Carson Cistulli

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Carson Cistulli was born December 23, 1979, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Philip Cistulli Jr. and Holly Young.Concord Monitor. May 3, 2009 Cistulli passed his early childhood in a middle class Italian-American household until his parents' divorce in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate-online.net/Archives/archives20072008/110207/Cistulli.php |title=Cistulli shakes shackles of celebrity |accessdate=2010-12-01 |publisher=The Advocate |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704181113/http://www.advocate-online.net/Archives/archives20072008/110207/Cistulli.php |archivedate=July 4, 2010 |df=mdy }} Cistulli attended boarding school at Milton Academy in Massachusetts.

After graduating from Milton in 1998,{{cite web|url=http://alumni.milton.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=264 |title=Notable Alumni: Authors |accessdate=2010-12-01 |publisher=Milton Academy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719235542/http://alumni.milton.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=264 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }} he attended Columbia University where he studied under poet Kenneth Koch of the New York School of poetry. After his studies under Koch, he moved to Seattle to write. He would later receive a bachelor's degree in Classical Civilizations from the University of Montana in Missoula and a master's degree in Creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/user-510658948/a-conversation-with-carson-cistulli|title=A Conversation With Carson Cistulli|accessdate=2017-01-19 |publisher=On Baseball Writing}}

In an essay about sports and aesthetics, "A Lengthy Meditation on Baseball and the Science of Happiness," Cistulli explained that part of his turn towards writing was a therapeutic response to anxiety attacks. Cistulli wrote that these attacks became so intense that he at times struggled to breathe: "During the fall of 2001, while living in Missoula, MT, I began experiencing some symptoms of generalized anxiety: occasional tightness or pain in the chest and limbs, invasive thoughts about death and illness [...] those symptoms persisted off and on into the next spring, at which time I developed a considerably less pleasant one (i.e., symptom): for long periods of time, and with no warning, I was unable to breathe involuntarily."[http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/i-am-trying-to-break-your-eyes-a-lengthy-meditation-on-baseball-and-the-science-of-happiness/ I am Trying to Break Your Eyes: A Lengthy Meditation on Baseball and the Science of Happiness] Retrieved November 25, 2010

Cistulli utilizes the notions of authorship,Cistulli, Carson. A Century of Enthusiasm. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007, p. 1, p. 6, p. 18, p. 50Cistulli, Carson. Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated. Casagrande Press, 2006, p. 8, p. 19, p. 36Cistulli, Carson. Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated. Casagrande Press, 2006, A Note on the Type poetic inspiration,Cistulli, Carson. Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated. Casagrande Press, 2006, ImprintCistulli, Carson. Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated. Casagrande Press, 2006, p. 14 and recontextualization.Cistulli, Carson. Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated. Casagrande Press, 2006, p. 9, p. 10, p. 23, P. 66, p. 70

Lisa Baker writes that "In a day and age when we are quick to consume the rigid definitions of relationships fed to us by those who wield power, Cistulli tutors us in language's malleability; a new comparison, an unexpected verb in a familiar phrase can force an entirely new perspective—and perhaps one more

curious and more generous."{{cite web|url=http://www.milton.edu/news/upload/magazine_fall07.pdf |title=Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated |accessdate=2010-12-01 |publisher=Milton Magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218133542/http://milton.edu/news/upload/magazine_fall07.pdf |archivedate=December 18, 2010 |df=mdy }}

