Category Archives: The On Deck Circle

A Third Thigpen Thing

Title: A Third Thigpen Thing
Date: June 5, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Three articles on a catching prospect who never made it? Well, Thigpen was called up, so it warranted discussion. This was my last article until the winter of 2008, due mostly to summer night-shift work and a fall focus on my fourth year of school.
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Random Musings

Title: Random Musings
Date: May 30, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just a few short thoughts on random news items at the time.
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Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 2

Title: Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 2
Date: May 29, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I can’t possibly comprehend how I thought there was enough going on in the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season to warrant a two-part quarterly review. But here it is.
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Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 1

Title: Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 1
Date: May 28, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I can’t possibly comprehend how I thought there was enough going on in the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season to warrant a two-part quarterly review. But here it is.
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A Response to the Thigpen Article

Title: A Response to the Thigpen Article
Date: May 27, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: My friend Erik had a response to my earlier Curtis Thigpen article, disagreeing. So we discussed.
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Why the Jays Should Call Up Curtis Thigpen

Title: Why the Jays Should Call Up Curtis Thigpen
Date: May 24, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Another one that looks embarrassing now, but the logic would still apply today with any similar roster composition.
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Thoughts on the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery

Title: Thoughts on the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery
Date: May 23, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Oden or Durant? More important than the question was who that question would fall to. It was Portland, and we all know how that turned out.
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An Analysis of Canadian Sports Television

Title: An Analysis of Canadian Sports Television
Date: May 22, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I probably should have deleted this article if I ever wanted to work for a Canadian TV station, but I can always remove it during a job search.
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A Look at Mayweather vs de la Hoya

Title: A Look at Mayweather vs de la Hoya
Date: May 4, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Five years later, Mayweather is still looking for his next “last big fight,” but at the time I thought this might be it.
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The Perils of Captain Hook

Title: The Perils of Captain Hook
Date: May 3, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I was not a fan of Toronto Blue Jays’ Manager John Gibbons. Looking back, criticizing a manager for his handling of Josh Towers and Victor Zambrano seems unfair, and this clearly should have been aimed at the General Manager.
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