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Why would B.J. Ryan throw a fastball down
the middle on 0-2 to hand the game to
the worlds worst mustache, you ask? Well, that was actually a hanging slider. And Barajas emphasized DOWN by turning his glove upside down on the ground before the ...
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I was working on an irate post last
week while everyone was lapping up and regurgitating Wilner’s
line about Barajas and Fasano being basically the same offensively when I decided that everyone has their own definition of a “slight ...
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If the Blue Jays get swept by the
A’s- a team that has openly admitted they have
totally given up on the next few seasons, a team sending to the mound in equal parts desperation and indifference a rookie and a guy who should still be rehabbing ...
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It wasn’t actually meant for this particular string
of heartbreaking one-run losses, but this post by the
Southpaw struck me like when you hear a song/read a book/watch a movie and suddenly realize that maybe those thoughts and sentiments you ...
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halejon
posted 9/29/2007 from
bjays.wordpress.com
A look at Dustin McGowan of the Toronto
Blue Jays one-hit shutout against the Colorado Rockies earlier
this season using graphical analysis of pitch f/x data. What makes an amazing performance on the mound happen?
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Everyone loved the story of Sal Fasano last
year, the hard-as-nails, short-on-talent guy who against all odds
found himself playing in the big leagues again. Even hitting .178, there were gasps and grumblings from Toronto fans when he was sent back ...
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Great news , Jays fans! No more sleepless
nights thinking about Troy Glaus’ knees/heel. Get ready for
the recurring nightmare that is Scott Rolen’s shoulder! The only people who really know who won this trade are doctors. All that really ...
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halejon
posted 1/25/2008 from
bjays.wordpress.com
Casey Janssen was one of the best setup
men in the league last year, but he will
most likely lose his job in 2008. Here's why that's a good thing.
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stoeten
posted 2/4/2008 from
bjays.wordpress.com
The Mockingbird informs us that JP Ricciardi has
been speaking to the Boston media instead of the
hacks in Toronto again, and, among other things, that it's possible Roy Halladay is the fiercest Mormon ever.
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halejon
posted 2/16/2008 from
bjays.wordpress.com
Ah, the sounds of spring! The crack of
the bat, the smack of the rawhide against fresh
leather...and the comedy stylings of A.J. Burnett. You remember last year, when he entertained us with his "I'm learning a changeup so I'm not a 2-pitch pitcher" routine? Or his "learning from Halladay how to get quick outs instead of trying to strike everyone out" classic? Well, he's back!
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Well colour me stunned. 10 days after being
the toast of the town for hitting home runs
on three consecutive nights and cashing 10 RBI in four days, the Jays have benched Frank Thomas “indefinitely”. So much for the “new ...
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I love it. 45 minutes after Blair makes
what I’ve decided to interpret as a direct reference
to me as a “stats dude”: “I’m sure there’s some stats dude out there with some sort of graph or some such thing that ...
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Do not adjust your sets. The last time
the Jays faced the Mariners, Miguel Cairo won the
first game with a suicide squeeze and preserved it a great play at first, and then in the last game of the series was bizarrely walked by B.J. Ryan in the ...
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Ok, I haven’t seen this floating around yet,
so here are the numbers for the Jays starters
based on the plus minus (+/-) system. Don’t blame me, read this for more info on where it all comes from. I’ve included the innings at each ...
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halejon
posted 10/6/2007 from
bjays.wordpress.com
Risking a potential international incident, Canadian Soldiers descended
on Jacob's field in the bottom of the 8th
inning of a crucial game between the Indians and the Yankees.
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halejon
posted 10/17/2007 from
bjays.wordpress.com
How was Paul Byrd and his 84-mph fastball
so effective against the Red Sox? And what happened
to Tim Wakefield all of a sudden? This article looks into why using pitch f/x analysis.
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Here is how the Jays have gone about
building an ‘08 contender . First, they traded for
super-sub Marco Scutaro from the A’s, to fill the McDonald super-sub role. Then they signed Eckstein to a one-year deal, returning McDonald to his ...
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It’s gathering as much dust as the rest
of us this offseason, but you have to at
least admire the production values of Gregg Zaun’s home page . Poke around and there’s a fan club and his workout regimen. I’m guessing this ...
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Most of the evaluation of John Gibbons as
a manager centers around pointlessly second-guessing his pitching changes
and mocking the way he talks (Aren’t Canadians funny? Point out that certain nationalities have some trouble pronouncing ...
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