Rob Neyer
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Rob Neyer is a baseball author and, since 1996, a columnist for ESPN.com. Until 2004, Neyer's work was available without subscription, but it is now part of the Insider service and can be read only upon payment. A disciple of sabermetrics legend Bill James, his column is an outlet for everyday fans to gain from the insight that statistics-centered analysis can offer. Neyer's statistical analysis often finds him at odds with other ESPN columnists, who prefer more "traditional" types of baseball writing and generally eschew newer statistics such as OPS and those invented by James.
His books include Feeding the Green Monster, Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups, Baseball Dynasties (co-authored with Eddie Epstein), The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (co-authored with Bill James), and Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. In 2004, Neyer became embroiled in a minor controversy after leaving a disparaging review under the pseudonym "Ike Farrell" on Amazon.com for Steve Kettmann's book "One Day At Fenway." Eventually, Neyer - who wrote a Fenway-related book of his own years earlier - was outed as the review writer and had to issue an apology on ESPN.com. [1]
Neyer grew up in the Midwest rooting for the Kansas City Royals. He has lived in Portland, Oregon since June 2002, and is married to Kristien Sima. Neyer got his start in baseball as James's research assistant, and later worked for STATS, Inc. before going to work for ESPNet SportsZone (which a few years later became ESPN.com).
[edit] Trivia
- Set the all-time record for length of an ESPN online chat on March 6, 2007 with a time of 6 hours and 37 minutes.
- Was high school classmates with one of the actors who portrayed a caveman in a series of Geico commercials.[2]
- Is a graduate of the University of Kansas.
