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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Title: Thunderbirds Win Third Straight
Date: January 12, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game report for the UBC women’s hockey game against Lethbridge on Jan. 12.
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Title: Raptors Blowout Bobcats, Continue to Roll
Date: January 12, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: Post-game report for the Jan. 11 contest between Toronto and Charlotte.
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Title: Gameday: Bobcats @ Raptors, Jan. 11
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Jan. 11 contest against the Bobcats
Title: Rapcast #127 – Chewing the Fat
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: For the latest edition of the Rapcast, I hosted and was joined by a pair of RR writers to discuss a handful of Raptor-related topics.
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Title: NHL Advanced Stats: 2012-13 Season Primer
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: I will now be writing for Nucks Misconduct, a Vancouver Canucks blog on the SBNation network. My debut article was an advanced statistics primer.
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Title: Thunderbirds Hang On Against Pronghorns
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game report for the UBC women’s hockey game against Lethbridge on Jan. 11.
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Title: “42” Excitement
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This was a brief reaction to the extended trailer for “42,” a baseball biopic forthcoming about the life of Jackie Robinson.
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Title: Thunderbirds Building Momentum
Date: January 10, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This was a weekend preview for the UCB Thunderbirds’ women’s hockey team, previewing a key series against Lethbridge.
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