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Canada Wins Bronze at World Cup
September 27, 2009 by
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Canada bounced back from a disappointing World Baseball Classic to clinch the Bronze Medal in the 38th World Cup of Baseball. This was Team Canada’s first medal in the bi-annual tournament’s history. (View Team Canada’s roster here)
To do it, Canada had to beat...
Advice For Lamenting Jays Fans
September 25, 2009 by
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So, it begins. The Jays final homestand of the season. The Jays nation, if you can call it that, are whining and slipping into a deep depression because of the miserable season behind us and the reality of no Blue Jays baseball in front of us for a few months, anyway.
This season...
Yu Darvish CNN Feature
September 24, 2009 by
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Today CNN Talk Asia put up a three part video series on Yu Darvish, titled “Pitching for baseball greatness”
Darvish is a long-time Mopupduty fav. Callum has produced a full Yu Darvish Bio. He also wrote a very interesting and timely article, Yu Darvish to Toronto? Now...
2009 AFL Toronto Blue Jays Part 2
September 24, 2009 by
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2009 Arizona Fall League Jays P2
(Part One covers the Toronto Blue Jays AFL Positional Players)
Robert Ray
There’s not much of a point in showing Ray’s minor league stats this season. He threw only 13 IP. During his short Toronto stint he allowed less than a hit per inning...
2009 AFL Toronto Blue Jays Part 1
September 23, 2009 by
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2009 Arizona Fall League Jays P1
The Arizona Fall League is the place for prospects to move up organizational depth charts. Take last season for instance;
Tommy Hanson went from a mid-tier prospect to multiple top 10 lists and the possible 2009 NL ROY. Fellow Braves prospect Tyler...
2009 World Series
September 22, 2009 by
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2009 World Series
Welcome to the 2009 World Series and playoff page on mopupduty.com . This page will be updated throughout the post-season with all of our coverage leading up to and including the 2009 World Series.
2009 World Series Tidbits
This years fall classic is scheduled...
Rance Mulliniks Speaks the Truth
September 19, 2009 by
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Rance Mulliniks Speaks the Truth
The #1 reason to like to Rance Mulliniks? He doesn’t put up with Jamie Campbell’s ****. The usually response to Campbell’s stupid questions are either silence or “excuse me Jamie, but right now this player needs to…&...
Sorry Mr.Snider, Travis Snider’s D still sucks
September 17, 2009 by
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It was back in 2006. One of the first ever articles on Mopupduty.com was a prospect bio on Travis Snider. In the comments section myself and others were going back and forth on Snider’s defensive ceiling. I said the following
I think he has no chance in playing RF in the majors...
Blue Jays Baserunning… Not So Bad, Actually
September 16, 2009 by
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Last night I got to see Vernon Wells picked off (allegedly) first base and then thrown out of the game for arguing his case. Due to the sheer number of flubs, misplays and screw-ups this season I didn’t think anything of it. In fact I expected to see it. But then I thought for a [...]
Bat Travis Snider Second for the Remainder of 2009
September 15, 2009 by
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Travis Snider Batting Second
Am I grasping at straws? Why the hell not? The Toronto Blue Jays were officially eliminated from the playoffs last night. No Playoffs!!!1 this season. With that said I’d like to see the Jays go the extra mile in developing Travis Snider.
I grabbed...
Stat nerds overestimated Alex Rios’ value
September 11, 2009 by
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Good ole’ lazy friday. Here’s an article I prepared after Rios was dealt to Chicago. I went on vacation shortly thereafter and never got around to posting. The majority of this article was written right after the deal (and before Alex **** the bed in Chicago).
The dust...
The Paradoxical Scott Richmond
September 09, 2009 by
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The Paradoxical Scott Richmond
I went on the record at the start of the season stating that Scott Richmond wasn’t a major league starter. I took some heat but I defended my position. Now as the season winds to a close I have to admit that his up and down campaign leaves more...
