Influential researcher Spira dies at age 44
By Evan Dreilich
In the early days of the online world, well before American Idol and social media made the public’s input commonplace, Greg Spira created the Internet Baseball Awards.
A Harvard University graduate and prolific researcher, Spira brought the awards from a niche online community to the Web at large. Hosted today by Baseball Prospectus — the sabermetrics-minded outlet Spira helped grow in its nascent years — the IBAs celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2011…
Greg Spira, Writer and Internet Pioneer, Co-Founder of Frequent Business Traveler, Dies at 44
Greg Spira, a co-founder of Frequent Business Traveler (née Executive Road Warrior) and The Diesel Driver magazines and an online pioneer, died on December 28, 2011 in New York City. He was 44 years old.
The cause was polycystic kidney disease and complications stemming from a subsequent kidney transplant, said his brother Jonathan Spira, who is also a co-founder of the two publications.
In 1991, two years before the invention of the first Web browser, Mr. Spira founded the Internet Baseball Awards…
Greg Spira, Writer and Internet Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Diesel Driver, Dies at 44
Greg Spira, a co-founder of The Diesel Driver and Frequent Business Traveler (née Executive Road Warrior) magazines and an online pioneer, died on December 28, 2011 in New York City. He was 44 years old.
The cause was polycystic kidney disease and complications stemming from a subsequent kidney transplant, said his brother Jonathan Spira, who is also a co-founder of the two publications.
In 1991, two years before the invention of the first Web browser, Mr. Spira founded the Internet Baseball Awards…
In Memoriam: Greg Spira
By Jacob Pomrenke
Greg Spira, 44, a member of the Connie Mack, Bob Davids and Casey Stengel Chapters, died December 28, 2011, after a long battle with kidney disease in New York City. A lifelong, diehard, passionate and knowledgeable New York Mets fan, Spira joined SABR in (more…)
Observations From Cooperstown: Okajima, Jones, the HOF, and Greg Spira
By Bruce Markusen
There are celebrities among baseball writers, people like Bill James and Rob Neyer and Bill Madden. And then there are footsoldiers, people who do the research and leave the glory of the written word to other people. Greg Spira was one of those people…
Lest we forget: Greg Spira
By Ron Kaplan, NJ Jewish News
You won’t find his name among the players, coaches, managers, umpires, etc. on Baseball-Reference, but Greg was nevertheless an influential source…
Greg Spira, RIP
By Mike Emeigh
Greg Spira, fellow Primate and long-time friend to many of us, passed away today…
Remembering Greg Spira
By Dave Pease
Our friend, Greg Spira, passed away yesterday.
I’ve been in a reflective mood lately. Part of it is the holidays, I’m sure, and spending some precious quality time with family. Part of it is the recency of the Best of Baseball Prospectus editing experience… working with all of that content really brought back memories of how things were in the old days…
A May Birthday: So That Explains Why I Was Such a Lousy Baseball Player
My college friend Greg Spira writes in Slate about the exaggerated share of American-born Major League Baseball players with fall birthdays.
This is more evidence in support of the idea that arbitrary eligibility cutoffs for youth sports…
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
My friend Greg Spira passed away last week, the end result of a long and recurring battle with kidney disease. Greg was 44 years old, a Mets fan who grew up in Whitestone, Queens, and an editor who among other accomplishments was kind enough to solicit and encourage my contributions to the Maple Street Mets Annual over the past few years. I knew Greg only for a short time…