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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.

Latest Columns:

Moving up from B-Rod to A-Rod Nov 07, 2009 3:00AM EST

Yankee superstar sheds insincerity tag with season of humility and success

Godzilla takes New York Nov 06, 2009 2:52AM EST

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Adapt or else Nov 06, 2009 2:52AM EST

Yankees' Teixeira better adjust to longer season because he's likely to have many more

Pettitte enters Game 6 with less rest, more doubt Nov 06, 2009 2:56AM EST

Yankees glad Damon stuck around Nov 05, 2009 2:21AM EST

LEE SHOWS HE'S NO DOC Nov 03, 2009 4:11AM EST

In tough in the World Series, Phillies look like they could use Halladay's gift for going on short rest

Video replay gets it right Nov 03, 2009 4:11AM EST

Yanks' three-run ninth pushes Phils to brink Nov 03, 2009 4:11AM EST

New York takes 3-1 series lead as Lidge surrenders RBI hits to Rodriguez, Posada

Hall of Fame World Series Nov 03, 2009 4:08AM EST

With at least a half-dozen players that will be some day inducted at Cooperstown participating in the 2009 championship, this Fall Classic is one for the ages