Jonah Keri

Jonah Keri
Born September 20, 1974 (1974-09-20) (age 37)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Novelist, Journalist, Columnist
Genres Sports, Entertainment, Business
www.jonahkeri.com

Jonah Keri (born on September 20, 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist, sportswriter and an editor. He is also a New York Times bestselling author.

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Early life and education

Keri is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University's Journalism program. He lives in Durham, NH with his family.

Jonah Keri grew up as an avid Montreal Expos fan. He remains so even after the team's demise.[1]

Career

Keri has written for ESPN.com,[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] FanGraphs,[4] GQ,[5] The Huffington Post,[6] The New York Times,[7] Bloomberg Sports,[8] Baseball Prospectus,[9] Investor's Business Daily[10] and SI.com.[11]

He co-wrote and edited the book Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong.[12] He also wrote the New York Times Bestseller The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First.[13]

He is currently writing a book about the Montreal Expos which is expected to be released in the Spring of 2014.

He hosts a podcast, where he interviews notable personalities from the sports and entertainment worlds, including Evan Longoria and Michael Schur.

References

  1. ^ http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3509
  2. ^ Keri, Jonah (May 22, 2011). "Flying Fish". ESPN.COM. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=6464587&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fmlb%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fid%3d6464587. 
  3. ^ Keri, Jonah (October 14, 2009). "Does Baseball Need Umpires?". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574469381382610114.html. "Recent Bad Calls Have Critics Howling for Better Umps, But Maybe It's a Job for Machines" 
  4. ^ Keri, Jonah (April 8, 2011). "Manny Ramirez’s Legacy, and the Fate of the Rays". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/manny-ramirez-retires/. 
  5. ^ Keri, Jonah (May 26, 2011). "Balls Out Guest of the Day: Jonah Keri On Why Boston Was Right To Trade Kendrick Perkins". GQ. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2011/05/the-perkins-process.html. 
  6. ^ Keri, Jonah (October 29, 2009). "The Pedro I Know". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonah-keri/the-pedro-i-know_b_339155.html. 
  7. ^ Keri, Jonah (November 21, 2009). "To Hang In, a Series Winner Must Learn to Let Go". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/sports/baseball/22score.html. 
  8. ^ Keri, Jonah (April 4, 2010). "The Bloomberg Sports Fantasy Squad". Bloomberg Sports. http://bloombergsports.mlblogs.com/2010/04/04/the-bloomberg-sports-fantasy-squad/. 
  9. ^ Keri, Jonah (November 18, 2003). "Chat". Baseball Prospectus. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=25. 
  10. ^ Keri, Jonah (October 11, 2010). "Retail ETFs Packing A Powerful Punch". Investor's Business Daily. http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/550018/201010111808/Retail-ETFs-Packing-A-Powerful-Punch.aspx. 
  11. ^ Keri, Jonah (August 10, 2009). "Crawford's playing like an MVP, but is this his last hurrah in Tampa?". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1158841/index.htm. 
  12. ^ The Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts; Keri, Jonah (1) Keri, Jonah ed. Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong Basic Books ASIN 0465005470 ISBN 9780465005475 http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Between-Numbers-Everything-About/dp/0465005470/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 
  13. ^ Keri, Jonah (8) The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First ESPN ISBN 0345517652 http://www.amazon.com/Extra-2-Street-Strategies-Baseball/dp/0345517652/ref=pd_sim_b_2 

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