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2014 Lugnuts pitchers, looking ahead
Worth reading:* My most recent column for Ballpark Digest: "Managers are the faces of MiLB"* This Twitter conversation between reporter Molly Knight and pitcher Brandon McCarthy, simultaneously...
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What do you want from a spring training article?
Reading Material:* Andrew Stoeten's storylines of Blue Jays spring training, Vol. 1, from AA through L.* John Lott takes a closer look at Miguel Castro, who impressed last year.* Alexis Brudnicki...
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Categorizing Baseball America's Top 30 Jays Prospects
Worth reading:* The Toronto Blue Jays, who have been hamstrung by injury troubles in the past, just saw another key player suffer a significant ailment - outfielder Michael Saunders was done in by a...
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Syndergaard, Graveman, and the top Lugnuts prospects who are elsewhere
With regards to "the dress," here's XKCD:Source: XKCD*Yesterday's post was about the Toronto Blue Jays' Top 30 prospects according to Baseball America (a list that included 18 former Lansing...
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The 2015 Lugnuts Visual Schedule
Links:* The Lugnuts' Job Fair was held on Saturday! Here's WILX's Joy Wang, on the scene.* Indiana Pacers broadcaster Mark Boyle will be broadcasting Cape Cod Baseball this summer.* The National Post's...
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15 ex-Lugnuts who could make the Majors in 2015
Reading Material:* From the Hardball Times, Jack Moore writes about "Baseball Writers, Big Business and Big Sports." He has his head and thoughts in the right place, but there's a lot going on with the...
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The Voices of the Lansing Lugnuts, 1996-Present
Blue Jays spring training action began yesterday in a game against Pittsburgh. Kevin Pillar homered early and Mitch Nay brought the Jays within a run late with an RBI single, but the Blue Jays left the...
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Vernon Wells and Dalton Pompey
Dalton "Pony" Pompey, 2013. (Credit: Scott Mapes, Lansing Lugnuts)Former All-Star center fielder Vernon Wells talks about returning to the Jays and working with projected future center fielder Dalton...
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Stadium Construction, a photographic tour
I'm not sure if you've heard, but Cooley Law School Stadium is in the midst of a massive offseason renovation. My pics from earlier this week: Well, at the least, that shows how you gray it's been in...
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Whoa there, Miguel Castro
Listen to my interview with Miguel Castro while he was in Lansing.Miguel Castro began his professional career in the Dominican Summer League in 2012, and then returned to the DSL to start 2013. He...
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One week in
This is my return from hiatus, and I'll do my best to give you a reason to visit more often as the season goes onward.I'm someone who gets singlemindedly focused on tasks. In March, this means writing...
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The Lansing 3 (+1), a retrospective
Noah Syndergaard, before becoming ThorLast night, Noah Syndergaard made his MLB debut with the New York Mets.*In 2012, Syndergaard, Justin Nicolino and Aaron Sanchez were the Lansing 3.They first...
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Thoughts on August 2nd: Starlyn Suriel and Dawel Lugo
Pitcher Starlyn Suriel, photograph by Kyle CastleStarlyn Suriel has not had a consistent season. In three of his starts, he has not made it through the fifth inning. In three other starts, he's pitched...
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Game 1 Preview: Shane Dawson vs. Grant Holmes
(Photo credit: Kyle Castle)The Game 1 starting matchup is Lansing's Shane Dawson vs. Great Lakes' Grant Holmes. It's going to be about a lot more than that, naturally, but that's where we'll start. (I...
View ArticleGame 2 preview: Justin Shafer vs. Andrew Sopko
Last night: Victory.Tonight, the series shifts to Cooley Law School Stadium with the Lugnuts needing just one win to move on to the Eastern Division Finals. (A potential Game 3 would also be held in...
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2nd Round, Game 1 preview: Tom Robson vs. Jeff Thompson
The Midwest League Eastern Division Championship Series -- a mouthful! -- gets underway this afternoon from Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, Michigan. The starting matchups are set: Tom Robson...
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Last (Jewish) year, the Lugs were up 1-0! A memoir
(Source: tesobe.org)From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, I called the Lugnuts' 5-4 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps. It was on the road, it was a slim win, and it put the Lugs within one victory of...
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2015 MWL Championship Series Preview
The Western Division Champion Cedar Rapids Kernels, affiliated with the Minnesota Twins, advanced to the MWL Championship Series in four games, driving out the Quad Cities River Bandits and the Peoria...
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Blue Jays prospecting, looking toward 2016
This beautiful photograph was taken by Kyle Castle. From left to right: D.J. Davis, Boomer Collins and Ryan McBroom.Consider that trio sitting in the dugout, looking out to the field and their...
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PITCH Talks, tomorrow night in Toronto!
If you happen to be in Toronto tomorrow, come see me at Rogers Centre!(Use the code "RBI" and get $5 off your ticket purchase!)Our schedule:5:30 - Arden Zwelling & Kristina Rutherford on David...
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The 2015 Lugnuts pitching corps in 2016
On Tuesday, I looked ahead to next year for the Lugnuts' position players. Today, it's time to talk pitching.As a bonus -- I'll look ahead to what could be a pretty darn great starting rotation.I made...
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A review: PITCH Talks Toronto, live from Rogers Centre!
My final day in the Lugnuts office this calendar year was Thursday. On Friday, I grabbed my passport, converted to Canadian currency, and drove due East until I arrived north of the border.I had been...
View ArticleAgainst the concept of "Unwritten Rules"
The funny thing about the notion about baseball's Unwritten Rules is that because people (usually media pundits) talk about them so frequently, they've now been written down. Four different books...
View ArticleHow to Jinx a No-Hitter
There is no stronger force in all of baseball than the no-hitter jinx, exceeding even such traditional powers as Clubhouse Chemistry and The Will To Win. Follow these steps closely if you wish to use...
View ArticleKeeping busy
My latest work:The history of KeyArena in Seattle, from the 1962 World's Fair to the recent City Council vote on an MOU approving a $600 million upgrade.The history of Capital One Arena in Washington,...
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