Title: Eric Hinske To NL Pitchers: “You’re All in Big Trouble”
Date: February 20, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Eric Hinske departed the AL East to sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates, ending his streak of playoff appearances but offering potentially more playing time, which appeared to be bad news for NL pitchers.
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Title: Hey Michael Phelps, Come Party
Date:February 6, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After news broke and pictures surfaced of Michael Phelps smoking marijuana, I thought I should invite him to take his mind off of things by coming to Canada to party with me and my friends.
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Title: My NFL Season in Three Running Jokes
Date: January 29, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just trying to get my wheels spinning on writing again, I summarized my disappointing NFL season experiences in three (bad) running jokes.
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Title: A Day in the Life of Bruce Buffer
Date: August 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Did you ever wonder how Bruce Buffer, UFC Octagon announcer, lives his normal everyday life? Or how his wife and kids cope with such a unique character at home? Well now you’ll know.
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Title: Sports Lyrics in Hip Hop – First Edition
Date: May 14, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This isn’t really an article, just a collection of sports in hip-hop lyrics I thought of with help from some friends. It is, to say the least, not comprehensive, exhaustive, or authoritative. Just a list.
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Title: 10 Baseball Drinking Games
Date: April 3, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just like it sounds…I found or created 10 different drinking activities for watching baseball. None of these are clever or anything, but they change the atmosphere from “having a beer, watching the game” to “getting wasted, thanks to the game.”
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Title: Very Drunk GMIL Review
Date: March 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I realize that this is probably an article I should have opted to ‘ignore’ in creating this archive (I did this with one early article, due to quality, not content), but I’ve opted to include it as a historical record of my ability to write coherently while intoxicated.
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Title: Mock Interview with John Gibbons
Date: March 5, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Fed up with the mismanagement of the Toronto Blue Jays, I put myself in the role of interviewee, to mock-answer questions posed by MLB.com to Jays’ bench boss John Gibbons.
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Title: The History of the Finger Wag
Date: March 4, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: It may seem odd to call one of my own articles “famous,” but if I was going to, this would be the one. Thanks to Dikembe’s Finger Wag being nominated (and going far) in Ball Don’t Lie’s “things we love about basketball madness tournament,” it ended up with a lot of link-love and cleared the 100,000 view mark. It is a mock-umentary style piece about Dikembe and how the Finger Wag came to be.
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Title: The All-Time Raptors Scrub Team
Date: February 17, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: A full roster of mediocre Raptors? No, it’s not the 2012 team, it’s the Franchise All-Scrub Team, celebrating Raptor mediocrity.
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