Jonah Keri

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  Rays Ad Spending Has Fallen 33% Since 2009

  November 4, 2011 at 11:09 am 7 comments

  Rays Ad Spending Has Fallen 33% Since 2009

   

• Stuart Sternberg On “The Extra 2%”

  April 22, 2011 at 8:30 am 0 comments

  We spoke with Stuart Sternberg recently about Jonah Keri’s new book, “The Extra 2%,” which covers the Rays and their front office. Sternberg seemed very pleased with how the book turned out. “I read it and couldn’t be happier with it,” said Sternberg. “There were some small [incorrect] items that [...]

   

• Keri Wonders If A Losing Season Is Better In The Long Run

  April 8, 2011 at 8:00 am 12 comments

  Jonah Keri, author of “The Extra 2%” joined Craig Calcaterra for a short interview in which they discussed, among other things, the Rays slow start. Keri isn’t ready to give up on the Rays, but he wonders if the occasional crappy season is good for the franchise in the long [...]

   
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  A Review of The Extra 2%

  March 23, 2011 at 11:51 am 7 comments

  For a review of the new book on the Rays, The Extra 2%, we turn to our correspondent Jordi Scrubbings… There is no doubt some of the best sports books ever have been about baseball. Every baseball fan has their favorites. Personally, I am fan of The Curious Case of [...]

   
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  The Extra 2%: A Pre-Preview

  March 23, 2011 at 9:52 am 4 comments

  The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First by Jonah Keri is currently the no. 1 book on Amazon’s list of baseball books and has been well-received in many circles. It is also this month’s RI Baseball Book Club book of [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Price’s Change, Manny Working It And A Rays Book Hits The Shelves

  March 8, 2011 at 7:31 am 5 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: David Price. Joe Maddon stretched Price out to 4 innings and 59 pitches, but he did struggle a bit in the 4th inning. Price [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Kazmir As Pettitte’s Replacement?

  February 7, 2011 at 7:05 am 14 comments

  Brian Cashman and the Yankees have had a tough off-season. First they lost out on Cliff Lee, and they never got a shot at Carl Crawford. There was the Derek Jeter ugliness and the Rafael Soriano contract Cashman never wanted. To make matters worse, Andy Pettitte pulled a Brett Favre and [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Extra 2%, The Trop And Balfour’s

  January 12, 2011 at 7:29 am 10 comments

  Jonah Keri asked us to pass along a note that a free preview is now available for his new book “The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First.” This is the long-anticipated book about the Rays front office. The free preview [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Jonah Keri’s Upcoming Book, Aki’s Rough Start And Why The Rays Will Never Move To Connecticut

  May 4, 2010 at 7:24 am 16 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Jonah Keri’s upcoming book on the Rays will tentatively be called “The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Thinking Took a Major League Baseball [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Night’s For Big Dub And Rodzilla, Playoff Probabilities And Bowling Green’s Anemic Offense

  April 22, 2010 at 7:36 am 34 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Big Dub’s control was better (55 strikes, 31 balls). And his curveball was great. If not for the weather and the 12-run [...]