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A-Rod VS Tolstoy 1 Aug 2013 | 06:20 am
Alex Rodriguez is addicted to greatness. I’m sure if I tried hard enough, I could rearrange that sentence into something that would make a great guidance counsellor’s office poster. Maybe something wi...
JP Arencibia VS Socrates And Selective Misanthropy 27 Jul 2013 | 06:23 pm
One day, while walking through the markets of ancient Greece, the great philosopher Socrates was insulted. His way of life, intelligence and sanity were all called into question by a thundering fellow...
Go [Expletive Deleted] Yourself, All-Star Game. 15 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
In 2008, I made the triple-A all-star team. I say made, but I was really asked to fill in for another guy who actually did make the team but was called up to the big leagues and therefore couldn’t att...
Jesus Would Slide Cleats Up, Full Story. 14 Jun 2013 | 11:27 pm
It’s important to understand that, at the time, I was a real Jesus freak. Most of the guys on the team hated this about me. I can’t say I blame them. I was a staunch, proselytizing evangelical who pre...
Altruisms VS Compounding Interest 10 Jun 2013 | 06:57 pm
Let’s be honest folks, this whole concept that crime doesn’t pay when it comes to using performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, it’s a load of crap. Crime sure does pay. If it didn’t, players would b...
My Life Is A Lie 6 Jun 2013 | 04:12 am
My entire baseball career is built on a lie. It started just after my junior year, on the day I wasn’t drafted but was told I would be. I spent 2002 playing ace to my college staff, leading the squad ...
RA Dickey VS Chaos Theory 1 Jun 2013 | 10:11 pm
Believe me, no one is more tired of hearing RA Dickey say he’s still trying to figure out his knuckleball than me. The whole, “it’s a process”, “it’s a journey”, “the knuckleball is a capricious anima...
The Primal Brett Lawrie 30 May 2013 | 06:02 pm
What’s with all the fuss in Jays land over Brett Lawrie acting like a petulant child? It’s almost as if folks are surprised or something. We are talking about the same Brett Lawrie that threw a helmet...
No Time To Think Twice, Sean Nolin. 25 May 2013 | 02:37 am
When I heard the Jays were calling up Sean Nolin yesterday, I got pretty upset. “What is it with this organization and fast tracking young, inexperienced arms?” I railed against it on Baseball Central...
Dustin McGowan And The Ghost Of Chris Carpenter 19 May 2013 | 06:01 am
Pardon me for not bubbling over with glee at what seems to be Dustin McGowan’s imminent big league return. I know I probably should be, especially if I’m the Blue Jays. Dustin McGowan has made nearly ...
