Title: Raptors 5-on-5: What’s Next
Date: July 9, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I took part in a roundtable discussion about the Toronto Raptors offseason, what we’d like to see happen, and how best to go about it.
Title: BtBS Podcast #70: High Stakes
Date: July 9, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This edition of the podcast broke down a number of topics, including All Star Weekend bets, a Wade Davis oddity and more.
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Title: Introducing the Adam Dunn Hat Trick
Date: July 8, 2013
Original Source: Fangraphs
Synopsis: Making my debut on Fangraphs – the proper side, not the roto side – I wrote about players who manage to walk, strikeout and homer in the same game.
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Title: Play by Play – 2013 BC AAA Swimming Championships
Date: July 7, 2013
Original Source: UBC/BC AAA Swim
Synopsis: Here’s a strange one – I was the MC/live play-by-play person for the British Columbia AAA Swimming Championships, located at UBC. It was fun, and a really goo experience, if not a little out of my element.
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Title: EXPLAINING THE GRABOVSKI-BOZAK “STATS” DEBATE IN SHINNY HOCKEY TERMS
Date: July 6, 2013
Original Source: The Leafs Nation
Synopsis: A personal favorite, this article explained some of hockey’s “advanced stats” in the context of pick-up hockey to make the concepts easier to grasp.
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Title: CANUCKS SIGN MIKE SANTORELLI
Date: July 6, 2013
Original Source: Canucks Army
Synopsis: This article relayed the news that the Canucks had signed Mike Santorelli and briefly broke down the move.
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Title: BREAKING: LEAFS RE-SIGN FRAZER MCLAREN
Date: July 5, 2013
Original Source: The Leafs Nation
Synopsis: This article relayed the news that the Leafs had re-signed Frazer McLaren and quickly broke the signing down.
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Title: LEAFS SIGN YOUNG DEFENCEMAN T.J. BRENNAN
Date: July 5, 2013
Original Source: The Leafs Nation
Synopsis: This article relayed the news that the Leafs had signed T.J. Brennan and broke the signing down.
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Title: Rapcast #163: Goodbye to Bargnani, No Thanks to Tanking
Date: July 4, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: For the latest edition of the Rapcast, I spoke with one other RR writer about Bargnani’s departure and the tanking debate.
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Title: Some Thoughts on Tanking and Rudy Gay’s Value
Date: July 4, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article outlined why I’m firmly against tanking and why Rudy Gay should have more trade value than just expiring contracts.
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