Jay Jaffe
@jay_jaffe
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Senior writer @FanGraphs , ex- @si_mlb . Creator of JAWS, author of The Cooperstown Casebook ('17). Not sticking to sports or paying $8.
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Later, doctors realized that in a bit of miscommunication, he had actually undergone Elton John surgery
Gregorius taught himself to play the piano while recovering from Tommy John
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His speed is down to 1.2 Molinas per hour
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After 29 years in NYC I finally did something I’d never gotten around to: visit the Ebbets Field home plate marker. Sadly, it’s a neglected landmark, a plaque in a parking lot sidewalk outside a maintenance entrance to an unsightly apartment complex. No other signage 1/x
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Imagine spending 12 years in the majors as a journeyman reliever and the only thing people will remember you for is a couple of outbursts on social media and a dogshit apology. Cool career.
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such a shame that the economics of baseball make it so that a small market team like the <squints at notes> Chicago Cubs has to trade their best pitcher just so that <squints at notes again> the billionaire Ricketts family can turn a more handsome profit.
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I too would accept $21 million to watch Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout from a close vantage.
BREAKING: Right-hander Noah Syndergaard and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $21 million deal, pending physical, sources tell ESPN.
The Angels bolster their staff with the highest-upside arm on the market — and pay a heavy price, plus a second-rounder.
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If I’m commissions of baseball, I suspend both Chris Woodward and Jayce Tingler three games for their insufferably horseshit responses to Tatis’ grand slam.
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if this were true Joey Chestnut would have been dead in 1873.
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Cole, Glasnow, Meadows... the Pirates have had a very good game tonight
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13 years means that Bryce Harper will still be around Philadelphia for Gritty's bar mitzvah
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Baseball Twitter knows all about the excitement of Truck Day
Breaking - UPS and FedEx trucks carrying the first U.S. shipment of coronavirus vaccine have left Pfizer’s facility near Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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This is Not a Thing, sorry
Albert Pujols of the
@Dodgers
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Probably Cy Young's 511 wins or Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, but Curt Schilling's embrace of neo-Nazis and other fun people to ensure that he won't get elected to the Hall of Fame is right up there.
What is the most unbreakable record in baseball?
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Official team accounts touting MLB betting fucking sucks
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Best line from the four Hall of Fame inductee speeches:
Jim Leyland to his wife: “Katie, could you believe in your wildest dreams that I’d be going to the Hall of the Fame?”
Katie: “Jim, you’re not in my wildest dreams”
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"What do you mean, he missed the tag? Are you fucking blind?"
‘Dispute’, a quite imprssive real picture captured by Polish photographer Jacek Stankiewicz, featuring two birds embroiled in what appears to be an animated argument.
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Wow, a Masanori Murakami sighting at the Giants-Dodgers game. The first Japanese-born pitcher in the majors
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31 HR, 31 SB, 6.0 WAR — with a bone spur in his throwing elbow? I don't think some people appreciate Francisco Lindor enough.
The Mets announce Francisco Lindor had surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow. He is expected to be ready for spring training.
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“50,000 people in The Bronx and shit don’t start until I’m ready.” - Sabathia on what he loved most about pitching
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today in Say What You Will About the Tenets of National Socialism, Dude, At Least It's An Ethos
David Brooks:
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tough to believe the Rangers just had Matt Carpenter stache'd away at Triple-A
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Ian Kinsler's accountant-like demeanor rounding the bases on that home run is going to draw kids to baseball by the tens.
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Put Aaron Rodgers on a rocket into the fucking sun before we have to hear more of his inane antivax bullshit
Aaron Rodgers is inviting Travis Kelce to have a vaccine debate.
Rodgers proposes that it be him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Kelce and Anthony Fauci.
(via
@PatMcAfeeShow
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I'm continually amazed by the extent to which some Twins fans resent Joe Mauer. He gave his body in service of a Hall of Fame-worthy career, yet the $ he accepted from billionaire owners to remain w/ his hometown team is too much for some tastes, waaah waaaah. What a shitty look.
@jay_jaffe
1). He's a Twins Hall of Famer, not an MLB Hall of Famer. 2). He's been injury-prone and has wasted 2 seasons of that contract (2011 and 2014) because of injury. That's $46 million. 3). Gene Larkin put up better numbers in 1988 than Joe has in 4 of the 8 seasons of the contract.
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TFW you have learned exactly fuck-all nothing in the past four years.
Trump sounding different today. Scale of death appears to have changed his tone, at least.
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Cancer-stricken John McCain is such a maverick, working to bring death to more people by voting to take away the healthcare of millions.
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Pedro Martinez explaining how much energy Max Scherzer expended in closing Game 5 and its effect on his stamina, and then Bob Costas basically rejecting that explanation because in his mind every ace is Bob Gibson 1968, why am I doing this to myself
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what really chafes me about Ryan Braun is that unlike all of the other ballplayers who were nailed for PEDs, he tried to take down someone just doing his/her job — the sample collector, whom he additionally accused of antisemitism. Yeesh
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who fucking cares
New post: "I Love Baseball, but Won’t Attend a Game If I Have to Wear a Mask"
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That was the single most ridiculous game-ending play I have ever seen
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I'm pretty sure garbage trucks go by Citi Field every day.
