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John Sickels (born January 5, 1968) is an American baseball writer, formerly of ESPN.com, who specializes in minor league baseball and amateur baseball.

From 1996 to 2005, Sickels was a columnist for ESPN.com, writing regular "Down on the Farm" columns that took an in-depth look at baseball prospects. Sickels was let go by ESPN in February 2005 and soon thereafter started his own blog, www.minorleagueball.com. Additionally, Sickels is a regular contributor to the fantasy sports website RotoWire.com and can occasionally be heard on Rotowire podcasts. Previously, he hosted Down on the Farm Friday on XM Satellite radio.

Sickels writes and edits the annual Baseball Prospect Book, which profiles roughly 1,000 players in baseball's minor leagues, and is only available directly from his personal website. The book is wildly popular but some sold-out versions remain available in PDF format via Sickels' website.

He also penned a 2004 biography of baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller called Bob Feller: Ace of the Greatest Generation..

Sickels is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University (1990, BA in history). He resides in Kansas with his wife, Jeri. He has two sons, Nicholas and Jackson.

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