February 2010
18 posts
January 2010
30 posts
The Aaron Hill Dilemma →
Baseball, once the simple and lyrical game responsible for lots of bad poetry and purple newspaper prose, is a complicated game in the 21st century. Fans like us are constantly at odds with what we…
Nightmares Fueled by Real Life →
For no apparent reason today, I thought/daydreamed of the fateful day in June when Roy Halladay makes his return to Toronto. Specifically the video tribute and its aftermath. The build-up is pretty…
I Beg Your Pardon? →
The prospect porn world is much like the real porn world, there’s so much out there and most of it is glossy trash. I can’t pretend to know the first thing about prospects &mdash the fool’s gold to…
My Tin Foil Hat Fits Well Today
The Beautiful Game cannot overcome Big Business’s need to pummel the senses of the Ugly American. From Chris Zelkovich’s column today on the NFL broadcasts on Sunday.
In a span of 13 minutes, fans had seen all of seven plays and six minutes of commercials.
Do you know who doesn’t hate this? TV Networks. Do I think it’s a coincidence that soccer is so low on the...
Coupla Fridays →
Hooray! The week is over and here comes the weekend! (And, in my case, a trip to Ottawa for some frozen debauchery.) Want to ruin your weekend before it even begins? Consider this late addition to…
El Nino and the Sea Change →
For no real reason, I got to thinking about baseball’s Flat Earth Society and their ever-growing hatred of stats. Hardly new ground, but a decent analog for the stats revolution crept into my head….
Be Ruizy →
A few follow-up thoughts on Randy Ruiz and his ball-crushing goodness. I agree with most of the commenters: why not just run him out there to see what happens? What are the chances he’s worse in the…
Take it Ruizy →
.nobr br { display: none }One thing I’m guilty of repeating ad nauseam is the old “don’t believe anything you see in April or September”, but for good reason. The level of competition is lowered as…
This Should Smooth Things Over →
Poor Jeremy Accardo. The Blue Jays own Disgruntled Goat himself, desperate to be free of The Manager’s pwnership, now stares down the barrel of an arbitration hearing. Seems Alex Anthopoulos isn’t as…
Everybody Into The Pool
I’ve never been prouder of Kimmel. Watch his Leno appearance (2nd clip on page). He TJ Lavin’ed it.
The Sports Guy
Can you believe Jimmy Kimmel went on Leno’s show and blasted the wildly unpopular (in certain circles) talk show host? Kimmel hasn’t pulled any punches this week when attacking Leno, doing his very best to come across as a pro-Conan champion of little guys...
Travis Snider's Promising Plate Coverage →
The good men at Mop Up Duty took time away from heroically combing baseball’s archives to fly a few warning flags with regard to Travis Snider’s inability to hit left handed pitching. Fair points,…
Forsaken Albino Warlord Still Capable of... →
It is slightly unfortunate that Lyle Overbay is all but done in Toronto. More unfortunate than his departure from Toronto is all of our belief that he’s as good as gone before it’s even happened. It…
The More Things Change →
One year ago today, I celebrated one year of GROF goodness. That post leads with the rumors/whispers connecting the Jays with then disgruntled former Jay farmhand Michael Young. So here we are today,…
High Ceiling Deathmatch →
Where once there was rosterbation, the Blue Jays glut of pitching prospects, inning eaters, and AAAA roster fillers creates an very specific type of prospect porn: auto-rotative arousal. The only…
Sometimes, Always, Never →
Getting riled up by or dragged into an argument deep inside the Drunk Jays Fans comment section is never a good idea. Trolls live large and the regulars battle with the hosts on a daily basis….
The Tyranny of What We Already Know →
It goes against everything I stand for to post this now. Giving the indignant gasbags who beat their chest with pride at their own willingness to look beyond stats to find the true Hall of Famers the…
Character Assassination →
.nobr br { display: none }It wasn’t too long ago I attempted to kill the credibility of everyone’s favorite cannon armed utility outfielder. Jose Baustista’s month of September looks good on the…
Artists Depiction (From Afar) of the Golden City →
If you’ve followed Ghostrunner on First this offseason, you’re familiar my Rushmore; the contention that a full building doesn’t come part and parcel with winning or competitive team, especially in…
