Callum on April 20th, 2009

Randy Ruiz Profile

In early January of this year, Kman commented on the Jays’ decision to sign journeyman minor leaguer Randy Ruiz:
The Blue Jays recently signed longtime minor league Randy Ruiz to a contract. In my opinion, this is the best FA signing by the Jays this offseason. While the over-the-hill Matt Clement is expected for [...]

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Kman on February 22nd, 2009

Random Observations 02/22/09

At the beginning of the new year we decided to add a Jays focus to the site, which has made this off-season pretty boring. It’s hard to get worked up over Kevin Millar…
M’s sign Griffey - I have no idea what the plan is in Seattle. They ship out serviceable players left and [...]

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Kman on October 13th, 2008

All-Time Strikeout Race Results

This is an update to an earlier article: The Record No One Wants
Since we last checked in Mark Reynolds was on the cusp (not Cust…) of breaking the all-time single season strikeout record. Trailing closely behind were Ryan Howard and the bad pun, Jack Cust. Well, the results are in and the [...]

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Kman on September 24th, 2008

The Record No One Wants

With just a handful of games left in the 2008 season we have a race for an all-time record. Ok, it’s not a record anyone wants to hold but Mark Reynolds, Ryan Howard and Jack Cust are fighting it out to see who can hold the all-time single season strikeout record.

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Callum on August 26th, 2008

Micah Hoffpauir the Next Jack Cust?

Micah Hoffpauir is a mashing 1B in the Cubs system, currently at AAA and blocked by Derrek Lee.  For a team looking for a lefthanded masher, Hoffpauir just might be 2008’s version of Jack Cust in Oakland.

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