Writing about steroids in a way that challenges people’s assumptions isn’t much different from taping a “kick me” sign to your own ass. You can expect to mix it up with a certain percentage of passers-by who are just spoiling for a fight. Some of them are articulate, some laughably not; responding is usually fun, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rockin’ the blockquote: Last night, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming just the fifth player in baseball history to do so. Ironically, he hit it against the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he walloped 545 of those homers, including 243 over a four-year span. While that barrage arguably made him the game’s …
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It’s been a busy week here at Futility Central. In addition to today’s Prospectus Hit List, I had a JAWS Notebook article at BP, a piece on the AL Central for the New York Sun, sidecar Unfiltered entries to both of those pieces, and three radio spots — Toledo, Ohio, College Station, Texas, and my …
I missed Barry Bonds’ 715th home run on Sunday, and not by a little. In fact, I was just about as far away as can be while remaining in North America, out on Prince Edward Island, some 3,600 miles away from the action at [Insert Phone Network Here] Stadium in San Francisco. I didn’t even …
So much to write, so little time as I prepare to head to Puerto Rico Friday night…. It’s not one of my more flattering tendencies, I’ll admit, but Barry Bonds’ woes make me smile ear to ear. It’s called schadenfreude, and baby, I’ve got all their albums. Just as I did last year when Bonds …