Title: Softball T-Birds bring experienced squad back for 2013 season
Date: February 6, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This was a season preview for the UCB Thunderbirds’ women’s softball team, who are forced to play without a home field.
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Title: Joe Maddon: The AL’s Most Active Manager
Date: February 6, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: I took a look at how often each American League manager tinkers with the line-up and found Joe Maddon of the Rays to be the league’s most hands-on skipper.
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Title: On Rudy Gay’s Defense
Date: February 5, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: For this article, I pulled advanced stats and video and spoke to Grizzlies bloggers to determine Rudy Gay’s skill level on the defensive end.
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Title: Blue Jays Farm System Ranked 24th by Keith Law
Date: February 4, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article responds to the Blue Jays being ranked in the bottom-10 farm systems by a pair of prospect gurus.
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Title: Trying to Figure Out Colby Rasmus
Date: January 28, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article looks at the career trends of Colby Rasmus to try and determine where his true talent lies and what can be expected from him in 2013.
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Title: NHL Advanced Stats: Small Sample Application Example
Date: January 26, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: My latest article at NM was a final application of my advanced stats primer, highlighting how the Canucks had made out through four games in terms of advanced stats.
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Title: What’s Wrong with DeMar DeRozan?
Date: January 22, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article dove into the recent struggles of DeMar DeRozan.
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Title: Looking Back at Gibbons’ Bullpen Management
Date: January 21, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: My second piece for BB looked back at John Gibbons’ previous tenure as manager of the Jays to see if he showed any consistent bullpen usage patterns year-to-year and if we should expect something similar this season.
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Title: Optimizing the Blue Jays Batting Order
Date: January 14, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: I am now writing for Bluebird Banter, SB Nation’s Toronto Blue Jays site. My debut article there plugged Blue Jay statistics into a “lineup optimizer” to determine potential batting orders for the team this season.
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Title: NHL Advanced Stats: Applying the Primer to the Second Line Centre
Date: January 13, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: I will now be writing for Nucks Misconduct, a Vancouver Canucks blog on the SBNation network. My second article was a follow-up to my advanced stats primer, applying advanced NHL stats to the battle for the second line centre job in Vancouver.
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