Jeff Blair
Jeff Blair has been covering baseball since 1989, first at The Gazette in Montreal, then at The Globe and Mail, where he also served as national sports correspondent in Montreal. Blair grew up listening to Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins games and saw the Winnipeg Whips' Adolfo Phillips homer in the first game he saw in person. Blair saw Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run in 1993 on a TV through a bar window after coming out of a Madonna concert in Montreal. There were boos in the bar, which pretty much figures, no? Damn that Mitch Williams. Anyhow, Blair wishes he could have seen Joe DiMaggio play and wishes he didn't see Josh Towers pitch. He doesn't hate the DH any more, but there are several other things and people he loathes (small-ball, artificial turf, rap music at ballparks, connections through O'Hare and dumb-ass decisions like throwing a fastball to Matt Stairs) and some of them might even show up on the blog. Along with the things and people he likes. Nah, maybe not.
BURKE STARTED A DISCUSSION
Maple Leafs GM's son was forthright and true to himself
NO POINT CUTTING CORD WITH McGOWAN
Jays GM says team will be cautious with pitcher and they will do whatever is best for his career
CORMIER WARRANTS STRONGER PUNISHMENT
High-profile should mean stiffer penalty for Canada's junior captain, while the Mets may come to regret Bay deal
GREEN CAN'T SHAKE THE HEARTBREAK
'I am really disappointed,' Capitals defenceman says about exclusion from Team Canada
Cooperstown hits a single
Former Expo Dawson alone in his class as former Blue Jay Alomar falls a few votes shy in first Hall of Fame at-bat