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Cistulli's essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times,{{cite news|url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/fantasy-focus-a-socratic-approach/|title=Fantasy Focus: A Socratic Approach|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=The New York Times|first=Carson|last=Cistulli|date=March 22, 2011}} SBNation,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/3/30/2082120/introducing-a-new-concept-baseball-nation|title=Introducing ... Baseball Nation|accessdate=2011-04-01|publisher=SB Nation}} FanGraphs,[http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php?author=16 Fangraphs Archive: Carson Cistulli] Retrieved November 25, 2010 ESPN,[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822031752/http://search.espn.go.com/carson-cistulli/ ESPN: Carson Cistulli] Retrieved November 30, 2010 The Hardball Times,[http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/authors/carson/2009/ The Hardball Times: Carson Cistulli] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615123206/http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/authors/carson/2009/ |date=June 15, 2011 }} Retrieved November 25, 2010 The New Enthusiast,[http://thenewenthusiast.com/author/cistulli/ The New Enthusiast Archive: Carson Cistulli] Retrieved May 4, 2011 RotoWire,[http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/profile.asp?User=1447909 Rotosynthesis Archive: Carson Cistulli] Retrieved November 25, 2010 The Huffington Post,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carson-cistulli|title=Carson Cistulli|accessdate=2010-12-07|work=The Huffington Post}} The Classical{{cite web |url=http://theclassical.org/theclog/classical-magazine-issue-three-is-out |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714025530/http://theclassical.org/theclog/classical-magazine-issue-three-is-out |archive-date=July 14, 2013 |title=Classical Magazine Issue Three Is Out {{!}} The Classical}} and The Portland Sportsman.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043231/http://portlandsportsman.com/author/carson/ The Portland Sportsman Archive: Carson Cistulli] Retrieved November 25, 2010 He won the FSWA 2011 basketball sports writer of the year award for his writing at Rotowire[http://www.fswa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3736:2011-writing-award-winners-announced&catid=3:latest-news 2011 Writing Award Winners Announced] Retrieved May 1, 2012[https://twitter.com/FSWA FSWA Twitter] Retrieved January 19, 2012 and was elected to the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 2012.{{cite news|title=Local business people in the news for Dec. 17 |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/work/business/3303979-95/johnstone-board-concord-law |accessdate=June 27, 2015 |work=Concord Monitor |date=December 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630052912/http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/work/business/3303979-95/johnstone-board-concord-law |archivedate=June 30, 2015 |df=mdy }}

Cistulli has written that his interest in sabermetrics is to explore "that place where quantitative analysis and aesthetics meet"{{cite web|url=http://www.ussmariner.com/2010/06/16/mariners-and-nerds/|title=USS Mariner: Mariners and NERDs|accessdate=2010-11-30|publisher=Ussmariner.com}} in practicing what he calls the art[http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-long-hello-some-notes-on-luck/ Fangraphs: The Long Hello] Retrieved November 25, 2010 of sabermetrical research. Within sabermetrics he is the creator of NERD,[http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/introducing-nerd/ Fangraphs: Introducing NERD] Retrieved November 25, 2010[http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/introducing-team-nerd/ Fangraphs: Introducing Team NERD] Retrieved November 30, 2010 SCOUT{{cite web|url=http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/scout-using-small-samples-from-the-afl/|title=SCOUT: Using Small Samples From the AFL|date=November 2, 2010 |accessdate=2010-12-01|publisher=Fangraphs.com}} and historical GBz%.{{cite web|url=http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/breaking-new-grounders-ground-balls-since-1950/|title=Breaking New Grounders: Ground Balls Since 1950|date=February 22, 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-05|publisher=FanGraphs}}{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/ratios_to_rates/|title=Ratios to rates|accessdate=2011-03-05|publisher=Inside The Book}}{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/has_there_been_a_change_in_gb_hit_at_some_point_in_the_late_60s/|title=Has there been a change in GB hit at some point in the late 60s?|accessdate=2011-03-05|publisher=Inside The Book}}{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13063&mode=print&nocache=1319387212|title=BP Unfiltered|date=February 26, 2011|accessdate=2011-10-11|publisher=Baseball Prospectus}} Cistulli has influenced many contemporary sports thinkers including Rob Neyer who, asked about the value of Cistulli's work within the sabermetric community, responded "there's value in just about everything that Cistulli does. He's got an original mind and we'll ignore him at our peril."[https://web.archive.org/web/20100905025827/http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/34253/mlb-insider-rob-neyer Chat with Rob Neyer] Retrieved November 25, 2010

