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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Title: 2007 NBA Playoff Preview
Date: April 21, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Raptors were a 3-seed…so this was obviously a long time ago.
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Title: 2007 NBA Awards
Date: April 20, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Because I had a robust month of writing experience, I figured I deserved a vote for some NBA hardware. In retrospect, some of the picks were pretty good, while some are pretty shameful (like “not a huge Nash fan”….really?). Alas, we grow.
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Title: A Quick Tournament Review in Teams
Date: April 3, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: To wrap up the 2007 March Madness tournament, I named a bunch of players to arbitrarily defined teams.
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Title: A Running Diary of the Blue Jays’ Opener
Date: April 2, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: My first try at a running diary feature, a la Bill Simmons, covering the season opening game for the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays.
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Title: Toronto Blue Jays Season Preview, Part 2
Date: March 29, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Pretty straight-forward, position-by-position preview for the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays.
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Title: Toronto Blue Jays Season Preview, Part 1
Date: March 27, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Pretty straight-forward, position-by-position preview for the 2007 Toronto Blue Jays.
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Title: The Case for a Sam Mitchell Contract Extension
Date: March 22, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This one certainly doesn’t look great in retrospect, but at the time Sam was getting some love as a potential Coach of the Year despite being a lame duck.
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Title: March Madness Preview
Date: March 15, 2007
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: My very first article, this was a comprehensive preview of the 2007 March Madness tournament. Originally posted to Facebook, the positive reaction it received from friends was encouragement to try writing more.
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