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It's been stunning over the past few days
to read a quote here and a comment there
about how the Dodgers would be giving up too much if they let Chad Billingsley go in a trade for Roy Halladay. Are you fucking kidding me? Or more to the point, why are you kidding yourselves? Chad Billingsley ...
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Something about the West Coast makes you lose all sense ...
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taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 28 hours ago
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It's a hell of a thing, waiting for
the other shoe to drop. It's been more than
four months since we committed ourselves to " let go lightly " of Roy Halladay, and yet, he's still here, and we're still waiting to move on. Somewhere, in the dark recesses in the back of our mind, we've actually ...
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Roy Halladay is going everywhere and nowhere
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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We're a little over 2 weeks away from
this year's MLB Winter Meetings , where the bulk
of the offseason action is likely to take place. That means your humble (no, really) weekend keyboard monkey has little of substance on which to pontificate. Instead, here are some hot (er, lukewarm?) ...
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Pre Winter Meeting Musings
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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This whole story of the rising season ticket
costs seems a tad overwrought and orchestrated to create
a story out of very little. We know it has to suck if your seats have been "rezoned" into a higher price bracket. But somehow, folks have developed this notion that the Blue Jays, because they ...
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You'll have to forgive our lack of protestations
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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The Globe's Bobby McLeod reports that the Jays
have put the kibbosh on the annual season ticket
holder's barbecue in Dunedin . We're shocked at the idea that the Jays are looking to create further cleavages between themselves and the most dedicated members of their fanbase at a time when ...
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No more free barbecues
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
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Further to Blair's floated notion this morning ,
we've got mad love for Brandon Phillips, even if
he's never played a major league game at third, and he's only once OPSed higher than .800 in his career.
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A One-Sentence Post on...Brandon Phillips
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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I had a dream last night. (OK, so
I didn't really. Slept like a rock thanks to
a wacked travel schedule and a few pints of cheap beer. But for the purposes of this post, let's pretend that I did.) This being the "building" Toronto Blue Jays, Doc wasn't spared in my dream. Even my ...
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Sometimes when there's no news....
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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For all the talk about the core going
forward, it's pretty freakin' sweet to have two Silver
Sluggers in the middle of the Jays lineup. That's something you can build on. It's the third time that two Jays win the award in the same year (Carlos Delgado and Vernon Wells in 2003, Delgado and ...
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We've got these Silver Slugging guys
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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It's felt strange over the past few weeks
making the case against Alex the Ant's very rational
and deliberate approach to building-not-rebuilding the Toronto Blue Jays. On the face of it, The Eternal Building Process seems like the thoughtful and prudent approach at this time. You take your ...
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The case for impatience
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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Did you see that the Jays added Brian
Dopirak to their 40-man roster? Can you get excited
about the prospect of an aging prospect (25 years young) who can put up some serious numbers (27 HRs, 102 RBI, .921 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A last year)? We can. And we can also envision a ...
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101 Reasons for Offseason Optimism - Brian Dopirak
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
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So at some point in his Declaration of
Principles call over the weekend, Alex Anthopoulos noted that
he wanted to build (NOT re-build, goddamnit!) the Jays with trades, the draft, free agents, international signings, and minor league free agents. That's Alex the Ant's plan. Beautifully fucking ...
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That's it? That's your theory?
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
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I suppose I would quibble with the semantics
of it all. "....Anthopoulos characterizes the Blue Jays as
a team that's building, rather than rebuilding. "I think when people talk about a rebuild, it would be tearing down a team and trading away numbers of players. I don't know that we have ...
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Alex the Builder
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
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As god is my witness, I thought the
stories about the Jays scouting John Halama were just
a throw away joke. Not so funny, though, is it? Now mind you, we were the ones who for two years defended the low-risk signings of Ohka/Thompson/Zambrano, and we still would. And to be honest, if we hear ...
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Hermida, Hardy and...Halama?
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
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We've been otherwise engaged in earning a living
for the past week, and so here we are,
trying to sift through the piles of disconcerting and discouraging news from the past week. Frankly we don't even know where to begin, or whether if we've already whinged electronically about half this ...
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The bad news sure can pile up
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
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Congratulations to the New York Yankee$, Major League
Baseball's 2009 Champions. But was it just me, or
was that one of the coldest, most un emotional post-game celebrations - both on the field and in the stands - in the history of the World Series?
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A two-sentence post on....the end of the season
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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Discounting the waiver claim of capital-P Project Sean
Henn - who might have been worth keeping an
eye on under the eye of now departed reclamation king Brad Arnsberg - the Jays began the inevitable (and necessary) roster makeover by claiming middle infielder Jarrett Hoffpauir from the ...
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Baby steps (you gotta start somewhere)
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
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Unlike his hacky (see what I did there)
weekend contributor, the thoughtful and eloquent Tao is holding
off on expressing his thoughts and opinions on all matters Blue Jay until such time as he is able to formulate a clear and concise discussion on recent developments. That, or he is feverishly ...
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Programming Note
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
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Cito, courtesy of Bastian : "My gut is
that I think Doc wants to be on a
winning team -- whether he comes back here next year or is going to be gone the next year. I'm pretty sure that's what he's probably going to do, because he's probably sitting there looking at A.J. out there pitching, ...
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Quotable
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
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Cito Gaston, the manager who completely lost the
clubhouse at the end of last season, will be
returning to fulfill the final lame duck year of his contract. Brad Arnsberg, in the biggest non-coincidence in the history of baseball, will not be . And to think....I was set to post about "turning ...
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So much for turning the page
taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
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If there's one thing we've come to understand
about this blog, it's that you give the people
what they want. Jet! Speaking of giving the people what they want We're of the opinion that the news this week that Paul Beeston will take on the President and CEO role for the next three years will ...
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Friday Rock Out - By popular demand
