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In addition to providing [[baseball]] themed information during his chats, Jim often shares his views on [[popular culture]] topics, including [[Madden NFL]] video games, television shows such as [[24_(TV_series)|24]], and actresses [[Jessica Alba]], and [[Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway]].<ref>http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23528</ref> |
In addition to providing [[baseball]] themed information during his chats, Jim often shares his views on [[popular culture]] topics, including [[Madden NFL]] video games, television shows such as [[24_(TV_series)|24]], and actresses [[Jessica Alba]], and [[Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway]].<ref>http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23528</ref> |
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You can follow Jim on [[Twitter]] under the user name "JimCallisBA".<ref>http://twitter.com/jimcallisba</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:10, 6 April 2010
Jim Callis | |
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| Born | October 15, 1967 |
| Occupation | Executive Editor of Baseball America |
Jim Callis (born October 15, 1967) is the executive editor[1] of the Durham, N.C.,-based magazine Baseball America and its website BaseballAmerica.com. Jim's contributions include weekly updates to their website, as well as major contributions to their signature publications, The Baseball America Almanac, and The Baseball America Prospect Handbook[2]
Education
Jim grew up in Northern Virginia, mainly Oakton, VA, and went on to graduate from The University of Georgia in 1988 with a degree in Journalism.
Career
Jim began working for Baseball America directly out of college in 1988. In 1997 he moved to Chicago, IL to go work for STATS, Inc. In 2000, Jim was lured back to Baseball America. Jim remains in the Chicago area, where he works as Baseball America's executive editor.[3]
Work with ESPN
Jim also frequently moderates a weekly Baseball America themed online chat on the sports website espn.com[4]. Jim's chats on ESPN are always concluded by his signature lightning round, where he answers a high number of questions in a rapid fire style. Jim will frequently follow up his answers given during the lightning round, in his weekly, Ask BA Column on the baseballamerica.com website. [5]
In addition to providing baseball themed information during his chats, Jim often shares his views on popular culture topics, including Madden NFL video games, television shows such as 24, and actresses Jessica Alba, and Anne Hathaway.[6]
You can follow Jim on Twitter under the user name "JimCallisBA".[7]
Television Work
Jim was a major contributor of ESPN's television coverage of the 2008 MLB Draft, along with Keith Law, Peter Gammons, Steve Phillips, Chris Singleton and Karl Ravech. [8]
References
- ^ http://www.baseballamerica.com/contact/
- ^ http://www.baseballamerica.com/store/store.cgi?browse=cat_books
- ^ http://www.baseballhq.com/seminars/fpspeakers.shtml
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=ChatArchiveIndexHome
- ^ http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/267067.html
- ^ http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23528
- ^ http://twitter.com/jimcallisba
- ^ http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=297