:00 +0000

What happens when a baseball outsider lands what seemed to be the job of her (yes, her) dreams, covering the two New York baseball teams as a beat reporter? What happens when that job is just as suddenly yanked away when her publisher goes through yet another regime change? Having crossed the line into professionalism, ...

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Checking in

Jay Jaffe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:00 +0000

Yikes, it’s been awhile since I checked in here. First off, I’m told that Baseball Prospectus 2010 left the warehouse on Monday and should be making its way to Amazon or your local brick and mortar retailer of choice. More on the efforts to promote the new book in an upcoming post. As for the ...

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Back in the Sausage Factory

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:50:00 +0000

As is my custom, every summer I take BP reader inside the sausage factory that is the Hit List. Usually it’s done during the All-Star week, but for some reason I waited with this year’s model: It happens every week: a reader sees his favorite team trailing one of its division rivals in the Hit ...

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Clearing the Bases: Post-Rickey, Pre-DC edition

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Whew, am I behind in my blogging. Here’s what’s not-so-new: • A Basseball Prospectus/ESPN Insider piece examining second-half strength of schedule, revisiting an earlier piece but using Hit List Factor instead of a team’s projected winning percentage. Here’s how the teams shake down: Team Season 1st 2ndBlue Jays .514 .497 .536Orioles .522 .510 .536Royals .505 ...

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