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Senior writer at FanGraphs.com, ex-SI.com, ex-BaseballProspectus.com. Occasional TV guest yakker. Creator of JAWS, author of The Cooperstown Casebook (2017). Not sticking to sports.
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If you're in need of an invitation to the Blooskie, find me* because I've got a bunch of 'em to share.

*that doesn't mean i'll be checking here very often, though

It’s been awhile, huh?

Congrats, Evan! I'm looking forward to reading this book, which promise to be the most in-depth account of the Astros' sign-stealing mess and how the game got there.

RT @[email protected]

New: How @[email protected] broke the Houston Astros cheating scandal, in an excerpt from Winning Fixes Everything.

The reporting process began 13 months before @[email protected] and I published the investigation. https://theathletic.com/4138657/2023/01/31/houston-astros-book-excerpt/

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1620397427089092608

How The Athletic broke the Houston Astros cheating scandal: Excerpt

Evan Drellich's new book, "Winning Fixes Everything," comes out on February 14.

The Athletic

Always fun to talk to these guys about Hall stuff!

RT @[email protected]

Last week, we found out who is heading to Cooperstown this July.
This week on #HOVGPodcast, five-time guest @[email protected] joins me and @[email protected] to break down the Class of 2023 (and beyond!) and reveals his next "cause".

πŸŽ™οΈ- https://hovgpodcast.blogspot.com/2023/01/episode-362-jay-jaffe.html
πŸŽ™οΈ- https://linktr.ee/hovg

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/HOVG/status/1620308426458021888

Episode 362: Jay Jaffe

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by JAY JAFFE . The author of The Cooperstown Casebook and senior writer at FanGraphs jo...

What we have here is an abominable case of yeticide

On the picture, where do you have the Hall getting watered down again?

RT @[email protected]

@[email protected] @[email protected] No. The HOF is getting more watered down by the year. This is participation trophy level honors.

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/SotoSocial/status/1620277744197312513

jeff soto on Twitter

β€œ@DanHayesMLB @jay_jaffe No. The HOF is getting more watered down by the year. This is participation trophy level honors.”

Twitter

Yes.

RT @[email protected]

@[email protected] One question, if Clayton Kershaw retired today would he be a first ballot HOFer ??

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/KristerNorstran/status/1620211858333630464

Krister Norstrand on Twitter

β€œ@jay_jaffe One question, if Clayton Kershaw retired today would he be a first ballot HOFer ??”

Twitter

β€œβ€¦listening to the rain and hearing something else.”

RT @[email protected]

Wow. Patti Smith on Tom Verlaine. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/he-was-tom-verlaine

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/JonPareles/status/1620214425704620032

Patti Smith Remembers Tom Verlaine

Patti Smith remembers her friend Tom Verlaine, the front man and guitarist for the band Television, in the wake of Verlaine’s death, on January 28th.

The New Yorker

Isn’t the Hall of Farm also in Cooperstown?

RT @[email protected]

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Trout is no hall of farmer then

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/putnam39/status/1620201800480747520

Putnam on Twitter

β€œ@chadadyer @SuperFanMN @DanHayesMLB @AaronGleeman @jay_jaffe Trout is no hall of farmer then”

Twitter

The next 5 years of Hall of Fame voting is likely to be a lot more fun than the last 5 years as some of the era’s most beloved players hit the ballot

RT @[email protected]

Big Comebacks and Easy Calls: The Next Five Years of BBWAA Hall of Fame Elections https://blogs.fangraphs.com/big-comebacks-and-easy-calls-the-next-five-years-of-bbwaa-hall-of-fame-elections/

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/fangraphs/status/1620089615653736451

Big Comebacks and Easy Calls: The Next Five Years of BBWAA Hall of Fame Elections

With some stacked ballots in the near future, BBWAA voting should soon emerge from the doldrums.

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