Title: Jays/Rays Series Review – The Hinske Bowl
Date: April 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Back to the ill-fated “series in review” concept, this one breaks down the Toronto/Tampa Bay series also known as Hinske’s Revenge. I miss that guy.
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Title: The Eleventh ODC Podcast
Date: April 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. For the eleventh installment, my friend Stu returned to talk about more or less everything. This would be the final Podcast.
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Title: The ODC Mailbag!
Date: April 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Yup, I did a Mailbag feature, a la Simmons. I got a tonne of support and questions from friends/readers, and it was a lot of fun to do. If I ever get back into full-time writing, I’d like to make this a regular thing, but that requires a larger audience than I have, I think.
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Title: NBA Awards
Date: April 24, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I polled the writers of The ODC to simulate the actual voting process for the NBA Awards. Regardless of if my choice won, I then made the case for that selection.
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Title: Live UFC 83 Review
Date: April 22, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I attended the first ever UFC event in Canada, UFC 83 in Montreal. These are my thoughts on each fight, and the experience in general.
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Title: Blue Jays Ramblings
Date: April 22, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: In place of some “series reviews,” I instead just did a rundown of my thoughts on the team through three weeks of the season.
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Title: Southeast Division Season Recap
Date: April 20, 2008
Original Source: About.com
Synopsis: With no more pointless weekly divisional reviews to do, I did a season recap for the Southeast Division for About.com. They don’t archive their previous seasons’ articles, but luckily I had backups of the articles…you know, in case you’re really curious how I felt about the 2008 Atlanta Hawks season.
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Title: Thomas Released, Conspiracies-a-Plenty
Date: April 20, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Blue Jays outright cut Frank Thomas in a surprise move, leaving everyone to wonder what happened, if this was done to avoid his option year, or if it meant Lind and/or Bonds were coming.
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Title: NBA Playoff Preview
Date: April 18, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I teamed up with three other writers to preview the NBA’s opening round series, as well as provide predictions for the entire playoffs.
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Title: The NBA and the Internet
Date: April 17, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at how the NBA’s use of the internet was superior to other sports in terms of leveraging the brand and reaching new fans. MLB has since caught up with their online content, but the NBA is still 1A. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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