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Who will be this Year?s Carlos Delgado??
2009-04-06 21:56:00 Who will be this Year ’s Carlos Delgado ?? Depending on how old you are or how closely you followed the Jays in the past, you may remember opening day in 1994. A young upstart and at that time left fielder named Carlos Delgado captured the Jays media’s hearts with a few swings. On opening day Delgado hit ...
Warm Thoughts On a Cold Opening Day
2009-04-06 18:52:00 Warm Thoughts On a Cold Opening Day So Opening Day is upon us. This morning, to usher in the baseball season I was greeted with ice pellets to my face. It doesn’t really feel like baseball season at all, especially after returning from Dunedin to see the last few Jays Spring Training Games. My spirits were lifted ... More About: Toronto Blue Jays , Cuban Baseball
Quick Key Stat for 2009 Jays
2009-04-05 16:34:00 Quick Key Stat for 2009 Jays Groundball Percentage (GB) for starting pitchers. The Jays 2009 starting rotation will induce far fewer ground balls vs the 2008 starting five. Gone (or likely low 2009 IP) A.J Burnett (48.5%) Shaun Marcum (43.1%) Dustin McGowan (41.4%) Replacements (for the time being) David Purcey (31.8%) Scott Richmond (36%) Ricky Romero (51% milb) Romero’s 51% milb GB percentage likely isn?t ... More About: Quick , Toronto Blue Jays
Jays Release Maroth, Takahashi & others
2009-04-04 18:04:00 Jays Release Maroth, Takahashi & others (Hat tip to Baseball America via Bluebird Banter) The Jays have released the following players from the organization: LHP Ken Takahashi, LHP Mike Maroth, 1B Chip Cannon, OF Wayne Lydon, RHP Rick Bauer, RHP Mike MacDonald, RHP Dan Miller, RHP Jay Monti, RHP Seth Overbey, RHP Edward Rodriguez, RHP Orlando Roman, LHP ... More About: Toronto Blue Jays , Jays
Peavy Has New Weapon
2009-04-03 18:56:00 Peavy Has New Weapon Both Kman and I are closet Padres fans and were in attendance for Padres’ pitcher Jake Peavy ’s start for team USA vs. Canada at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Both of us were impressed to see how dialed in he was and the velocity on his fastball at that stage (so early ...
The Dunedin/Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training Experience: Part 2
2009-04-03 13:28:00 The Dunedin/Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training Experience: Part 2 In the first part of this 2 part series, I looked at the Dunedin area and things to do. The second part will deal with the baseball. Let’s get to it! Part 2: The baseball! (Read part 1 here!) Ok, the first thing you should know is that the best ...
Ok Blue Jays - 2009 Update
2009-04-02 17:11:00 Ok Blue Jays - 2009 Update Last season we launched our Mopupduty YouTube account with a slideshow presentation of the 2008 Jays Roster, set to the all-time classic Jays song Ok Blue Jays. A small success, the video has over 26,000 views & a couple hundred of comments. We’ll the 2009 season is almost upon us (it ... More About: Toronto Blue Jays
Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 2
2009-03-31 14:16:00 Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 2 The highly anticipated second half of the round table. Some absolutely great answers, with more of a focus on the upcoming 2009 season. Big thanks to everyone involved! Once again a who’s who of Toronto Blue Jays bloggers. Participants Lloyd the Barber from Ghost Runner on First Website: http://www.ghostrunneronfirst.com RSS: ... More About: Super , Twitter
Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 1
2009-03-30 13:54:00 Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 1 Welcome to the first annual mopupduty.com Toronto Blue Jays roundtable! One can’t help but be impressed by the list of participants. Due to length we’ve had to break the roundtable into two parts, so don’t forget to come back for the second half tommorrow. Participants Lloyd the Barber from ... More About: Twitter
Quick Jays Update 03/28/09
2009-03-29 23:09:00 Quick Jays Update 03/28/09 After a sub-par outing earlier in the week Brad Mills is probably on the outside looking in concerning the 2009 rotation. Richmond had a decent start the other day and has probably locked in a spot due to his age and the relatively small future arbitration concern that he presents going forward. The ... More About: Quick
Top 10 Jays Prospects for 2009
2009-03-27 05:07:00 Top 10 Jays Prospects for 2009 No Eddie Zosky this time around. Here are my Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays prospects for the 2009 season. I’ve decided to change things up from the regular list & explain formula. Below is a video (its under a minute) listing my Top 10 in order. I’ve left off a couple ...
