Jonah Keri

Jonah Keri (born September 20, 1974, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist, sportswriter and editor. He is also a New York Times bestselling author. Keri was arrested three times in late 2019 and is currently facing 13 criminal charges related to allegations of domestic violence and child abuse.[1] He is currently employed as a blogger for Invezz.com [2]

Jonah Keri
Born (1974-09-20) September 20, 1974
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationNovelist, Journalist, Columnist
GenreSports, Entertainment, Business
Website
www.jonahkeri.com

Early life and education

Growing up, Keri was an avid fan of the Montreal Expos, something he attributes to his grandfathers' love of baseball.[3] He remains one today[4] despite the team's 2005 relocation to Washington to become the Washington Nationals.

Keri worked as a summer intern at the Montreal Gazette. He graduated from Concordia University's journalism program in 1997.

Career

Keri is mostly known for writing about baseball, though he has also covered other sports as well as business and entertainment. His writing has appeared on ESPN.com,[5] The Wall Street Journal,[6] FanGraphs,[7] GQ,[8] The Huffington Post,[9] The New York Times,[10] Bloomberg Sports,[11] Baseball Prospectus,[12] Investor's Business Daily,[13] Sports Illustrated,[14] Grantland,[15] FiveThirtyEight,[16] CBSSports.com, The Athletic[17] and Sportsnet.[18]

Keri co-wrote and edited the book Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong.[19] He also wrote the New York Times Bestseller The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First, about the Tampa Bay Rays.[20]

In March 2014, he published Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos,[21] which details the franchise history of the Expos. The book was a No. 1 Canadian bestseller.[22]

Keri hosts a podcast, where he interviews notable personalities from sports and entertainment, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau[23] and NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.[24] The Jonah Keri Podcast can be found at CBSSports.com[25] and on iTunes.[26]

Keri also appeared as himself during the first season of the IFC series Brockmire in the episode titled "Old Timers Day."[27][28]

Arrest and criminal charges

Keri was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife on July 18, 2019.[29] He was granted bail the next day after being charged with three counts of assault causing bodily harm and uttering death threats. Court documents said the alleged attacks took place in July 2018, May 2019, and July 2019. The couple married in July 2018.[30] Hours after his court appearance, The Athletic announced Keri was suspended "pending further information."[31]

Keri was arrested again on November 27, 2019 and charged with violating his bail conditions.[32] Keri was arrested for a third time on December 10, 2019 and charged with 8 new counts of domestic violence related charges including assault, assault of a minor (presumably his infant son), and criminal harassment.[33] Keri had at least 3 court appearances in early 2020 (January,[34] March,[35] and April[36]) related to all 13 criminal charges. He is due back in court on September 15th, 2020[37] and is facing up to two years in prison.[38]

References
  1. https://montrealgazette.com/news/expos-author-jonah-keri-charged-with-assaulting-wife-and-a-minor
  2. "Jonah Keri, Author at Invezz". Invezz. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. Herb Zurkowsky, Montreal Gazette (2017-11-15). "Business, not politics, will drive potential Expos return: Jonah Keri". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  4. "Baseball Prospectus - Au Revoir, Mes Amours". Baseball Prospectus.
  5. Keri, Jonah (May 22, 2011). "Flying Fish". ESPN.COM.
  6. Keri, Jonah (October 14, 2009). "Does Baseball Need Umpires?". The Wall Street Journal. Recent Bad Calls Have Critics Howling for Better Umps, But Maybe It's a Job for Machines
  7. Keri, Jonah (April 8, 2011). "Manny Ramirez's Legacy, and the Fate of the Rays". FanGraphs.
  8. Keri, Jonah (May 26, 2011). "Balls Out Guest of the Day: Jonah Keri On Why Boston Was Right To Trade Kendrick Perkins". GQ.
  9. Keri, Jonah (October 29, 2009). "The Pedro I Know". The Huffington Post.
  10. Keri, Jonah (November 21, 2009). "To Hang In, a Series Winner Must Learn to Let Go". The New York Times.
  11. Keri, Jonah (April 4, 2010). "The Bloomberg Sports Fantasy Squad". Bloomberg Sports.
  12. Keri, Jonah (November 18, 2003). "Chat". Baseball Prospectus.
  13. Keri, Jonah (October 11, 2010). "Retail ETFs Packing A Powerful Punch". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010.
  14. Keri, Jonah (August 10, 2009). "Crawford's playing like an MVP, but is this his last hurrah in Tampa?". Sports Illustrated.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Keri, Jonah, and Neil Paine, "For Some MLB Playoff Teams, There's No Place Like Road," FiveThirtyEight, September 16, 2014
  17. "Jonah Keri – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  18. Rogers Digital Media (2017-11-09). "Jonah Keri, Author at". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  19. The Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts; Keri, Jonah (1 March 2007). Keri, Jonah (ed.). Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00547-5.
  20. Keri, Jonah (8 March 2011). The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First. ESPN. ISBN 978-0-345-51765-4.
  21. Jonah Keri, Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos, Random House Canada, 2014, ISBN 978-0307361356.
  22. Paul W. Bennett (2014-05-03). "For Expos fans, Big O still field of dreams | The Chronicle Herald". Thechronicleherald.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  23. Keri, Jonah (2017-04-24). "Jonah Keri sitdown with Justin Trudeau: Canada's Prime Minister talks sports, immigration, Montreal and more". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  24. "The Jonah Keri Podcast #19: Shaquille O'Neal". Nerdist. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  25. "Jonah Keri Podcast - CBS Sports". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  26. "The Jonah Keri Podcast by CBS Sports on Apple Podcasts". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  27. ""Brockmire" Old Timers Day (TV Episode 2017)".
  28. "'Brockmire' Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  29. "Sportswriter Jonah Keri granted bail following assault charges". CTV News Montreal. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  30. "Baseball Writer Jonah Keri Arrested, Charged With Assault On His Wife". Deadspin. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  31. "Sportswriter Jonah Keri suspended from The Athletic after being charged with assaulting his wife". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  32. Boshra, Basem (2019-11-27). "Sportswriter Jonah Keri is re-arrested, lawyer says pocket dial to blame for breaking release condition". ctvnews. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  33. Feith, Jesse; December 11, Montreal Gazette Updated; 2019 (2019-12-12). "Expos author Jonah Keri charged with assaulting wife and a minor | Montreal Gazette". Retrieved 2019-12-17.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  34. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-sportswriter-jonah-keri-to-return-to-court-jan-14-to-face-assault-charges-1.4683122
  35. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/expos-author-wants-to-settle-domestic-assault-charges-without-trial
  36. BWH [@BWH85] (2020-04-09). "looks like ol' Jonah is due back in court next week.... It's been like a year since he got arrested. They sure take their sweet ass time with these things up in Canada. Not sure what "Proces decl. som." means though t.co/9FrfyvaRmb" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Twitter.
  37. Les Perreaux [@perreaux] (2020-07-03). "If anyone else was wondering "Whatever happened to Jonah Keri's domestic assault case" this morning, he's back in court Sept. 15. Here's the last story I could find. t.co/STzJlAnoGC" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Twitter.
  38. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 [@tynicholson] (2020-07-23). "@BWH85 Les Perreaux, a good reporter, mentioned the September thing. The offences he's accused of are called "hybrid" offences, so the Crown (prosecutor) can choose to proceed as an indictable (more serious) or summary (under 2 years imprisonment/$5k as fine). They chose the latter" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Twitter.
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