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Chat wrap
During our weekly chat -- which at two-plus hours had greater length than any of Jay Bilas's favorite prospects -- we discussed John Smoltz's non-Braves major league debut, players who may appeal to the Celtics, and why "Off The Wall" was even greater than "Thriller." Click the replay button below to read the transcript.
ABOUT TOUCHING ALL THE BASESIrreverence and insight from Chad Finn, a Globe/Boston.com sports writer and lifelong and incurable sports nut. Yes, he realizes how lucky he is. You can e-mail him at chadfinn4@yahoo.com.
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Chad is the founder and sole writer of the TATB blog, which launched in
December 2004. Before joining the Globe in 2003, he was the assistant
sports editor at the Concord (N.H.) Monitor for nine years, where he won
several state, regional and national writing awards, including an
Associated Press Sports Editors award for column writing in 2000. He
lives in Wells, Maine, with his wife Jennifer, children Leah and Alex,
and a cat named after Otis Nixon.
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