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Toronto Sun.

jy — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:18:57 +0000

I've never liked the Toronto Sun as a "newspaper." Continue reading →

Wallace out, Gose in.

jy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:03 +0000

Full-on double prospect trade. What does it mean? Continue reading →

Links: Yunel, Bautista, Hawk.

jy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Some links from the past week [or more]: Jonah Keri on whether the Yunel Escobar trade [or, misperceptions about the player] was based on race. Speaking of Escobar, I’m not sure how much to believe in the power of teammates … Continue reading →

Trade deadline.

jy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:30:13 +0000

As the July 31 trade deadline looms [only five more sleeps!], the usual questions come up about the Blue Jays. I guess these questions resurface every year because the answers are not always clear. For the last 17 years, they … Continue reading →

A-Gon is gone.

jy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:35:23 +0000

Álex González is no longer a Blue Jay. Continue reading →

New home, new look.

jy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:25:15 +0000

Welcome to the new home for A Sinking Ship. I made the decision to move my blog to my own website in the hope that it would motivate me to write more. I think it will. It’s been a busy … Continue reading →

Links: Camp, Cito, Hammer.

jy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:44:26 +0000

Oh crap, baseball season is about to start and I haven’t written anything about it. I haven’t done much writing over the winter, so like the players I think I’ll have to ease myself back into it. However, I’m in … Continue reading →

Birthdays.

jy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:41:48 +0000

Yesterday, your favourite second baseman and mine, Aaron Hill turned 28. Any idea who else’s birthday it was on the Second Day of Spring? Kevin Federline. Would you believe he’s 32? And would you believe it’s been almost half a … Continue reading →

On bloody Sox.

jy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:38:41 +0000

Please don’t let this happen: Curt Schilling wants to take Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat [more on this in a future post]. [I can't believe I'm even directing traffic to his blog.]

Ríos claimed off waivers.

jy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:25:12 +0000

As reported by Buster Olney. I’m amazed that some team would claim him off waivers this late in the season, and be willing to be saddled by take on all the extra salary [$60MM from now until end of 2014]. … Continue reading →