Mets officials have discussed releasing Jose Reyes, but are conflicted given Reyes' roots in the organization. Mets want Reyes receiving a proper sendoff.
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if you're defending the disturbed ex-baseball dipshit who was fantasizing about enslaving women — on the grounds that he claimed to be joking — you can fuck right off.
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that the Indians won't retire the Chief Wahoo mascot is bad enough, but fans in REDFACE are an abomination
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Fix instant replay and in-game video. Improve pace of play. Pay minor leaguers a real salary and upgrade their quality of life. Pay young MLB players better. Improve minority hiring in front offices and dugouts. Disincentivize tanking. All much more important than this junk
EXCLUSIVE: MLB is planning a radical change to their postseason perhaps by 2022, hoping to move from 5 to 7 teams in each league and -- get this -- have the teams with the best records pick their playoff opponents.
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This package from
@whitesox
media relations department took my breath away. Was not at all expecting this but I’m honored by the acknowledgement. Minnie Miñoso’s Hall of Fame case was among those that particularly motivated me to write The Cooperstown Casebook.
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while you're bitching about that one chucklehead who left Jeter off his ballot, consider that 23 total assclowns left Willie Mays off of theirs.
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RIP Vida Blue. No-hitter at 21, MVP/CY at 22, 3x World Series winner 22-24, 6x All-Star
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The Raleigh Fingers
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Buster Posey checked every box for the Hall of Fame - MVP, Rookie of the Year, 7x All-Star, Gold Glove, World Series, batting title, WAR lead, framing king — except sticking around long enough to satisfy every last rando.
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No, it’s the *owners* you should be blaming, the billionaires who are coming off 17 straight years of record revenues (and two years of declining salaries) yet won’t pay the players what they agreed to, and aren’t assuming the health risks that come with return to play.
@jay_jaffe
ill never forgive them for this bullshit. The struggle us regular people had to go through to just put food on the table during the pandemic and these guys refuse TO PLAY A GAME because theyre not getting enough millions. Disgrace.
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Most creative drop out in Mets’ executive search yet
The FBI arrested Fetty Wap (aka William Junior Maxwell) at CitiField on federal drug charges yesterday, per law enforcement. He’ll be arraigned later this morning.
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AL East Standings minus games against the Orioles
Team W-L GB
Rays 72-55 --
Red Sox 74-61 2
Blue Jays 71-59 2.5
Yankees 71-59 2.5
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Hearing that the Phillies claimed victory in the 2020 World Series
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I honestly never thought that I would miss the charisma and public relations savvy of Bud Selig, but here we are.
Major League Baseball threatens to walk away from Minor League Baseball entirely
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The 2007 and 2023 Home Run Derby winners
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I get that not everybody is down with this style but IMO this is a call for the ages
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"It's the most important signing in Dodgers history."
@BenVerlander
breaks down the impact that the Shohei Ohtani-Dodgers deal will have on this season and beyond.
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An honor to get to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot (my 3rd)
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Smoltz is among the Hall of Famers returning to Cooperstown for Induction Day next week. I'm sure he'll be popular among that group of higher-risk individuals.
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Major League Baseball 1994 Season
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Struggling to think of a worse idea and coming up empty. Fuck this.
NEWS: MLB & Barstool Sports in significant talks to broadcast games, The Post has learned.
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My dude, they're ALL made up stats.
Think about what the actual fuck an earned run is: "pretend that error [a judgment call by one person] didn't happen and reconstruct the inning."
A pitcher win: "His teammates scored enough runs for him while he pitched OK for long enough."
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Anybody who thinks the Winter Meetings should ever be anywhere else besides San Diego is just flat out wrong. The tacos (and other food), beer, weather, relatively compact work and bar areas that make finding people a breeze relative to other venues... as good as it gets
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go fuck yourself and ride a rocket straight into the sun,
@SpeakerRyan
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Robin Span Jaffe, born 11:51 PM 8/26 -because a child of 2 writers is sensitive to difference btwn 11 & 12 days late
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because making the leap from a cartoon mascot to actual redface perfectly illustrates just how grotesque a caricature Wahoo is
@jay_jaffe
I mostly agree with you, but why does blame fall on the fans? If MLB approves of the logo, why can't fans dress like the logo?
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John Henry has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. The Red Sox, whom he bought along with control of NESN in 2001 for $700 million, are worth an estimated $6.6 billion. If he wanted to pay Mookie Betts the going rate for generational stars, he damn well could have afforded it
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911 systems in Texas are reportedly overloaded by calls to the waaahmbulance from Astros fans regarding the Rangers free agent spending. Objectively hilarious.
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what a terrible fucking idea
The Rangers are "encouraged" by Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders to open the state to 100 percent capacity. Could it mean a full house on opening day?
