Title: Gameday: Raptors @ Mavericks, complete with rant
Date: December 20, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Dec. 20 contest against the Mavericks, and complained that the NBA implicitly encourages fans to cheer for their team to be bad.
Title: Toronto’s new national agenda
Date: December 17, 2013
Original Source: ESPN
Synopsis: ESPN TrueHoop’s “True Cities” project, which looked to get a finger on the local pulse of each NBA city, afforded me the opportunity to write about the team’s potential impending tank (oops) and why the city is so enamored with local prospect Andrew Wiggins.
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Title: Zack Greinke Reverses FIP-ERA Gap But Loses Strikeouts
Date: December 17, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: As part of Rotographs’ season in review/2014 preview series, this article looked at another great season from Zack Greinke, albeit one a little low on strikeouts.
Title: Scouting Reports for your four new Toronto Raptors
Date: December 10, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article provided some background information and scouting on the four players the Toronto Raptors acquired in the Rudy Gay trade.
Title: Should Kris Medlen Strike Out More Batters?
Date: December 10, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: As part of Rotographs’ season in review/2014 preview series, this article looked at a solid but somewhat troublesome season for Krie Medlen. His arm ended up exploding, so we never got a verdict on this one.
Title: RR Roundtable: Reactions to the Rudy Gay trade
Date: December 9, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I took part in a roundtable discussion about the Toronto Raptors trading Rudy gay to Sacramento.
Title: Can Colby Rasmus Survive A Visit From The BABIP Regression Monster?
Date: December 3, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: As part of Rotographs’ season in review/2014 preview series, this article looked at the impressive 2013 performance of Colby Rasmus.
Title: Gameday: Raptors visit Warriors amid myriad questions
Date: December 3, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Dec. 3 contest against the Warriors.
Title: Inside the Toronto Raptors Thanksgiving dinner party
Date: November 28, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This parody took a look inside a fictional Toronto Raptors’ team Thanksgiving party.
Title: Gameday: Nets @ Raptors, Nov. 26
Date: November 26, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Nov. 26 contest against the Nets.
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