Joseph S. Sheehan was born in
New York City on February 26, 1971, and attended
Regis High School. He graduated from the
University of Southern California in 1994 with a degree in
journalism. Sheehan lives in the
New York City area. He is one of the founders and was a co-editor of the first annual book of
sabermetric baseball forecasts and analyses by
Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus (BP) is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well as player and team perf ...
in 1996 as well as several later volumes.
On October 10, 2007, Sheehan took on an additional role as Managing Editor of the newly founded Basketball Prospectus.
As of December 31, 2009, Sheehan no longer worked for Baseball Prospectus. However, he continued to make occasional contributions to BP's "Unfiltered" blog.
At the beginning of the 2010 baseball season, he began publishing a weekly "Inside Baseball" column in ''
Sports Illustrated.''
He also contributes to
RotoWire and appears weekly on the RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today show on Sirius XM radio.
Career
In an on-line interview, he recalled how he became involved with Baseball Prospectus:
Sheehan wrote the "Prospectus Today" column for BaseballProspectus.com, and is a frequent contributor to
ESPN.com and commentator on
ESPN radio,
Fantasy Focus on XM Radio and other baseball news programs and an occasional contributor to other publications, including
Sports Illustrated.com and the ''
New York Times''.
In his first column writing as Managing Editor of the on-line Basketball Prospectus on October 10, 2007, Sheehan professed his lifelong love for basketball and outlined the plans for this new entry in the lineup of products by Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC.
On December 31, 2009, Sheehan became a free agent: his contract was not renewed with Baseball Prospectus. As he said, "No hard feelings or recriminations, just two entities doing business."
By April, he had landed a position as a regular on-line columnist with ''Sports Illustrated''. He also publishes a
blog, "Joe Sheehan," and a subscription newsletter, "The Joe Sheehan Newsletter".
"Joe Sheehan" blog
References
External links
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Baseball Prospectus website
Basketball Prospectus website
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1971 births
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni
Living people
Regis High School (New York City) alumni
Journalists from New York City
Sportswriters from New York (state)