Jim Callis
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| occupation = Writer at MLB.com
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Jim Callis (born October 15, 1967) is a baseball writer who currently covers the MLB Draft and prospects for MLB Pipeline and MLB.com. He was formerly the executive editor of the Durham, North Carolina–based magazine Baseball America and its website.
Early life and education
Callis was born in Falls Church, Virginia, on October 15, 1967. He grew up in Northern Virginia, mainly in Oakton. He attended the University of Georgia, where he covered the Bulldogs baseball team for The Red and Black, the university's school paper.{{Cite web |title=Replacement Level Podcast Episode 3: featuring Jim Callis |url=http://www.replacementlevelpodcast.com/2012/07/19/episode-3-jim-callis/ |access-date=10 December 2021 |website=Replacement Level Podcast}} 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 work for STATS, Inc. In 2000, Callis returned to Baseball America, as its executive editor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.baseballhq.com/seminars/fpspeakers.shtml |title=BaseballHQ.com - First Pitch Forums - Speakers |access-date=2008-10-30 |archive-date=2008-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028000025/http://www.baseballhq.com/seminars/fpspeakers.shtml |url-status=dead }} His contributions included weekly updates to its website and major contributions to its annual publications, The Baseball America Almanac and The Baseball America Prospect Handbook.{{Cite web |title=Baseball America Store |url=https://baseballamerica.myshopify.com/ |access-date=10 December 2021 |website=Baseballamerica.myshopify.com}}
Callis moderated a weekly Baseball America themed online chat on ESPN.com.{{Cite web |date=7 September 2004 |title=Chat Archive Index |url=https://www.espn.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=ChatArchiveIndexHome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007151301/https://www.espn.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=ChatArchiveIndexHome |archive-date=2016-10-07 |access-date=10 December 2021 |website=ESPN.com}} 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. Callis would frequently follow up his answers given during the lightning round in his weekly "Ask BA Column" on Baseball America
Callis was a contributor to ESPN's television coverage of the 2008 MLB Draft.{{cite web |url=http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=297 |title=ESPN MLB Updates: New Graphic & MLB Draft Coverage |publisher=TMR Zoo |date= |access-date=2020-01-02}}
Callis began writing for MLB.com in 2013.{{cite web |date= |title=Jim Callis/MLBPipeline.com |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/personalities/?id=jim_callis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918142936/http://mlb.mlb.com/personalities/?id=jim_callis |archive-date=2013-09-18 |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=MLB}}{{Cite web |title=Jim Callis on LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcallis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250311075936/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcallis |archive-date=2025-03-11 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=LinkedIn}} He hosts the MLB Pipeline podcast with fellow MLB.com prospect writer Jonathan Mayo.{{Cite web |title=MLB Pipeline podcast |url=https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTDM8206698407}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|jimcallisMLB}}
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Category:People from Falls Church, Virginia