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Touch 'Em All: Back To The Future: 1993 vs. 2013, Part 1
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Thursday, March 28, 2013. Back To The Future: 1993 vs. 2013, Part 1. Yesterday, CBC Sports published a piece providing a position-by-position comparison of the two respective Jays club. Contrasting the performance of the 1993 players with the 2012 numbers from each of Toronto's putative 2013 starters. In this series, we'll take a look at how the two teams stack up, because why not? Catcher: Pat Borders vs. J.P. Arencibia. First base: John Olerud vs. Adam Lind. Oh, Adam Lind. The much maligned (and de...
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Touch 'Em All: Back To The Future: 1993 vs. 2013, Part 2
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Friday, March 29, 2013. Back To The Future: 1993 vs. 2013, Part 2. With Opening Day impending and expectations running wild, we're taking look at how the 2013 roster compares to the 1993 club, which, as some of you may know, won the World Series. Check out Part 1 of the series here. Rickey Henderson vs. Melky Cabrera. Many will look at Melky Cabrera's performance over the last two seasons - .322/.360/.489, 8.2 wins above replacement - and attribute it,. Roberto Alomar vs. Emilio Bonifacio. Janssen, our f...
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Touch 'Em All: February 2012
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Friday, February 24, 2012. Rasmus Ready for New Chapter. A minor mechanical tweak and a significant attitude adjustment has Colby Rasmus brimming with excitement for the 2012 season. The 25-year-old centre fielder, acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the St. Louis Cardinals last July, has reportedly toned down an aggressive leg-kick that was disrupting his timing at the plate, and Blue Jays manager John Farrell is enthused about his potential. Alongside other burgeoning talents like Brett Lawrie, J...
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Touch 'Em All: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Today in People You Probably Aren’t Talking About: Shawn Green. Since news of the collective snubbery broke, Twitter has erupted with throngs of people calling for election reform, lambasting anyone who didn’t vote for Craig Biggio, and engaging in sanctimonious nose-thumbing (or is it thumb-nosing? Note: I am, in no way, above all that. Over 15 major league seasons, Green - the most accomplished Jewish batsmen since Hank Greenberg - compiled 42.1 WARP, an impressive figur...
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Touch 'Em All: March 2012
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Thursday, March 29, 2012. Kan Kyle Keep his Kool? I wouldn't attribute Dustin McGowan's recent bout of plantar fasciitis to divine intervention. In fact, quite the contrary - I'd be far more disposed to a theistic inclination if he stayed healthy for, say, two consecutive months of baseball. However, there's something almost supernatural in the timing of McGowan's most recent affliction, as it comes at a time when Kyle Drabek looks more primed than ever to claim ownership of a big-league rotation spot.
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Touch 'Em All: September 2011
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011. The Toronto Blue Jays have officially released their 2012 schedule, and will kick off their season Thursday, April 5 at Progressive Field with a three-game set against the Cleveland Indians. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Tao of Stieb. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Touch 'Em All: April 2012
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Monday, April 23, 2012. Sweeps and Hutch and Stuff. Remember in your formative years when your (insert sport) team would beat up on the team comprised predominantly of the uncoordinated, asthmatic, and/or overweight kids? That's kind of how I feel about the Jays' success in Kansas City. Though his "signature command" eluded him for virtually his entire outing on Saturday, the 21-year-old did enough in his major league debut to get the win. Having said that, his erratic performance was somewhat surpri...
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Touch 'Em All: March 2013
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Friday, March 29, 2013. Back To The Future: 1993 vs. 2013, Part 2. With Opening Day impending and expectations running wild, we're taking look at how the 2013 roster compares to the 1993 club, which, as some of you may know, won the World Series. Check out Part 1 of the series here. Rickey Henderson vs. Melky Cabrera. Many will look at Melky Cabrera's performance over the last two seasons - .322/.360/.489, 8.2 wins above replacement - and attribute it,. Roberto Alomar vs. Emilio Bonifacio. Janssen, our f...
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Touch 'Em All: The Day That Everything Changed
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012. The Day That Everything Changed. There I was lamenting another mundane Tuesday night. And then the Blue Jays pulled off the biggest trade in the history of the franchise. Sometimes it's hard to recognize truly seminal moments when they first occur. I'm sure nobody anticipated how profound an impact the Mike Sirotka trade would have when it was first consummated. Sometimes, however, it's not. This is one of those moments. Addendum: One associate of mine dutifully noted that I...
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Touch 'Em All: June 2012
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Friday, June 15, 2012. As far as I know, there is no vaccine for 'elbow damage'. I mean, it's not like polio. For professional baseball players, repetitive stress injuries like the ones that seem to have afflicted Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison are, quite simply, an occupational hazard. Especially for pitchers. Study I don't have any data that's more recent, but I think it's reasonable to presume that rate has increased significantly. Drabek's gone under the knife once, and, as Sportsnet's Mike Wilner su...
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