Jim Caple is a columnist and senior writer for ESPN.com

ESPN.com

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. He has worked previously with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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 and St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Caple attended R.A. Long High School in Longview, Washington

Longview, Washington

Longview is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. It is the principal city of the "Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. Longview's population was 36,648 at the time of the 2010 census and is the largest city in Cowlitz County...

 before becoming a graduate of the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 in Seattle.

Caple has recently written a book The Devil Wears Pinstripes (ISBN 0-452-28598-4) which, according to Amazon.com, "takes on the rabid fans of baseball’s twenty-six-time World Champions, and offers a decidedly different slant on the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

—the losers of thirteen World Series."

External links

• Caple's columns on ESPN.com