Ariel Pestano Bio
2009-03-26 12:34:00 Ariel Pestano Bio Harkening back to the last incarnation of the WBC in 2006, there was one player who really caught my attention. This was Cuba n catcher Ariel Pestano, mostly for his antics rather than his actual playing skill (though that is not to say he is not a highly skilled player). When I learned that ... More About: Season , Calman , David Ortiz , Ariel
2009 Jays Spring Training = Waste of Time
2009-03-25 16:35:00 2009 Jays Spring Training = Waste of Time Was spring training a big waste of time for Jays fans? Offensively The line-up was essentially set from day one. Travis Snider had to “earn” his way onto the club but did the Jays honestly bring in any viable outside competition? That pretty much sums up the starting positional battles. ...
Steven Strasburg Bio
2009-03-24 12:44:00 Steven Strasburg Bio Even before his 23 strikeout performance, San Diego State ’s RHP Steven Strasburg was the consensus pick to go #1 in the 2009 MLB draft. Consider this: as of March 22nd, Strasburg is 4-0 with a 1.57 ERA in five starts, and has racked up 74 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings - more than 55 percent of ... More About: Calman , Steven
Romero Purely a Money Move, Mills Success Likely Cost him a Roster Spot
2009-03-23 22:52:00 Romero 100% a Money Move , Mills Success Likely Cost him a Roster Spot 100% money move. If you take a look at the stuff, spring results and comments surrounding both Cecil & Mills you would come to the conclusion that both should be in the rotation come April. This leads to my most discussed topic… I’m beginning ...
Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts
2009-03-23 14:57:00 Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts We’re gearing up for the 2009 season. We’ve already looked at the Top 20 Jays RSS Feeds. Now its time to check out the Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts. (As with the RSS article if we’ve missed you let us know in the comments (put the website url ...
Odds and Ends March 22nd
2009-03-22 15:28:00 Odds and Ends March 22nd Edwin Jackson = Bob Gibson What? That’s what this following article purports. I’ve always liked Jackson’s stuff. I even wrote about his upside potential back in 07. But Bob Gibson? Nah. The Rays traded Jackson this off-season for outfielder Matt Joyce. While at first glance this may appear to be a bad ... More About: Odds
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
2009-03-20 19:12:00 Reflections by Comrade Fidel Former Cuba n president Fidel Castro has taken to blogging his thoughts on the internet. Topics include the Agonies of Capitalism, Obama’s politics & ethics and…… even the World Baseball Classic! Thanks to Escambray, the newspaper of the province of Sancti Spiritus in Cuba, we can read Fidel’s weblog translated to english. Highlights include: The Baseball ... More About: Commentary , Reflections , Calman
The Case for Scott Richmond
2009-03-20 05:47:00 The Case for Scott Richmond The following is a lengthy and well thought out reply to our recent article everyone needs to stop over-rating Scott Richmond. The majority of the text on this page is by ‘Renaissance Man’. I chime in about three quarters of the way through and Renaissance finishes it off. Renaissance Man There are ...
