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About Chris Jaffe

History instructor by day, statnerd by night, Chris Jaffe leads one of the most exciting double lives imaginable; with the exception of every other double life possible to imagine. Despite his lack of comic-book-hero-worthiness, Chris enjoys farting around with this stuff. His new book, Evaluating Baseball's Managers is available for order. Chris welcomes responses to his articles via e-mail.


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THT Live: 20,000 days since Herb Score’s injury

February 08, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since Hank Aaron’s worst game

February 07, 2012

10 things I didn’t know about one-hitters

February 06, 2012
Fun stuff about one-hitters

THT Live: 10,000 days: 500th homer for Mr. October

February 03, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since Carlton becomes Phillies win leader

January 31, 2012

THT Live: 30th anniversary: The Ryne Sandberg trade

January 27, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Dave Winfield and the NCAA basket-brawl

January 25, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since the Phillies integrate

January 24, 2012

THT Live: Career highlights: Orlando Cabrera

January 23, 2012

Ten least-likely guys to break up a no-hitter

January 23, 2012
Out of nearly 1,000 full-length one-hitters, who were the most surprising guys to get a hit?

THT Live: Craig Counsell career highlights

January 22, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Randy Winn’s greatest shot

January 18, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since Buddy Bell walk-off slam

January 17, 2012

The possible upcoming Cooperstown ballot apocalypse

January 16, 2012
An attempt to figure out what the BBWAA will do from 2013-15.

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Rangers sign Chan Ho Park

January 16, 2012

THT Live: Me vs. reality: 2012 edition

January 09, 2012

THT Live: Barry Larkin career highlights

January 09, 2012

11th season not required

January 09, 2012
Which players could have made it into Cooperstown with the bare minimum 10 years played?

THT Live: Jorge Posada career highlights

January 09, 2012

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Tony C’s heart attack

January 09, 2012

THT Live: Melvin Mora career highlights

January 04, 2012

THT Live: Don Mueller career highlights

January 03, 2012

THT Live: Golden anniversary: Astrodome groundbreaking

January 03, 2012

Next week’s Cooperstown election results today

January 03, 2012
For the fifth year, Chris predicts the BBWAA Hall of Fame vote.

THT Live: 10,000 days since baseball’s nastiest beanball war

December 29, 2011

10 things I didn’t know about THT last year: 2011 edition

December 27, 2011
A look back at the year that was.

THT Live: Happy 100th birthday, Josh Gibson

December 21, 2011

THT Live: 25,000 days since players revolt against Durocher

December 20, 2011

The Cooperstown case for Jeff Bagwell

December 19, 2011
An argument on behalf of the former Houston first baseman.

THT Live: 25,000 days of St. Louis over .500

December 16, 2011

THT Live: 100th birthday: Earned run average

December 14, 2011

The Cooperstown case for Tim Raines

December 12, 2011
An argument on behalf of the sabermetric darling.

THT Live: 70,000 days ago: Alexander Cartwright born

December 12, 2011

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Dodgers trade Sutcliffe away

December 09, 2011

THT Live: 70th anniversary: MLB readies for war

December 08, 2011

THT Live: 70th anniversary: Lefty Grove retires

December 07, 2011

About that new Red Sox manager

December 05, 2011
Insights into Boston's hiring of Bobby Valentine.

THT Live: 25th anniversary: Sox stay in Chicago

December 05, 2011

THT Live: 30,000 “day-versary”: The greatest World Series comeback

December 01, 2011

THT Live: 50th anniversary: White Sox trade Billy Pierce away

November 30, 2011

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Best day ever (?) for offseason trades

November 29, 2011

Predicting the Veterans Committee vote

November 28, 2011
Before Cooperstown's VC meets on Dec. 4-5, Chris tries to figure out what it will do.

THT Live: 30,000 “day-versary”: The Howard Ehmke game

November 28, 2011

THT Live: 40th anniversary: birth of a nickname

November 23, 2011

Replacing managerial legends

November 21, 2011
Inspired by the hiring of Mike Matheny to replace Tony La Russa, a look at those who replaced other long-lasting skippers.

THT Live: 125th anniversary: Pirates join the NL

November 18, 2011

THT Live: Mets logo 50th anniversary

November 16, 2011

THT Live: 30,000 days ago: Miller Huggins died

November 15, 2011

Ten greatest career-ending performances of all time

November 14, 2011
After noting the worst and weirdest career finales, Chris gives us the best.

