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June 2004 marked the most important inflection point in my life. I attended my first Blue Jays game. They lost but I fell in love for the first time. I threw myself into reading and knowing everything about the game, knowing everything about the game. This blog is a step on what I hope will be a journey towards leaving a lasting impact on the game I love. Whilst at it, I hope to also share interesting inisghts on other sports like hockey or soccer. Here's to hoping that you will join me on the journey.

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Baseball United: The Arab Classic

After last year’s Baseball United showcase event, there was a long wait for a follow-up event. Thankfully, the wait was worth it. The...

Goodbye Oakland

1968 was a hopeful time in Oakland, with a newly relocated A's team. It began with a young, upstart team that embodied the ethos of the...

Uganda: Africa's Baseball Powerhouse?

Africa is not a continent known for baseball. True, South Africa did produce one big-leaguer in Gift Ngoepe who played briefly in...

Willie Mays: The Last Of The Classic Greats

Willie Mays died on June 18th, 2024. With him died the last remaining link to an era of baseball known to us in black and white from...

Artificial Intelligence In Hockey

Canada's game is on the cusp of a revolution. No, not the salary cap, or anything like that. Rather, the way hockey is analyzed and...

UFC 300 And Its Unexpected Star

UFC 300 was an amazing card with crazy knockouts, big storylines and one post-fight speech that spawned interesting discussions on money...

Hank Aaron: An Ode To Consistency

NOTE: Stats quoted are from Baseball Reference unless otherwise noted. April 8th, 2024 is solar eclipse day and that will surely dominate...

MLB's Losing Gamble

MLB has a century-long history with gamblers that has led to some of the game’s juiciest scandals, from the banning of star Jim Devlin...

Euro Baseball: The Semi-Finals

Today is the day British baseball truly came of age. Yes, there was the magical run to the 2007 EBC final, but that never truly felt...

Euro Baseball: The Quarter Finals

NOTE: In the interest of time and keeping these articles manageable, not covering the 9-16 seeding games. I will also omit the 5-8...

Euro Baseball: Day One

It's begun convincingly enough for some of the favorites, with two 14-1 score lines in the books and a 15-2 for good measure. If runs are...

The Worst Contracts in MLB Today

The half-way point of the year marks the birth of my country. It also marks Bobby Bonilla Day, where the former slugger gets a $1 million...

Stats That Will Be On Your Baseball Cards

Typically when you open a pack of cards, you will flip to the back of each card and see a rather predictable set of stats. There will be...

MVP And Cy Young: A Look At Dennis Eckersley in 1992

It is very early in the 2023 season, and yet already we have on our hands the very real possibility that Shohei Ohtani may claim both the...

Did We All Sleep On Kris Bubic?

***All stats quoted are from Baseball Savant unless otherwise noted*** Going into 2023, it is safe to say that Kris Bubic has had a rough...

World Baseball Classic Recap: The Quarter Finals

Cuba 4 - 3 Australia By a familiar scoreline against a familiar foe, and at a familiar venue for that matter,  Cuba punched their first...

Why Baseball Needs The World Baseball Classic

The injury suffered by Edwin Diaz has brought out the World Baseball Classic haters in full force trying to point out why the tournament...

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