Jim Callis

Jim Callis (born October 15, 1967) is the executive editor[1] of the Durham, North Carolina-based magazine Baseball America and its website BaseballAmerica.com. His 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]

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Jim Callis
Born (1967-10-15) October 15, 1967
Falls Church, VA
OccupationExecutive Editor of Baseball America

Education

Callis grew up in Northern Virginia, mainly in Oakton. He attended the University of Georgia, where he covered the baseball team for the school paper.[3] He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Journalism.

Career

Callis began working for Baseball America directly out of college in 1988. In 1997 he moved to Chicago to go work for STATS, Inc. In 2000, Callis was lured back to Baseball America. Callis remains in the Chicago area, where he works as Baseball America's executive editor.[4]

Work with ESPN

Callis moderated a weekly Baseball America themed online chat on the sports website espn.com.[5] His chats on ESPN were always concluded by his signature lightning round, where he answered a high number of questions in a rapid fire style. Jim would frequently follow up his answers given during the lightning round in his weekly "Ask BA Column" on the baseballamerica.com website.[6]

In addition to providing baseball themed information during his chats, Callis often shared his views on popular culture topics, including Madden NFL video games, television shows such as 24, and actresses Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway.[7]

Television work

Callis 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]

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References
  1. "College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects". Baseball America. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. http://www.baseballamerica.com/store/store.cgi?browse=cat_books
  3. Replacement Level Podcast: Featuring Jim Callis, http://www.replacementlevelpodcast.com/?p=346
  4. http://www.baseballhq.com/seminars/fpspeakers.shtml
  5. http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=ChatArchiveIndexHome
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://proxy.espn.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23528
  8. "ESPN MLB Updates: New Graphic & MLB Draft Coverage". TMR Zoo. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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