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Here it is, my Hall of Fame ballot, with the explainer linked below and at least a few thousand words on every candidate saved for the seven new one-and-dones (forthcoming in January) linked therein. As always, an honor to participate.
cc:
@NotMrTibbs
@tonycal93
@ShutTheDore
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Daughter just saw me drop a 50-megaton f-bomb on an antivax protester who tried to give me a leaflet. Told her we’re proudly vaccinated and to leave us alone, after which she said, “I feel sorry for your daughter.”
Bombs away!
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Put this in the GIF Hall of Fame and Mussina in the
@baseballhall
Mike Mussina Telling Joe Torre "No, Stay There!" when Torre was starting out of the dugout to take him out of the game. 😀
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From 1954-66, Willie Mays slugged .601, posted a 166 OPS+, and *averaged* 40 HR and 9.5 bWAR. In that span, he led the NL in the latter 10 times, placed second twice, and in the worst of those years (1959) was fourth at 7.8 WAR.
His entry in The Cooperstown Casebook (2017):
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Regardless of who wins today’s big game, we are all winners except the Patriots and Tom Brady, and that’s reallly all that should matter
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Is Giancarlo Stanton a sandwich?
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton’s power surge has reignited one of baseball’s fiercest debates.
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Well, that’s one way to boost attendance
Marlins Park to be used for drive-thru coronavirus testing
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I was imagining social media hijinks involving Billy Hamilton, Whit Merrifield, and Hunter Dozier. This is much less interesting.
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a Hall of Fame with Baines and without Edgar would be ridiculous.
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getting taken down by a bald, 5'8" 49-year-old bowling ball/coach and then whining about it like this has to cost Alonso dearly in kangaroo court
Pete Alonso: “If I wanted to put someone in the hospital, I easily could. I was trying to protect my guys.”
Said he respects Arenado, but he thought the Cardinals coach, Stubby Clapp, jumping on him from behind was “cheap.” Alonso would’ve preferred if Clapp came right at him.
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Enough with the new material, the Astros are breaking out the classics
Astros pitcher Francis Martes has received a 162-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Boldenone, a performance-enhancing substance. Martes, who was suspended for a PED violation last March, will begin his suspension at the start of the 2020 regular season.
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Fuck the entire NFL
BREAKING: Miami Dolphins to discipline players who protest during national anthem with suspensions, fines or both.
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Do your homework about Dodger history, kid.
Everyone backing the Dodgers could give a shit about diversity. They just want an opposing player suspended. Not fair to Astros.
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How much do I miss baseball? Every time I see this sculpture while walking the dog I wonder who it’s telling to catch that pop fly
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no, we wouldn't. This is absurd. We won't forget Mike Trout, Max Scherzer, Fernando Tatis Jr and the literally hundreds of other talented players that we pay to see and that we care about
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There’s no drug to eradicate COVID-19, but one would have expected the US to come up with a treatment to get rid of Skip Bayless by now
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With Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen, the Giants are finally going to win it in 2013, too.
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The Dodgers signed Bauer and they aren't about to start holding themselves to a higher moral standard now.
Dave Roberts said Trevor Bauer is with the team in DC. They plan on letting him start Sunday, and Roberts said their direction was to not do anything until they get guidance from MLB.
“It’s out of our hands,” Roberts said.
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Put this whole suite on the next rocket into the fucking sun.
Sharing “the Washington Suite” with Trump for Game 5 of the World Series between Nats and Astros.
Melania Trump
Kevin Brady
John Ratcliffe
Matt Gaetz
Kevin McCarthy
David Perdue
Lindsey Graham
Liz Cheney
Mac Thornberry
Kay Granger
Steve Scalise
Mark Meadows
Andy Biggs.
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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." —Rogers Hornsby
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CAN I HAVE ONE DAMN WEEK WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT A HALL OF FAMER WHO DIED?
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on the 45th anniversary of the AL officially adopting the designated hitter, here's my
@si_mlb
profile of Edgar Martinez, who's closing in on a berth in Cooperstown, in 2019 if not '18.
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Still think Cooperstown is missing one from that era: Andruw Jones
Really good stuff here from Jayson Stark: Re-evaluating the 1990s
#Braves
through prism of Cooperstown
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Statcast says he hit the fucking shit out of that one.
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Football? They still play that sport with the concussions and the non-guaranteed contracts and the threatened suspensions for protesting? Fuck that, I'd rather watch the Mets play the Orioles 365 days a year while reclining in a beanbag full of rats.
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...and the bartender asks, “why the long face?”
BAR HOPPING: Runaway racehorse gallops into a French sports bar, sending patrons running for their lives.
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Here it is, my 2022 Hall of Fame ballot (accompanied by a glass of Brooklyn Black Ops and some artwork from my daughter), plus my
@fangraphs
explainer. Honored to vote again (last year was my first).
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Get - and I cannot possibly emphasize this enough at a time when recognizing this ongoing shitshow is far more important than the sports we’re missing due to this administration’s ineptitude in confronting a public health crisis - fucked if you think I’m sticking to sports.
@TheShow34
@jay_jaffe
Yeah say the expert who’s job is to watch balls get swat around. Stick to sports
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