Jim Caple

Jim Caple

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Jim Caple is a senior writer at ESPN.com, with his weekly baseball column "Off Base" for Page 2 among his contributions. Before coming to ESPN, Jim worked in Minneapolis and Seattle. His first book, "The Devil Wears Pinstripes," can also be ordered through his Web site, jimcaple.net.

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Interest in Bonds waning?

Jim Caple

SAN FRANCISCO -- If a milestone fell and no one was there to see it, would it count on the back of a baseball card? We may find out as the Barry Bond...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2006

No escaping the doubt

Jim Caple

SAN FRANCISCO -- I don't know whether Barry Bonds will catch Hank Aaron or not, but I'm beginning to think that Albert Pujols might lap him on his way...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2006

Long way to 755

Jim Caple

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Well, at least "Bonds on Bonds" should be a little more interesting this week. After a wait so long it's hard to believe it didn'...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2006

Now batting ... Ortmeier?

Jim Caple

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The beautiful thing about baseball is that no matter whether you have 715 home runs or none at all, at some point you're going to w...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2006

Don't be shy of Bonds

Jim Caple

SAN FRANCISCO -- Should a pitcher worry about giving up Barry Bonds' 714th or 715th home runs and being remembered for that the rest of his life? Not ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2006

Ready for Opening Day

Jim Caple

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Just before leaving the Valley of the Sun and the Land of Circle K's, Barry Bonds said he would be ready to play Opening Day, unl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2006

Getting a reaction

Jim Caple

...in Oakland or New York (fortunately for him, Boston isn't on the schedule). For more from Caple, click here

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2006

Barry's busy spring

Jim Caple

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Barry Bonds didn't play a lot of games in the Cactus League, but he had quite a spring anyway. He began by saying that this would...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2006

One (bad) moment in time

Jim Caple

The nightly medals ceremony held in Piazza Castello is a well-done, occasionally stirring occasion, and it was especially so Sunday night, thanks to h...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2006

Give 'em Hellas

Jim Caple, ESPN The Magazine

Can you picture these guys playing baseball for Greece in the Olympics? Hey, all you need is a little talent and an ancestor who left Athens on a Westbound steamer.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 04, 2004