Will Rainey's Sportswriter Profile

Will Rainey joined August 2009

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About Will »

A long-distance Jays fan (living in the southern U.S.) for 25 years, I've been blogging on the Jays since early 2008 and my work is now hosted at http://mvn.com/thesouthpaw/

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Favorite Athletes

Robbie Alomar, Paul Molitor, Jimmy Key, Roy Halladay, Scott Rolen, Tony Fernandez, Aaron Hill
Favorite Sports Teams

Toronto Blue Jays, St Louis Cardinals, New England Patriots (when I paid any attention to the NFL at all)
Favorite Coaches
All Time Sports Moment

Carter's Homer, the Stolen Triple Play, Alomar's homer of Eck in the playoffs,
Most Memorable Game Attended
Most Unbreakable Sports Record
Ruth or Mays?
Unitas or Montana?
Jordan or Russell?
Gretzky or Orr?
Pele or Maradona?
Federer or Sampras?
Tiger or Nicklaus?
Petty or Earnhardt?
Schumacher or Senna?
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Latest Articles »

Producing Results From the MLB Draft: A Case Study

10/12/2009

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A Post Mortem: The JP Ricciardi Era Comes To an End

10/04/2009

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Blue Jays Cito Gaston: What Can Be Said That Has Not Already Been Said?

10/02/2009

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The Next Big Thing: Has Alex Anthopoulos' Time Arrived?

09/22/2009

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Paul Swaney said...

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Hey Will-

This is the compilation of about 3 months worth of work...

Please take a look when you have a chance. The complete rankings of each MLB stadium...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284289-stadium-journeys-best-baseball-stadium-2009?just_published=1

23 days ago

Lou Cappetta said...

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Here's how we all voted. Thanks so much for the help. Enjoy.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/273191-the-2009-bleacher-report-featured-columnist-baseball-awards

43 days ago

Keith Schlosser said...

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In wake of the ALCS, please check out my interview with the former Yankee and Angel, the truly inspirational, Jim Abbott!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272194-inspirational-words-from-former-yank-and-angel

44 days ago

Goon said...

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The NY Yankees and the media are trying to manipulate you.

Yankee propaganda must be exposed as lies and crushed before it can spread any further.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261540-exposing-the-ny-yankee-propaganda-machine

62 days ago

Bill Mckillop said...

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Will

Would love to hear your thoughts on a international MLB Draft.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/250685-international-baseball-draft-long-overdue

81 days ago

PJ Ross said...

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Former MLB player Eric Karros called my article into question on Colin Cowherd's ESPN Radio show yesterday.

He challenged me for a re-do: but here's my response.

I assure you, it's not just a ridiculous personal attack, but it shows that Karros was off-base with his statements.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/243422-eric-karros-heres-your-re-do-and-manny-ramirez-is-the-problem

93 days ago

Will Rainey said...

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It would be nice - he's off the pace a bit - just a bit - but he has 9 in 30 games since the break so if he kept that up he'd make it.

98 days ago

Adam Greuel said...

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Cool beans. Aaron Hill with his 29th homer today, will he hit 40? I sure hope so.

98 days ago

Will Rainey said...

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I'm not sure what you mean. On my page the title "contributor" is highlighted (as opposed to "columnist" on yours)

In any case, I don't know how those decisions are made - I simply accepted an invitation.

99 days ago

Adam Greuel said...

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How did you become a featured columnist without even writing an article first?

99 days ago

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About Will »

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Latest Articles »

Producing Results From the MLB Draft: A Case Study

A Post Mortem: The JP Ricciardi Era Comes To an End

Blue Jays Cito Gaston: What Can Be Said That Has Not Already Been Said?