Cistulli was previously the host of "Goal: The Soccer Show" (103.3 FM Northampton, MA){{cite web|url=http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/2006/12/goal-soccer-1242006/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070806045350/http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/2006/12/goal-soccer-1242006/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-06 |title=Goal: The Soccer Show 12.4.2006 |accessdate=2011-02-16 |publisher=valleyfreeradio.org }} and "The Shuttlecoque Sporting Hour" (1450 AM Portland, OR.){{cite web|url=http://sportinghour.blogspot.com/|title=The Shuttlecoque Sporting Hour|accessdate=2011-01-01|publisher=Blogspot.com}} He was formerly the host of FanGraphs Audio.{{cite web|url=http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/presenting-fangraphs-audio/|title=Presenting FanGraphs Audio|date=February 8, 2010 |accessdate=2010-12-07|publisher=Fangraphs.com}}

On November 16, 2018, Cistulli announced that he had been hired by the Toronto Blue Jays. He left Fangraphs to work for the team.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.fangraphs.com/an-unexpected-development/|title=An Unexpected Development|date=November 16, 2018 }}

It was reported in 2019 that he worked alongside Jon Lalonde, Nick Manno, and Brent Urcheck to "curate running rankings of the players in each organization."{{Cite web |last=Davidi |first=Shi |date=July 14, 2019 |title=Stroman's injury-free start bodes well for Blue Jays in trade talks |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/stromans-injury-free-start-bodes-well-blue-jays-trade-talks/ |website=SportsNet}} Cistulli's title as of the end of 2024 was Assistant Director, Player Personnel in the Blue Jays' pro scouting department.{{Cite web |title=Blue Jays Staff Directory {{!}} Toronto Blue Jays |url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/team/front-office-directory |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}

Cistulli and Kali Coles announced their engagement in May 2009 and married in August.{{cite news|title=Coles Cistulli |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/coles-cistulli |accessdate=June 27, 2015 |work=Concord Monitor |date=May 3, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} They have one son, Jackie.{{cite news|title=George J. Harrington Obituary|url=http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituary/george-harrington-1928-2018-1028220376/print|accessdate=October 26, 2018 |work=Bangor Daily News}}

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• Englished by Diverse Hands (2003)
• Free Radicals: American Poets Before Their First Books (2004)
• Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated (2006)
• Assorted Fictions (2006)
• Origin, sixth series, Spring (2006)
• A Century of Enthusiasm (2007)
• The Prostituesdays Anthology (editor, 2008)
• Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast (2015)

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• [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wfcr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1094968 NPR/WFCR Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929195638/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wfcr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1094968 |date=September 29, 2012 }} – Tina Antolini interviews Carson Cistulli
• [http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/category/podcast Fangraphs Audio] – Host
• [http://soccershow.blogspot.com/ Goal: The Soccer Show] – Host
• [http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-long-hello-some-notes-on-luck/ The Long Hello: Some Notes on Luck] 2009
• [http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/i-am-trying-to-break-your-eyes-a-lengthy-meditation-on-baseball-and-the-science-of-happiness/ I am Trying to Break Your Eyes: A Lengthy Meditation on Baseball and the Science of Happiness] 2009
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carson-cistulli/sabermetric-blogging-and_b_420689.html Sabermetric Blogging and the Oinoanda Inscription] 2010
• [http://www.fangraphs.com/not/index.php/tldr-on-learning-to-die/ TLDR: On Learning to Die] 2011
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101010922/http://www.flaunt.com/mens-fashion/on-the-spectacles/ On the Spectacles] 2012
• [http://www.fswa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3742:fswa-profile-carson-cistulli&catid=14:archive FSWA Profile: Carson Cistulli] 2012 (by Michael Naclerio)
• [http://www.redreporter.com/2013/7/15/4524636/an-interview-with-carson-cistulli-of-notgraphs-italian-extraction Carson Cistulli of Notgraphs, Italian Extraction] 2013 (by Cy Schorek)
• [http://www.smartishpace.com/issues/issue_20/young_people_will_have_white/, Young People Will Have White Hair] 2013

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