# Jim Caple
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{{Short description|American sportswriter (1962–2023)}}
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'''Jim Caple''' (1962 – October 1, 2023) was an American columnist and senior writer for [ESPN.com](/source/ESPN.com).[{{cite web |url=http://search.espn.go.com/jim-caple/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822225737/http://search.espn.go.com/jim-caple/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 22, 2008 |title=Jim Caple |publisher=ESPN |author= |date= |accessdate=May 31, 2010}}] He worked previously with the ''[Seattle Post-Intelligencer](/source/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer)'' and the ''[St. Paul Pioneer Press](/source/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press)''.[
==Life and career==
Caple was born in 1962.][{{cite web |last=Caple |first=Jim |date=2012-12-31 |title=Caple: An inspiring, sometimes naked 2012 |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/16343/jim-caple-an-inspiring-sometimes-naked-2012-year-in-review |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=ESPN.com}}] He attended [R.A. Long High School](/source/R.A._Long_High_School) in [Longview, Washington](/source/Longview%2C_Washington).[{{Cite web |last=Caple |first=Jim |date=May 20, 2003 |title=Rooting for the hometown boys |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/caple/030306.html |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=ESPN.com}}][{{cite web |url=http://ralongalumni.org/biography/jim-caple |title=Jim Caple (1980) |website=ralongalumni.org |access-date=June 26, 2022}}] He graduated from the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington) in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), where he reported for and later became an editor of the school newspaper, ''[The Daily](/source/The_Daily_of_the_University_of_Washington)''.[{{citation |last=Earnest|first=Anna|title=When The Daily turned the world upside-down| newspaper=[The Daily of the University of Washington](/source/The_Daily_of_the_University_of_Washington) |date=June 1, 2006 |url=https://magazine.washington.edu/when-the-daily-turned-the-world-upside-down/}}][{{cite web| title=Mentor Lunch & Learn: Jim Caple, '97| work=Association for Women in Communications, Seattle Professional Chapter| url=https://www.seattleawc.org/event/mentor-lunch-learn-jim-caple-97/| access-date=December 27, 2020}}] He worked at the ''Post-Intelligencer'' and the ''Pioneer Press'' before spending 17 years with [ESPN](/source/ESPN). His time at ESPN included writing articles for its Page 2 website, which took a more comedic look at sports. He last wrote for ''[The Athletic](/source/The_Athletic)''.[{{cite news|title=Jim Caple, former MLB writer with Washington roots, dies at 61|date=October 2, 2023|work=SeattleSports.com|url=https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1767490/jim-caple-former-mlb-writer-with-washington-roots-dies-at-61/|access-date=October 2, 2023}}]
Caple covered 20 [World Series](/source/World_Series) and 12 [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games).[ Caple wrote the book ''The Devil Wears Pinstripes''. He also co-wrote the book ''Best Boston Sports Arguments'' with fellow sportswriter [Steve Buckley](/source/Steve_Buckley_(journalist)) and wrote a novel, ''The Navigator'', which was partially based on his father's stint as a [B-24](/source/B-24_Liberator) navigator in [World War II](/source/World_War_II).][
On October 2, 2023, his wife Vicki wrote that he died the previous day. At the time of his death, he suffered from [ALS](/source/ALS) and dementia. He was 61.][{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=Former ESPN, national baseball writer Caple dies |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/38550277/jim-caple-former-espn-national-mlb-writer-dies-61 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}]
==Publications==
*{{cite book|title=The Devil Wears Pinstripes|publisher=Penguin Group|year=2005|isbn=9780452285989}}
*{{cite book|first1=Jim|last1=Caple|first2=Steve|last2=Buckley|title=The Best Boston Sports Arguments|year=2006|publisher=Sourcebooks|isbn= 9781402249976}}
*{{cite book|title=The Navigator|year=2019|publisher=JaCol Publishing|isbn=9781946675453}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060314094808/http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=Jim_Caple&rT=sports Caple's columns on ESPN.com]
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