Title: My Baseball Road Trip Part 2 – Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati
Date: May 23, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This was a review of Year 2 of a baseball road trip with friends that is now going on Year 6. After this summer I’ll have visited 20 of MLB`s 30 stadiums, and this is a review of the second installment of the annual roadie.
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Title: The Bulls Should Draft Derrick Rose
Date: May 22, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the NBA Draft, suggesting the Bulls should draft Derrick Rose. Gee, do you think this one looks good in retrospect? And yes, it was actually a question at the time, as silly as that seems now.
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Title: The Raptors Have a Choice to Make: Jose Calderon or TJ Ford
Date: May 21, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: If it seems like I spent a lot of time debating the Ford/Calderon point guard dilemma, it’s because I did. It was the predominant storyline for the Toronto Raptors for some time. Here’s another look, where I support keeping Calderon while my friend Jack supports hanging on to Ford.
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Title: Mike D’Antoni and Every New York Knick
Date: May 16, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Offensive mastermind Mike D’Antoni had signed on to coach the Knicks. With his schemes known for inflating individual numbers, I took a look at who may benefit the most.
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Title: Cheering for Two Teams
Date: May 15, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With the Jays at their lowest point, I considered whether it was appropriate or not to cheer for an NL team as well.
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Title: Home Court Advantage Coming Up Huge
Date: May 15, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article examined the serious home court advantage that was present in the Spurs/Hornets playoff series. 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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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: 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: My 2007 Pittsburgh-New York-Boston Baseball Road Trip
Date: May 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This was a review of Year 1 of a baseball road trip with friends that is now going on Year 6. After this summer I`ll have visited 20 of MLB`s 30 stadiums, and this is a review of the trip that started it all.
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Title: Wilkerson?? Really??
Date: May 9, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: The Jays signed Brad Wilkerson and traded for Kevin Mench to replace the void filled by Frank Thomas and then Adam Lind. The only really interesting point looking back is that to perform these transactions, the Jays DFA`d Sergio Santos (shortstop at the time), whom they acquired via trade (as a pitcher) recently.
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