The crew gets into some NFL Draft talk. The “Chris Paul for Steph and Klay” story sparks a new segment of: Trades That Almost Happened. And Thomas battles technical difficulties to bring you the can’t-miss debate of the week: Zach vs. Blake duking it out over the best baseball player of all-time. To quote Gary Bettman, “You’re gonna want to
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Well, the end is finally here. No, not the end of quarantine, but the end of our NHL 20 simulation. Am I sad that my life has come down to writing about a video game rather than writing about the actual Stanley Cup Playoffs? Absolutely. Am I still going to do it because I don’t know what to do with
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Ben Revere 💥 Instant Impact 💥 Ben Revere hit .319 after the trade in 2015! #BlueJaysOnSN pic.twitter.com/FIKj7jeAQb — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 15, 2020 I know the analytics don’t look kindly on Ben Revere types. Speedy, slap-hitting, walk-allergic players have a very slim margin of error. You pretty much have to be a .300+ hitter in order to be
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While there is still no news to report in the real-life sports world, we’ve reached the Conference Finals in our NHL 20 simulation. Missed anything from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Don’t worry, I got you covered. Click here to catch up on the first round. Click here to catch up on the second round. All
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One of our segments this week sparked around this tweet: What seemed like a harmless topic devolved into controversy and more Matt Stairs talk than you would probably expect. Here’s a rundown of each of our picks: Zach-Wayne Gretzky-Steve Nash-Mike Weir-Eric Gagne-Matt Stairs Before you question Zach’s Matt Stairs selection, feast your eyes on this clip: Goosebumps Matt Stairs is
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Yesterday would have been the start of the actual Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yet here we are, waiting to see if we’ll ever get the chance to watch this unfold in real life. Luckily, I’m here to take you to an alternate reality where the season was never put on hold and the playoffs are in full swing. That reality is
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Josh Towers The running joke in my family is that I’m a huge athlete jinx. Look no further than my jersey collection to see why. Well this joke all began with my interaction with Josh Towers way back when. Back in the day, I had a grey Jays hat with the mid 2000’s “Angry Bird” logo. At one point it
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With the NHL season on pause indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak, hockey fans are left wondering “what if?” What if the season wasn’t interrupted and teams were preparing for the Stanley Cup Playoffs to begin shortly? While we’re left waiting to find out whether or not the playoffs will even happen this year, I figured there’s still one way
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Unfortunately my recording software didn’t pick up Zach’s screen, otherwise we would’ve had an all-time video where his dad came into his room and cleaned his doorknob mid-podcast. Still waiting to get the podcast reviewed by iTunes, in the meantime check out the link below to get an update on all of the platforms currently housing the pod: https://anchor.fm/thomas-waind
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Well it’s week two (or three?) without baseball and I’m at wits end. This morning my buddy Blake sent me the following tweet: This got the blogging juices flowing. Starting today I’ll be blogging five random Blue Jays every Wednesday. To kick things off we have the pride of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Gustavo Chacin In my eyes, Chacin acts as a
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