THT Live: Charlie Lea career highlights

November 14, 2011

THT Live: Silver anniversary: shake-up in Mets ownership

November 14, 2011

THT Live: 10,000 “day-versary: The worst start ever?

November 10, 2011

THT Live: 80th birthday: Whitey Herzog

November 09, 2011

THT Live: 10,000 “day-versary:” The Sandberg Game

November 08, 2011

Ten things I didn’t know about Tony La Russa

November 07, 2011
Final thoughts on the recently retired manager.

THT Live: 10,000 days since the Griffiths sell the Twins

November 07, 2011

THT Live: Bob Forsch career highlights

November 04, 2011

THT Live: 15,000 days since a botched World Series play

November 04, 2011

THT Live: Matty Alou career highlights

November 03, 2011

THT Live: 15,000 days ago: Detroit trades Denny McLain

November 03, 2011

THT Live: Tony La Russa career highlights

November 02, 2011

THT Live: 10th anniversary: consecutive walk-off World Series wins

November 01, 2011

Ranking postseasons: 1995-2011

October 31, 2011
Based on the system Chris debuted last week for ranking postseason series, here's a look at ranking the overall quality of postseasons in the wild card era.

THT Live: 10,000 days since the Sutcliffe-Carter trade

October 31, 2011

THT Live: Comparing Game Sixes: 1975 vs. 2011

October 28, 2011

THT Live: 20th anniversary: The Jack Morris game

October 27, 2011

THT Live: 15,000 days ago: The last game in baseball’s first stadium

October 26, 2011

THT Live: Silver anniversary: the Buckner game

October 25, 2011

The top ten postseason series of all-time

October 24, 2011
This is what happens when Chris researches the postseason and comes up with a formula to gauge what makes a postseason memorable.

THT Live: Mickey Mantle’s 80th birthday

October 20, 2011

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Blue Monday

October 19, 2011

Ten weirdest career-ending performances of all-time

October 17, 2011
In a sequel to a column from last month, Chris looks at the oddest ways prominent baseball careers have come to an end.

THT Live: Centennial anniversary: Birth of a Hall of Famer’s nickname

October 17, 2011

THT Live: 40th anniversary: first World Series night game

October 13, 2011

THT Live: Silver anniversary: the Donnie Moore-Dave Henderson game

October 12, 2011

Ten best daily double doses of postseason baseball

October 10, 2011
Inspired by last Friday's NLDS dramatics, a list of the 10 best days featuring two memorable postseason games.

THT Live: Golden anniversary: NL expansion draft

October 10, 2011

Robin Ventura? Really?  Uh, okay—Robin Ventura

October 07, 2011
The White Sox managerial hire no one expected.

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Rickey’s 3,000th

October 07, 2011

THT Live: 10th anniversary: No. 71

October 05, 2011

THT Live: 25th anniversary: two Greg Gagne inside-the-park homers

October 04, 2011

When champion managers depart

October 03, 2011
Historic perspective on the departures of Terry Francona and Ozzie Guillen from the Red and White Sox.

THT Live: 60th anniversary: Bobby Thomson’s famous homer

October 03, 2011

THT Live: Golden anniversary: No. 61

October 01, 2011

THT Live: 40 years later: Short still stinks

September 30, 2011

THT Live: How dumb are we? (2011 edition)

September 29, 2011

THT Live: 70th anniversary: .406

September 28, 2011

THT Live: 75th anniversary: Walter Alston’s only game

September 27, 2011

Ten worst career-ending performances of all time

September 26, 2011
Which noteworthy players went out not with a bang but a whimper? Read and find out.

THT Live: Day of several historic Yankee milestones

September 26, 2011

THT Live: Centennial: Fenway Park groundbreaking

September 25, 2011

THT Live: 15,000 days since a rare Marichal feat

September 22, 2011

THT Live: 25th anniversary: Pitcher misses perfecto in debut by one pitch

September 21, 2011

1986: the year of Youmans

September 19, 2011
A look back at the memorable series of pitching duels Floyd Youmans found himself in a quarter century ago.

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Joe Cowley’s unlikely no-hitter

September 19, 2011

THT Live: 15,000 days since Spiezio ruins Gibson’s perfecto

September 16, 2011

THT Live: 40th anniversary of Larry Yount’s big league “career”

September 15, 2011

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Bo Jackson hits moonshot for his first big league homer

September 14, 2011

THT Live: 75 years ago today: 17-year-old Bob Feller fans 17

September 13, 2011

The Juan Pierre All-Stars

September 12, 2011
A look at guys with one strong element and often not much else.

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