Land of the Leaf

Raptors Republic has some grades for Bryan Colangelo’s wheeling and dealing from this past year.  Interesting and mostly accurate marks handed out, if you’re looking for an answer to why B.C. traded Will Solomon for Patrick O’Bryant then look elsewhere.  Only Jesus and B.C. know the answer to that one.
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Jays release Overbay, Maroth, and Harang, many more.  Not Lyle Overbay, but Seth, and although I wish the Jays had Aaron Harang-utan in their rotation it’s only Daryl Harang that’s been released.  That’s the real Mike Maroth that they cut loose though, that didn’t quite work out.

Opening Day is just a weekend away.  It’s rare that you have a Rogers Centre full of Jays’ fans, Opening Day is usually your first and last shot at pretending it’s 1993 in the Skydome.  Yes, the place gets pretty full when the Red Sox or Yankees roll in for a weekend series, but the Red Sox Nation and Yankee Douche-Crew severely outnumber us for those games.  Drunk Jays Fans has your Guide to the 2009 Home Opener.  Read, memorize, and apply your knowledge.

Providing fuel to the theory that superstar baseball players always go to the Mets to die: The Mets are close to signing Gary Sheffield according to MLB Trade Rumors.
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The Jonas Frogren signing cost the Maple Leafs a 4th round draft pickalmost nine months after the fact.  I really don’t care, but the parameters of the penalty are confusing as hell.  Bitter Leaf Fan Page lays out an accurate timeline, but there’s still no simple answer on all of this.