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The Potential Legend Of R.A. Dickey
Wendel Clark, Doug Flutie, Doug Gilmour, Joe Carter, Mats Sundin, Vince Carter – R.A. Dickey? One of these things is not like the other right? Including R.A. Dickey amongst a who’s who of legendary...
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Intriguingly Shallow Thoughts about a Crucial Non-Issue
I was reading something the other day, and a question recurred. The question isn’t original to me (few things are original to me, actually), and this isn’t the first time I’ve pondered it. It’s also...
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A Word About Salaries in Major League Baseball
Mike Trout is a good baseball player. Mike Trout is the reigning Rookie of the Year. Mike Trout finished second in the AL MVP vote in 2012. Mike Trout is 20 years old and has accumulated one year and...
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More Joey Bats, Less Joey Yaps
As the undisputed leader of the Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista needs to take the team in a completely different direction this season. The fans appreciate the skills and passion Joey Bats brings to...
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Defensive Woes? Bonifacio, Izturis, DeRosa, and Lawrie
As mentioned previously, Emilio Bonifacio had a record-tying 3 errors in game 1 against the Red Sox, two of which occurred in the same inning. Those errors cost the Jays a run. Mark Buehrle has already...
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Cy Young awards and World Series titles represent the pinnacle of a pitcher’s active career. If enough of these coalesce over the course of a career, then the ultimate post-career reward awaits: a...
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A Little Perspective – Blue Jays Season Only 4.3% Complete
Ok I will admit it, this season has started unbelievably bad for the new look and revamped Toronto Blue Jays. I have wanted to throw my television through the window on numerous occasions and much...
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Brett Lawrie – Blue Jays New Second Basemen?
Coming to a theatre near you Brett Lawrie starting second basemen for your Toronto Blue Jays? Currently on a minor league rehab assignment for a rib cage strain our incumbent third basemen Brett Lawrie...
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Is J.P. Arencibia a Changed Hitter In 2013?
Has J.P. Arencibia turned the corner? First I have to say that I love Twitter (@ALEastbound) and Blue Jays nation definitely has a presence on the social media platform (#lovethisteam). So far this...
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JA Happ’s Head Injury
Providentially, he’s okay. He went to the Trop yesterday to visit with his teammates and has spoken to the media about his situation. Let’s relegate the Blue Jays’ rotation issues to the back burner:...
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Early Blue Jays Schedule Has Been Brutal
There haven’t been many positives to the 2013 MLB season for the Toronto Blue Jays. Injuries have decimated the starting rotation (yes, Esmil Rogers made the start yesterday), slow starts and...
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All Blue Jays Need Is 20 Game Winning Streak
I get the sense that there are still those who hold out hope for the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays. That the playoffs can still be attained and all that is needed is a nice long winning streak. For fun I...
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Mission ’13: Let’s Make a Deal
Actual trades? Well, no. It’s more of a thinking-out-loud kind of thing. I do that often. People look at me funny. Jose Valverde blew another game for the AL Central hopeful Detroit Tigers. It’s been...
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You Say Bandwagon, I Say Passion
When the Blue Jays pulled off the type of offseason that normally transpires only on the Playstation the expectations can get ratcheted up. When high expectations meet the slow start the resulting fan...
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Surrexit ’13: Jose Bautista’s Bat
We needed to change our tag, so we’ve done a little exploring. “Surrexit” is a Latin word for a phrase that comes from my favourite story. It’s been around for thousands of years and comes from the...
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What To Do With Josh Johnson?
Before the season began I wrote about the Blue Jays acquisition of Josh Johnson and whether expectations needed to be tempered in terms of 2013 performance. Through 60.1 innings, Johnson has given up...
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2013 Trade Value – Fangraphs Ranks Blue Jays Encarnacion #45 and Bautista #35
If you aren’t familiar with the Fangraphs annual Top 50 Trade Asset piece, here is a quick primer: So, this list is my attempt to figure out what players have the most value in the league. Essentially,...
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MLB & PEDs: The Image of Scandal
Hey everybody. It’s good to be back, but what in the world have you allowed the Jays to do in my absence? Their July record is worse than their April record! There’s a lot of tumult and turbulence in...
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Home Invasions and Road Rage
One of the questions I asked in the piece I wrote about peds in MLB was ‘how did it get this far?’ One could ask the exact same question about the Jays’ season. They’ve lost their first 3 games to Los...
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Mission ’13: One of The Worst-Kept Secrets
We’re back to our Mission ’13 tag since, like Major Tom’s mission so many decades ago, this mission is also going to end poorly. Our focus now is to wring every ounce of value out of this season and...
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