Title: 1/82: What We Know About the Leafs
Date: October 2, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After the Toronto Maple Leafs’ season opening overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens, I introduced a sporadic Leafs-in-review column inexplicably and unoriginally named 1/82.
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Title: About Last Night – Blue Jays Edition
Date: April 7, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Following a huge season opening victory, the Blue Jays had provided the fanbase with a glimmer of hope for the 2009 season.
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Title: Jays/Indians Series in Review
Date: May 13, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Jays went 31 innings without scoring a run, including a Monday doubleheader. It was getting about time for John Gibbons to go.
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Title: Jays/Royals Series Review
Date: April 28, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Typical series in review piece, this time for a Royals/Jays 3-piece.
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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: 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: Jays v. Walker Texas Rangers – April 11-13
Date: April 14, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Taking the “week in review” idea down to the “series” level was too ambitious, but here was the second swing at a Jays series in review.
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Title: Jays v. A’s April 8-10: Relax, Relapse
Date: April 11, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Taking the “week in review” idea down to the “series” level was too ambitious, but here was the first swing at a Jays series in review.
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Title: Southeast Division Recap
Date: April 8, 2008
Original Source: About.com
Synopsis: After branching out from The ODC to Hoops Addict, I also got hooked up doing weekly Southeast Division reviews for About.com. Why? Because the site is USA Today affiliated, and because I had a connection with the editor and he needed someone on short notice. It only lasted a few weeks of the season and into the summer, and the links are now lost (About.com doesn’t keep archives of previous seasons’ weekly division reviews, because apparently nobody cares what the Wizards’ outlook was in late March of 2008, go figure), but luckily I have backups and can recover the text.
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Title: Toronto Blue Jays Week in Review
Date: April 7, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I once again tested out a new format/article type, this time a weekly Jays review. Like the others, it didn’t last as long as I would have preferred, probably because I was spreading myself a little thin at this point with “weekly commitments” in terms of the site. Regardless, here’s the first swing at it.
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