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Upcoming Interview: Jacques Doucet - Expos Announcer

In our continuation of interviews with those in sports business, starting this coming Monday, The Biz of Baseball will be running an interview with former Montreal Expos announcer, Jacques Doucet . This extensive interview will be broken into two parts, with Part II running on Tuesday. The interview includes his experience as a broadcaster, his preparation, his time as the official scorer at ...
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Blue Jays 2008: The Bullpen

Since we led off with the Starting Pitchers , it’s only appropriate that the guys who follow them in this pre-season look at the 2008 Blue Jays are the guys who follow them when the game is being played. Although my colleague from the Land ...
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Lincecum glad to be here; just ask him

(02-08) 19:45 PST San Francisco -- It might take Matt Cain a few weeks to rev up his multimillion-dollar fastball. As for giving a teammate grief, he is game-ready now. Told Friday that Tim Lincecum hopes to add a new pitch in 2008, Cain said, "What's ...
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Interview - Jacques Doucet - Announcer, Montreal Expos

For 33 years of the tumultuous existence of the Montreal Expos , nobody had a front row seat like broadcaster Jacques Doucet . Wherever you go in Quebec, many have lived the history of Nos Amours through this sympathetic man, including me.
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Blue Jays 2008: Starting Pitching

Earlier this week, a buddy from back home Facebook’ed me asking if I thought the Jays had a chance at grabbing the Wild Card this season. I told him to sit tight and check in here in a couple of days. Today is officially a couple of days.  ...
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