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6/30/2009
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Tags: Brian Burke, christmas, free agency please, kadri111 (exclamations not allowed), luke schenn, malhotra, nazem kadri, Ottawa Senators, scott thornton, sedin twins, Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/25/2009
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Tags: Bryan Colangelo, i believe in bryan colangelo, i believe in vernon wells, jerry crasnick, oh canada, pablo vitti, scott richmond, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto FC, Toronto Raptors, Vernon Wells, VWHAS
Since Opening Day 2007, Wells has a slugging percentage of .429 -- the same as Chris Duncan and Rickie Weeks. Among the players who are better: Melvin Mora, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Chris Snyder and Ronnie Belliard.
Over that same span, Wells has an on-base percentage of .317 -- the same as Jody Gerut and Brad Ausmus.
The money issue isn't going to abate anytime soon in Toronto. Wells' contract is heavily back-loaded, so the big financial hit is still to come for the Jays. He'll make $12.5 million in 2010, $23 million in 2011 and $21 million in each of the final three years of his deal.
Wells also has a full no-trade clause, and he'll be approaching age 36 when the contract winds down in 2014. Just imagine how he's going to feel when people say his money is standing in the way of Roy Halladay's signing a long-term deal in Toronto.
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Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/24/2009
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Tags: a bunch of jobbers (especially jody gerut), carlos delgado, i believe in vernon wells, i just wept, jerry crasnick, Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells, vernon wells hatred advisory system
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/23/2009
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Tags: aaron hill, Adam Lind, Alex Rios, i can stare at baseball splits all day long, in love with OPS, Lyle Overbay, marco scutaro, patience is a virtue yo, the cito, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/21/2009
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Tags: beer, dad, happy father's day, immigration, India, major league baseball, new delhi nuggets, roberto alomar, skydome, Toronto Blue Jays
Of course, AL managers have to worry about double switches only when they're playing an interleague road game in an NL park. Same thing with having their pitchers hitting. And whenever I hear Gaston sadly mention incidents like Scott Downs injuring his toe while batting, I think about [Felipe] Alou. Despite managing in the NL, Alou loved the designated hitter because it made managing the offensive side of the game more interesting."Strategy," he told me one time with a frown. "What's the strategy in having a guy with a bat in his hand not knowing how to use it? What play can I put on besides a bunt?
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Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/20/2009
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Tags: albert pujols, Brian Wolfe, felipe alou, fuck interleague play, ghostrunner on first, go jays go, Jeff Blair, Jeremy Accardo, marco scutaro, NL sucks, Roy Halladay, shawn camp
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/19/2009
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Tags: chad barrett, concacaf, Dwayne De Rosario, footy, holy shit department, home hardware, plan the parade, sporting madness, TFC, Toronto FC, trophy please
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/19/2009
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Tags: dick cheney, i believe in vernon wells, i love baseball, Jeremy Accardo, leyva, marco scutaro, mlbastian, rod barajas, the cito, vernon wells hatred advisory system, viva las vegas
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/18/2009
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Tags: aaron hill, Alex Rios, brad mills, ghostrunner on first, jason frasor, Jeremy Accardo, marco scutaro, sausage king, scott richmond, Scott Rolen, Toronto Blue Jays, vernon wells hatred advisory system
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/17/2009
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Tags: Alex Rios, BJ Ryan, fuck interleague play, i believe in vernon wells, jason frasor, leyva, NL sucks, ricky romero, sausage king, scott downs, the cito effect, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/16/2009
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Tags: al east, fuck interleague play, i believe in vernon wells, in love with OPS, marco scutaro, nas, Roy Halladay, tao of stieb, the cito, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/13/2009
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Tags: marian hossa, pittsburgh penguins, puck huffers, rogers centre, Roy Halladay, sigh, the stanley cup is so beautiful, Toronto Blue Jays
Posted by
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6/12/2009
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Tags: archimedies, jason frasor, moniker, officer hightower, police academy, pshag, Raycrap, sausage king, searching for '93, the ack, the blue jay hunter, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs, twitter
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/12/2009
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Tags: Bryan Colangelo, Detroit Red Wings, gamble-age, Jeff Blair, mike wilner, pittsburgh penguins, podcast, reggie evans, Roy Halladay, searching for '93, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors, twitter
Posted by
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6/11/2009
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Tags: brad arnsberg, dirk hayhurst, dr. james andrews, garfoose, in arnsberg we trust, J.P. Ricciardi, Jason Kapono, Jesse Litsch, JFJ, reggie evans, tommy john, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs
Posted by
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6/09/2009
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Tags: Brian Burke, Detroit Red Wings, ken holland, marian hossa, Mats Sundin, Ottawa Senators Suck, pittsburgh penguins, respect, the stanley cup is so beautiful
Posted by
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6/08/2009
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Tags: deep in the heart of texas, i believe in vernon wells, Jeff Blair, the blue jay hunter, The globe and mail, Toronto Blue Jays, vernon wells hatred advisory system
Posted by
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6/08/2009
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Tags: believe, cito gaston, deep in the heart of texas, halladay is a machine, mission: doc, modern marvel, rogers centre, Roy Halladay, sunflower seeds, the cito, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/06/2009
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Tags: Alex Rios, Bryan Colangelo, Chris Bosh, cito gaston, deep thoughts, grienke, hochevar, raul chavez, scott richmond, Scott Rolen, TFC, The globe and mail, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/05/2009
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Tags: Alex Rios, Douchebaggery, Toronto Blue Jays
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/04/2009
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Tags: Adam Lind, cito gaston, in love with OPS, rogers centre, the cito effect, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells, wells is killing me
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/03/2009
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Tags: cito gaston, ghostrunner on first, halladay is a machine, LA Angels of Anaheim (WTF?), pitch counts mean nothing to halladay, Rogers, Roy Halladay, the 500 level, the cito effect, the mockingbird
Posted by
Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)
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6/01/2009
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Tags: al east, Brian Wolfe, evil empires, Jeremy Accardo, mike wilner, Roy Halladay, summertime, the jays are winning the pennant, Toronto Blue Jays