Category: Media and Events

The Will Leitch Experience Podcast

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Sports On Earth’s Will Leitch has been a long-time supporter of my work, and even provided one of the The Cooperstown Casebook’s back-cover blurbs:

“Jay Jaffe has revolutionized how we think about not just the Hall of Fame, but about baseball itself. This book taught me much about the Hall of Fame, but it taught me even more about baseball. I am smarter for having read it, and, even better, it’s a blast to read.” ―Will Leitch, author of Are We Winning? and God Save the Fan, senior writer for Sports On Earth, and founder of Deadspin

Over the weekend, I spoke to him about book for a meaty 40-minute podcast. We discuss many things, including the voting process, historical trends and — previewing what I already believe will be a rather polarizing debate when the time comes — Yadier Molina. Our chat was a lot of fun, and I hope that it shows here.

Baseball By the Book podcast

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Former Sporting News editor Justin McGuire started up the “Baseball By the Book” podcast last December and has since assembled an impressive roster of authors discussing their great baseball books. I’m proud to have joined the ranks for Episode 61, having spent nearly an hour talking to him about The Cooperstown Casebook. You can grab it via iTunes, Google Play, Libsyn and Stitcher, and when you do, be sure to browse the archives for other great conversations. 

Bookin’ in Brooklyn

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Monday, August 7, 7-10:30 pm
Pitch Talks
The Bell House
149 7th St, Brooklyn, New York 11215

Part of another installment in the great Pitch Talks series. I’ll be interviewed by Hannah Keyser of Deadspin and will be selling and signing copies of The Cooperstown Casebook. Also on the bill are Ben Lindbergh (my former Baseball Prospectus colleague, who now writes at The Ringer and co-authored the fine The Only Rule Is It Has to Work) and Jeff Sullivan (FanGraphs), who will be recording an edition of their Effectively Wild podcast, plus Lindsey Adler (Deadspin), Dave Cameron (FanGraphs), Anthony DiComo (MLB.com’s Mets beat reporter), and Tom Ley (Deadspin)

Tickets $15

This is the Real Life

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On Sunday night’s Fox 5 Sports Extra, I sat down with Duke Castiglione to discuss the Yankees’ and Mets’ approach to the upcoming trade deadline as well as the forthcoming book. Duke — whose show I’ve been appearing on a few times a year for seven years now — threw Jack Morris into the discussion late. If only we had more time!

And if only I had known that the package I kept forgetting to pick up from our doorman contained the the first hardcover copy of the book that I’ve laid hands on, I could have shown it off on TV. I didn’t pick it up until I got home from taping, but my first look was accompanied by a great beer, Singlecut’s Double Dry Hopped Is This The Real Life? (follow me on Untappd if that’s your sort of thing).

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Sunday in Promo World

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IMG_4793Some cool media stuff today to promote The Cooperstown Casebook for Sunday, July 9:

• I’ll be on ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball pregame show between 7-8 PM ET, interviewed by host Kevin Winter. Stream it here.

• For those in the NYC area, I’ll be on Fox Sports Extra with Duke Castiglione at 10:30 PM ET on WNWY Fox 5.

• We’re only two weeks away from the first event of Launch Week: my appearance at the Yogi Berra Museum at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Details for that and other upcoming events here.

• And because nothing in this world can exist without a Facebook page, there’s now one for the book here, with links to the Facebook pages of venues where I’ll be holding events, and so forth. Think of it as a lite version of what’s here, for use when you’re trapped in that particular hamster wheel-iverse. Please humor me and Like the page, then share with your family, friends and frenemies!

 

 

Put a Star Next to That One

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I’m pleased to report that The Cooperstown Casebook has received a starred review in the new issue of the American Library Association Booklist, a trade publication aimed at libraries, educators, and booksellers. The first of what I hope is many good reviews to come.

If Cooperstown is the most hallowed hall of fame in American sport, then who does or doesn’t belong there may be the most enduring and animating topic among baseball fans. Baseball analyst Jaffe (SI.com, MLB Network) serves the discussion with distinction here… Jaffe pulls no punches here, yet he shares enough pure information to make this nearly indispensable for informed debate. —Alan Moores

Launch Week Events

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Here’s a tentative schedule of launch week events where I’ll be signing books and, in some cases, drinking beer. Please save the date if you’re in the area:

Sunday, July 23, 1-3 pm
Yogi Berra Museum
Montclair State University
With author Ira Berkow (It Happens Every Spring)
8 Yogi Berra Dr.
Little Falls, NJ 07424

Monday, July 24, 7-9 pm
Varsity Letters
With authors Mark Feinsand (The New York Yankees Fans’ Bucket List), Ron Kaplan (Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War), and Greg Prince, (Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star)
The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.)
New York, NY 10012

Tuesday, July 25, 5-7 pm
Foley’s NY Pub and Restaurant
18 W 33rd (Between 5th & 6th/Broadway)
New York, NY 10001

Wednesday, July 26, 7-9 pm
Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
67 East 11th St.
New York, NY 10003

Saturday, July 29, 2-4 pm
Willis Monie Books
139 Main St.
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Sunday, July 30, 7-9 pm
Induction Day SABR Meeting, Cliff Kachline Chapter
With authors Jonah Keri (Up, Up, & Away) and Richard Sandomir (The Pride of the Yankees) plus Chris Dial (SABR Defensive Committee)
Tillapaugh’s Funereal Home
28 Pioneer St.
Cooperstown. NY 13326