How would you compare Prior to another Trojan great, Tom Seaver?
Joe: I wouldn’t. I think there are similarities in that both have excellent, but differing mechanics, and the USC connection works, but I really would be reluctant to compare the guy with 320 major-league innings to the guy with about that many wins. RWBB: You were one of the five names on the cover of the first Baseball Prospectus book. Joe: I’ve been involved with Baseball Prospectus since before it had a name. Gary Huckabay and Clay Davenport had a plan to publish Clay’s Translations and Gary’s projections along with player comments in a book. They had been doing so on USENET, in the rec.sport.baseball newsgroup, for years. Rany Jazayerli offered them his Organizational Pitching Reports for use in the as-yet-unnamed book. When Rany–who was a friend of mine though a Strat league–told me this, I offered my services as an editor on the project. Gary, who only really knew me through the newsgroup, invited me on board. I might even forgive him one day. This all happened in the fourth q
