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As The Smoking Jacket continues to defy how many typos we can reasonably expect in even the most hastily composed 500-word article, the Best of Man Crush vs. D-bag 2012 centres around two things close to many Canadians’ hearts: hockey, and/or the merciful lack thereof. [TSJ]
In case you forgot the Blue Jays were Canada’s only Canadian baseball team in Canada. Oh, well. At least maxing out your maple pride beats maxing out your racism. [ESPN]
‘Twas the season before baseball, the net a morass, Not an agent was dealing, not even Boras. The trades were all done by Alex with care, In hopes that a flag soon would fly there. The bloggers were snuggled in front of their screens, While visions of knucklers danced in their … Read More
Boston-based designer Mark Willis re-imagines the uniforms of the A.L. East as soccer jerseys. Sadly, due to MLB property rights, these will never exist outside of Adobe Illustrator or, if you’re really lucky, the car trunk of some incredibly industrious bootlegger. [M.Willis Design]
Understanding the L.A. Dodgers’ projected $300M payroll as a percentage of total MLB revenue may help put their spending into context, but it sure as heck won’t make you feel any better about your own paycheck. [A Different Take on the Dodgers’ Spending Spree via Fangraphs]
