Just some random musings on recent sporting news…
Archive for May, 2007
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What the…?: A Blue Jays Quarterly Review (Part 2)
Posted: 29th May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
Well, the Jays came through with an impressive 7-2 win last night over the Yankees, having two large effects on this article. First, my piece yesterday praising Overbay’s likely continued production looks pretty good after one day of retrospection. Second, it’s going to be hard to avoid the halo and recency effects when evaluating Dustin [...]
What the…?: A Blue Jays Quarterly Review
Posted: 28th May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
The first quarter of the 2007 Major League Baseball season is completed and things have been, well, disastrous for the Toronto Blue Jays. While the record doesn’t scream disaster, it certainly borders it when compared to the high hopes the team (and its fans) had at the beginning of the season. This team was projected [...]
Easy E's Got Something To Say - A Response to Gettin' Thiggy With It
Posted: 27th May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake Murphy, Erik ArnoldComments Off
Note: I received this e-mail from Erik Arnold in response to my Curtis Thigpen article and touching on some other areas about the Blue Jays. What is below is his e-mail and my response, just to expand on the Thiggy piece. Erik made some good points that I skipped over, so I thought it was [...]
Gettin' Thiggy With It - Why The Blue Jays Should Call Up Curtis Thigpen
Posted: 24th May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
A few years ago the Blue Jays had a young stud catcher in the minor leagues. At age 25, he had a cannon for an arm, had game calling abilities well beyond his age, and was the best defensive catching prospect around. With a catching platoon of Greg Myers and Ken Huckaby struggling with minor [...]
Wild Wild West: Initial Thoughts on the NBA Draft Lottery
Posted: 23rd May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, NCAA HoopsComments Off
So, wow. Seriously, wow. Unbelievable happenings at the NBA Draft Lottery last night. The 14 non-playoff teams sat around waiting for 1 of 1,000 different combinations to be revealed awarding the #1 pick overall to some lucky team. This was easily the most hyped draft lottery ever, not just for the two ready-made franchise players [...]
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Note: Trevor Smith e-mailed the NBA voicing his displeasure with the Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw suspensions, and received this e-mail in response. He e-mailed it to me and I thought I’d throw it up for everyone to smirk at. Thank you for taking the time to contact us about the suspensions of Amare Stoudemire [...]
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Note: This article has been written by Alex Pennycook live on location from Australia, with a note from me at the end of each piece. Detroit vs. Cleveland So basically it’s Lebron against the Pistons and I don’t see how he can prevail. I was shocked with the easy time Detroit had with the Bulls, [...]
TSN = The Shittiest Network? An Analysis of Canadian Sports Television
Posted: 22nd May 2007 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, Other TopicsComments Off
Note: This article was written in pieces over some time because it was a background project while I did other stuff and slacked off. It may seem jumbled and inconsistent, not one of my better pieces, but it’s finally done so enjoy. I’ve been waiting to write a piece like this for some time now. [...]
The View From Amsterdam: An NHL Conference Finals Preview
Posted: 12th May 2007 by Rich Spott in Hockey, Paul O'NeillComments Off
Note: This piece was written by trick-ass mark Paul O’Neill, the resident gangster of Netherlands. Eastern Conference Buffalo Sabres (1) vs Ottawa Senators (4) That’s pretty sweet we get to watch the two best teams from each conference in the conference finals. Sometimes we get a team like the Capitals in ’97 or the Hurricanes [...]