bluejayhunter.com - 10/26/2009
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By now, you've probably already heard the story of how Scott Richmond overcame all odds and made his way into the major leagues by winning a spot in the starting rotation spot with the Toronto Blue Jays. While that particular anecdote was penciled back in May, it turns out that the Scott ...
Blogger Nine Innings: The Tao of Stieb
nydailynews.com 10/26/2009 — What does Donal Logue have to do with baseball? Just a little wordplay off one of his movies is all.
I like to run the interviews in the Blogger Nine Innings series with the name of the blogger, but the public persona of The Tao of Stieb , a ...
Note to Alex Anthopoulos: The Dan O'Dowd Model
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — As new Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos begins his first offseason with the Blue Jays as GM, there are plenty of questions surfacing about the direction of the team. -What will the Blue Jays do with Roy Halladay ? -Are the Blue Jays going to rebuild? ...
Major League Philosophy
battersbox.ca 10/27/2009 — Alex Anthopoulos's first order of duty is to come up with a philosophy for the team. What is a team philosophy you ask? Beeston and Anthopoulos stated in their first Saturday press conference that the organization first needs to define a ...
Now and Zen
ghostrunneronfirst.com 10/14/2009 — Obviously there is plenty going on in the baseball world and zero going on in Blue Jays world. Zero outside of, as the Tao smartly points out, AA doing the identical thing to J.P. (firing/shaking up scouts) without a peep emanating from the local slam ...
Where were you 16 years ago?
bluejayhunter.com 10/24/2009 — Today is a very special day - it's an occasion so momentous that it should almost be declared a national holiday in Canada. It was this very day 16 years ago that Joe Carter solidified himself as one of the greatest Blue Jays of all time by taking a Mitch Williams pitch deep to ensure the ...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Catcher Edition
feedproxy.google.com 10/28/2009 —
In my last Toronto Blue Jays “Should I stay or Should I Go?” article I focused on the Blue Jays shortstop situation for next season, which involves two free agents named Marco Scutaro (Toronto’s starter in 2009) and John McDonald (backup shortstop and fan favorite).
Today I would like ...
Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision
battersbox.ca 11/8/2009 — Alex Anthopoulos has completed his due diligence with the players, coaches, other GM and agents and he held a conference call today to answer questions about his plans. The conference call can be heard here . The call is 35 minutes long.
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Rob Ducey: The Cambridge Kid
bluejayhunter.com 10/12/2009 — A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago during my stay in Cambridge, Ontario. While enjoying a nice dinner out at Applebee’s, I noticed what appeared to be a Blue Jays shrine at the back of the restaurant. Not one to pass up a chance to gawk at Blue Jays merchandise, I ventured into the ...
Alex the Builder
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 11/8/2009 — 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 ...
Offseason Outlook: Toronto Blue Jays
mlbtraderumors.com 10/12/2009 — Next up in our Offseason Outlook series , the Blue Jays. Their likely commitments for 2010:
C - C - Raul Chavez - $500K+ 1B - Lyle Overbay - $7MM 2B - Aaron Hill - $4MM SS - 3B - Edwin Encarnacion - $4.75MM IF - Joe Inglett - $411K LF - Adam Lind ...
Best-Case Scenario: Milton Bradley —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/23/2009
Milton Bradley and his contract didn't work out for the Chicago Cubs. Gee, who didn't see that coming?
The Cubs want to get out from under Bradley's contract, and pick up something useful in return. They have very little payroll flexibility and ...
Blue Jays take interim tag off Beeston (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/27/2009
The Toronto Blue Jays are taking the interim tag off Paul Beeston's title. He was appointed president and CEO of the club and Rogers Centre for a three-year term Tuesday. Beeston took over from Paul Godfrey on an interim basis in October 2008. He said ...
Beeston appointed new Jays CEO —
Major League Baseball News 10/27/2009
The search ultimately ended where it began. On Tuesday, the Blue Jays announced that Paul Beeston would remain as the president and CEO of the ballclub and Rogers Centre in a three-year deal, removing the interim tag he has held for the past year.