Title: Blue Jays Spring Training Update
Date: March 23, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With Reed Johnson cut and the Left Field situation cleared up, there were only bullpen questions remaining. With just a week or two before Opening Day, I provided a general training camp update.
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Title: Writer’s League Power Rankings
Date: March 18, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: There’s nothing people like more than reading about other people’s fantasy teams, am I right? I went on to win the league, if you’re wondering, and a handful of the members stuck around into 2009 for the first year of what has become an awesome auction keeper league.
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Title: The Fourth ODC Podcast
Date: March 7, 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. This fourth installment was with my friend Erik, focusing on the upcoming baseball season.
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Title: Mock Interview with John Gibbons
Date: March 5, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Fed up with the mismanagement of the Toronto Blue Jays, I put myself in the role of interviewee, to mock-answer questions posed by MLB.com to Jays’ bench boss John Gibbons.
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Title: Running Diary of the Blue Jays’ Season Opener
Date: March 31, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I tried to live blog/running diary the Blue Jays’ season opener, only to have it rained out.
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Title: Blue Jays Bring Back Shannon Stewart
Date: February 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Toronto Blue Jays added to their left field log-jam by acquiring Shannon Stewart, throwing him into the competition with Reed Johnson and Matt Stairs.
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Title: Book Review: Fantasyland
Date: February 14, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Reviewing Sam Walker’s excellent foray into the world of fantasy baseball.
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Title: Breaking Down Alex Rios’ One-Year Contract
Date: February 8, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: In advance of the monstrosity of a contract he would eventually sign, at one point the Blue Jays had given Alex Rios a one-year deal, at much better value.
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Title: Eric Hinske is Going to Kill You
Date: February 7, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: A tongue-in-cheek look at the Tampa Bay Rays’ signing of former Blue Jay Eric Hinske.
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Title: Changes in the AL East
Date: February 1, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Looking at the offseason moves of AL East teams and predicting the division for 2008.
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