Title: My Spot On The ESPN.com Basketball Roundtable
Date: January 23, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After ESPN had a round-table discussion with its basketball writers, I chimed in my answers, had I been asked the same questions for the feature.
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Title: Looking at the Maple Leafs’ Management Crisis
Date: January 23, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: John Ferguson Jr. was (finally fired), so I took a look at where the Leafs, specifically the managing team, should go from there.
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Title: Toronto Raptors Mid-Season Review
Date: January 22, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Pretty straight-forward, mid-season review of a mediocre Toronto Raptors squad.
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Title: Jays Acquire Scott Rolen
Date: January 19, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After a summer-and-fall hiatus, I returned to writing thanks to a push from some friends. The ODC took off from here, employing many writers covering many sports (although this particular site displays only my own work). This article looked at the Toronto Blue Jays acquiring Scott Rolen.
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Title: A Third Thigpen Thing
Date: June 5, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Three articles on a catching prospect who never made it? Well, Thigpen was called up, so it warranted discussion. This was my last article until the winter of 2008, due mostly to summer night-shift work and a fall focus on my fourth year of school.
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Title: Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 2
Date: May 29, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I can’t possibly comprehend how I thought there was enough going on in the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season to warrant a two-part quarterly review. But here it is.
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Title: Blue Jays Quarterly Review Part 1
Date: May 28, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I can’t possibly comprehend how I thought there was enough going on in the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season to warrant a two-part quarterly review. But here it is.
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Title: Why the Jays Should Call Up Curtis Thigpen
Date: May 24, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Another one that looks embarrassing now, but the logic would still apply today with any similar roster composition.
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Title: Thoughts on the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery
Date: May 23, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Oden or Durant? More important than the question was who that question would fall to. It was Portland, and we all know how that turned out.
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Title: The Perils of Captain Hook
Date: May 3, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I was not a fan of Toronto Blue Jays’ Manager John Gibbons. Looking back, criticizing a manager for his handling of Josh Towers and Victor Zambrano seems unfair, and this clearly should have been aimed at the General Manager.
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Blake Murphy Sports Writing 