Title: The Eleventh ODC Podcast
Date: April 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. For the eleventh installment, my friend Stu returned to talk about more or less everything. This would be the final Podcast.
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Title: The ODC Mailbag!
Date: April 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Yup, I did a Mailbag feature, a la Simmons. I got a tonne of support and questions from friends/readers, and it was a lot of fun to do. If I ever get back into full-time writing, I’d like to make this a regular thing, but that requires a larger audience than I have, I think.
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Title: NBA Awards
Date: April 24, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I polled the writers of The ODC to simulate the actual voting process for the NBA Awards. Regardless of if my choice won, I then made the case for that selection.
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Title: Live UFC 83 Review
Date: April 22, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I attended the first ever UFC event in Canada, UFC 83 in Montreal. These are my thoughts on each fight, and the experience in general.
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Title: Blue Jays Ramblings
Date: April 22, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: In place of some “series reviews,” I instead just did a rundown of my thoughts on the team through three weeks of the season.
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Title: Thomas Released, Conspiracies-a-Plenty
Date: April 20, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Blue Jays outright cut Frank Thomas in a surprise move, leaving everyone to wonder what happened, if this was done to avoid his option year, or if it meant Lind and/or Bonds were coming.
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Title: NBA Playoff Preview
Date: April 18, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I teamed up with three other writers to preview the NBA’s opening round series, as well as provide predictions for the entire playoffs.
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Title: The Tenth ODC Podcast
Date: April 16, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. For the tenth installment, my friend and MMA expert Kyle was the guest, discussing UFC 83.
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Title: The Wire and the MVP Race
Date: April 15, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This is one of my favorite articles I’ve written. Bill Simmons himself even more or less stole the concept for an article later on. Anyway, instead of looking at the NBA MVP race in the usual frame of reference, I made each contender a character from The Wire and broke things down from that perspective.
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Title: Jays v. Walker Texas Rangers – April 11-13
Date: April 14, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Taking the “week in review” idea down to the “series” level was too ambitious, but here was the second swing at a Jays series in review.
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