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I Believe This Is What the Kids Call ‘Pwned’

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:58:00 +0000

That Kevin Youkilis wound up on the short end of Tuesday night’s brawl may explain why he’s the favorite target for payback among Red Sox hitters. Much fun discussing the incident Wednesday night on my ESPN 890 Boston radio hit. Our discussion even provided a chance to cite a favorite precedent:

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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Clueless Jose

Jay Jaffe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:23:00 +0000

I have but a few simple rules in life. One is never to be arrested while wearing adult diapers. Another is never to write a book where I’ll be forced to defend charges of casual racism and homophobia on a media tour. So on the latter note, it’s been several months since I got my ...

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Hit The Road, Jack

Jay Jaffe — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:58:00 +0000

For the second weekend in a row, I’m on the road, this time up in Northampton attending my good friend (and frequent FI foil) Nick’s wedding to his lovely bride Atoussa. As such, I didn’t even get to stick around to see this week’s Hit List go up. The Red Sox remain #1 on the ...

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