The Dirt on Cecil
September 07, 2009 by
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*Editor’s Note: The expressed opinions of Mr. X are those of Mr. X alone and do not necessarily reflect those of Mop Up Duty. Mr. X chooses to remain anonymous for the reason that should he be identified, it will compromise his ability to provide Mop Up Duty readers with the...
The Weekend Blue Jays Dichotomy
September 06, 2009 by
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The comic above pretty much sums up my experience at the Jays games this labour day weekend. I wouldn’t go into the nitty gritty details in a game review but it went down like this:
Friday I rolled into the dome and was treated to a Roy Halladay one-hitter. (Roy became just...
2009 Zaun/Barajas Platoon would rule the earth
September 04, 2009 by
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2009 Zaun|Barajas Platoon would rule the earth
While I was livebloggin’ last nights tilt between the Rays and the Red Sox (which Boston won 6-3) fellow MUD writer Callum dropped by and started expounding the virtues of one Gregory Zaun. Thinking back on the recent implosion...
Josh Roenicke’s Nubian Princess
September 03, 2009 by
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Hi everyone, Mr. X here and it has been a posting rennaissance for me over the last week and a half. Thanks to Baseball’s Hottest Wives, Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends & Mr X’s Leftovers much interest has been generated in the significant others of Major League...
A Tale of Two Pitchers
September 01, 2009 by
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A couple of days ago I watched Brett Cecil’s start against the Texas Rangers where he and some Jays relievers combined to almost squander an 11 run lead. This shaky behaviour is not atypical of Cecil and it got me to thinking about a conversation I had with Kman not too long...
Billy Koch Loses His Cool
August 31, 2009 by
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..and not in the 9th inning of a save situation.
From the better late than never department….
Former Toronto Blue Jays closer Billy Koch was arrested about a month ago on criminal mischief and battery charges after getting into a wild incident with his neighbor in Florida. 48...
Lazy Links
August 28, 2009 by
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Lazy Links
Tangled Up in Powder Blue creeps on Scott Richmond’s brother having a catch.
The Blue Jay Hunter finds out what Kevin Millar has been doing with all his free time, since he isn’t playing and all.
The newest tumbleblog, Retro Jays Fans brings you old school Jays...
Mr. X’s Leftovers
August 28, 2009 by
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Mr. X’s Leftovers
Yesterday I wrote a post on the Blue Jays’ wives. While doing my research, I stumbled across a few others that are not associated with the Jays. In the interest of being thorough, here are my leftovers:
Mike Hampton’s spouse. She seems happy...
Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends
August 27, 2009 by
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Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends
*Editor’s Note: Spurred on by the success of the “Baseball’s Hottest Wives“ and “Top 10 Derek Jeter Bimbos” posts, our resident sleuth Mr. X (more of Mr. X’s work can be found here) went into deep cover...
Top 20 Ed Sprague Factoids
August 26, 2009 by
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Top 20 Ed Sprague Factoids
Father Ed Sr. was an MLB pitcher from 1986 - 1976
Won a 1988 ‘demonstrative’ gold medal for the US olympic team
Won two College World Series championships with Stanford
Voted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002
1st round draft pick...
The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far
August 25, 2009 by
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The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far
So there’s not too much to write about lately. Well maybe there is but I don’t feel like it. And can you blame me? The most riveting Jays news is the impending shut down of some young starting pitchers. Around the game playoff races...
Josh Roenicke Needs to work on…
August 22, 2009 by
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While watching Josh Roenicke the other day I was impressed with his stuff, yet came away a little worried with his rather complex motion and overall time to the plate.
I went back and checked his overall 2009 stolen base percentage numbers and opponents are 5 for 5 in only 21.1 IP...
Jays Terrible Outfield D
August 20, 2009 by
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With the trading of Rios and the ascension of Randy Ruiz the new look Jays outfield is Lind in LF, Wells in CF and Snider in RF. Good god, that’s such a terrible defensive alignment.
We all know about Vernon Wells troubles in CF. The man who’s an RBI away from 50 is still...
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