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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
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February 08, 2012
February 07, 2012
February 06, 2012
Fun stuff about one-hitters
February 03, 2012
January 31, 2012
January 27, 2012
January 25, 2012
January 24, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
Out of nearly 1,000 full-length one-hitters, who were the most surprising guys to get a hit?
January 22, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
January 16, 2012
An attempt to figure out what the BBWAA will do from 2013-15.
January 16, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
Which players could have made it into Cooperstown with the bare minimum 10 years played?
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 04, 2012
January 03, 2012
January 03, 2012
January 03, 2012
For the fifth year, Chris predicts the BBWAA Hall of Fame vote.
December 29, 2011
December 27, 2011
A look back at the year that was.
December 21, 2011
December 20, 2011
December 19, 2011
An argument on behalf of the former Houston first baseman.
December 16, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 12, 2011
An argument on behalf of the sabermetric darling.
December 12, 2011
December 09, 2011
December 08, 2011
December 07, 2011
December 05, 2011
Insights into Boston's hiring of Bobby Valentine.
December 05, 2011
December 01, 2011
November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
November 28, 2011
Before Cooperstown's VC meets on Dec. 4-5 , Chris tries to figure out what it will do.
November 28, 2011
November 23, 2011
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.
November 18, 2011
November 16, 2011
November 15, 2011
November 14, 2011
After noting the worst and weirdest career finales, Chris gives us the best.
November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 10, 2011
November 09, 2011
November 08, 2011
November 07, 2011
Final thoughts on the recently retired manager.
November 07, 2011
November 04, 2011
November 04, 2011
November 03, 2011
November 03, 2011
November 02, 2011
November 01, 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.
October 31, 2011
October 28, 2011
October 27, 2011
October 26, 2011
October 25, 2011
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.
October 20, 2011
October 19, 2011
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.
October 17, 2011
October 13, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 10, 2011
Inspired by last Friday's NLDS dramatics , a list of the 10 best days featuring two memorable postseason games.
October 10, 2011
October 07, 2011
The White Sox managerial hire no one expected.
October 07, 2011
October 05, 2011
October 04, 2011
October 03, 2011
Historic perspective on the departures of Terry Francona and Ozzie Guillen from the Red and White Sox.
October 03, 2011
October 01, 2011
September 30, 2011
September 29, 2011
September 28, 2011
September 27, 2011
September 26, 2011
Which noteworthy players went out not with a bang but a whimper? Read and find out.
September 26, 2011
September 25, 2011
September 22, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 19, 2011
A look back at the memorable series of pitching duels Floyd Youmans found himself in a quarter century ago.
September 19, 2011
September 16, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 14, 2011
September 13, 2011
September 12, 2011
A look at guys with one strong element and often not much else.