J.P.?s Used Car Lot: Kevin Millar
2009-03-19 15:29:00 J.P.’s Used Car Lot: Kevin Millar I’ve seen a few articles and notes from Jays bloggers, beat writers and in various message boards about the final few spots on the Jays 25 man roster. One point of contention continues to be whether or not the Jays should keep Jose Bautista. My quesiton is why in the ... More About: Toronto Blue Jays
The Top Five Reasons to be a Jays fans in 2009
2009-03-18 18:23:00 The Top Five Reasons to be a Jays fans in 2009 5. Divisional Match-ups Many concede that 2009 is a write-off. The past glimmers of hope are gone. So we might as well derive some plesure from screwing over the Red Sox or Yankees in their quest to win the AL East from the Rays. We’ll also ... More About: Fans
Interesting Jays Stats Heading into 2009
2009-03-16 17:37:00 Interesting Jays Stats Heading into 2009 Halladay has the 16th best winning percentage of all-time I still like Scott Rolen in the leadoff role. Aaron Hill is a different hitter vs left handed pitching. His OPS for his career vs righties is a lowly .719 but vs lefties it jumps up to a .827 Jays pitchers were 0 - 16 ... More About: Interesting
Babe Ruth?s Pro Wrestling Involvement
2009-03-15 05:14:00 Babe Ruth ’s Pro Wrestling Involvement I’ve always heard rumors about Babe Ruth’s involvement with professional wrestling, whether it be during his career in the off-season or after his playing days. Yet I’d never seen any proof to support this. That’s until I came across this little scan from the New York Times. I’m not sure if this ... More About: Babe Ruth , Babe
Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays RSS Feeds
2009-03-13 12:38:00 Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays RSS Feeds Here are the Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays website RSS feeds for the upcoming 2009 season. Click on the websites name to add the RSS feed. (If I’ve missed a site that should have made the list let me know via the comments section or the e-mail address found within ... More About: Websites
Who is the Jays Fourth Most Valuable Player?
2009-03-12 19:04:00 Who is the Jays Fourth Most Valuable Player ? As I was thinking over the Jays upcoming 2009 roster today that question popped into my head. Clearly the Jays big three would have to be Halladay, Rios & Wells. Who would be the #4 ranked Toronto Blue Jays? Let’s set a quick rule and turn the question ...
Everyone needs to stop over-rating Scott Richmond
2009-03-11 17:16:00 Stop over-rating Scott Richmond The de-facto “ace”, much was read into Richmond riding the pine during the 2009 WBC. Sure, the Canadian staff was weak at best. I’ll give you that. However, let’s face facts. Richmond is at best a long relief pitcher at the MLB level. Let’s look at a collection of Richmond’s numbers throughout his career. Northern ... More About: Commentary , Stop
Team USA Key to Canada?s Success and?
2009-03-10 14:04:00 Team USA Key to Canada ’s Success Well it looks like Team USA was the Key to Canada’s success, at least at the box office for the WBC. Last night’s game against Italy drew under 13,000 fans. As we all know by now Saturday’s game vs the USA had over 42,000 in attendance. Of course there are ... More About: Commentary , Team , Toronto Blue Jays
Twitter, Facebook & Pete Orr
2009-03-09 19:09:00 Twitter, Facebook & Pete Orr Our Twitter link is https://twitter.com/mopupduty We’re new to Twitter, so up front apologies for not adding you, your site, etc as of yet. We’ll get there eventually. On the same note please join our Facebook group! We have something like 13 members, which is pathetic for all of the hits this website gets. Pete ... More About: Twitter
WBC Kinda Like Little League?
2009-03-07 15:49:00 WBC Kinda Like Little League ? Did you ever play against a really tough pitcher in little league? Sometimes the strategy would be simply to wait out his pitch count or innings maximum and try your luck against the relief pitchers. The same strategy could also be used in the WBC. Starters have a max of 65 pitches ...
How Canada can beat Team USA
More articles from this author:2009-03-06 15:59:00 How Canada can beat Team USA Pitching Pushing back #1 starter Scott Richmond to start in the second game of the tournament sends a clear message that Canada is saving themselves for a more realistic chance vs a weaker squad. Bullpen usage will be the key for the pitching staff vs Team USA. It goes without saying that ... More About: Beat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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