Title: Blue Jays Acquire Colby Rasmus in Whirlwind Deal
Date: July 27, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: All it took to get me going again was a blockbuster trade! With the Blue Jays shipping out multiple spare parts to acquire young, talented, but maligned center-fielder Colby Rasmus, I broke the deal it down piece by piece.
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Title: The Right Reasons to Start Jerryd Bayless
Date: November 30, 2010
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article looked at whether the Raptors should try starting Jerryd Bayless over Jose Calderon, with an eye to identifying their point guard of the future. It’s amazing how many times I’ve flip-flopped on J-Bay-Bay.
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Title: An Illustration of Parity in the NFL
Date: November 24, 2010
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This article examines an NFL ‘wheel’ where parity is such that each team in the wheel defeated a team on one side of it, but lost to the team on its opposite side. You’ll have to read it to understand, but my point of reflection was that the NFL does a great job to promote parity throughout the league.
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Title: Someone Shut Marshall Faulk Up and Get Chris Johnson a Contract
Date: May 18, 2010
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With Running Back Chris Johnson holding out for a larger contract, ex-NFLer Marshall Faulk had his back and encouraged a prolonged hold out. As a heavily-invested fantasy owner of CJ2K, I pleaded with Faulk to kindly shut his mouth.
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Title: So, Uhhh, Remember Alex Rios?
Date: May 17, 2010
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: A year after the jays had let Alex Rios walk to the White Sox via waivers, I took a look at Rios’ hot start to the 2010 season to show that, while grossly overpaid, he had resurfaced as a valuable baseball player.
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Title: How to Split the Playing Time When E5 Returns
Date: May 14, 2010
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After another lapse in articles, I returned to take a look at how the Jays’ playing time should break down with Encarnacion, Bautista, Snider, and Lewis all battling for at bats. Looking back, this is one of those “looks good, looks bad” pieces since Edwin is now a legitimate slugger, but I seriously underestimated Bautista’s ability to maintain his hot start beyond a platoon role.
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Title: Raptors Quarter Season Evaluations
Date: December 3, 2009
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article was a quarterly review, player-by-player, for the Toronto Raptors. I identified a “key number” for each player and outlined reasons I hate said player at that point in time. It’s not a very positive piece.
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Title: Bosh’s Decision in Strictly Financial Terms
Date: November 26, 2009
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic piece broke down Chris Bosh’s free agency decision based on teams’ available cap, state taxes, CBA rules, and cost of living index to determine which location would be the best for him in purely financial terms.
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Title: Will Bosh’s Hot Start Continue?
Date: November 20, 2009
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic piece took a look at the red-hot start of franchise superstar Chris Bosh, as through 12 games he was one of the league’s most dominant players.
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Title: Triano’s Basketball IQ a Source of Optimism
Date: October 21, 2009
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic piece showed excitement for Jay Triano’s coaching potential ahead of the 2009 NBA season. It doesn’t look great in retrospect, but I really did expect him to excel in the role.
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