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Monday, January 7th, 2013
It's been 20 years since the Toronto Blue Jays have made the postseason, but with much of the American League East in flux and with a slew of talented new veteran additions in the stable, there's a belief in and out of Toronto that the Jays could be on the ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
For the first time this century, a reigning Cy Young Award winner has changed teams. And in the process, R.A. Dickey has been reunited with former New York Mets teammate Jose Reyes in Toronto, where the Blue Jays are suddenly becoming an unexpected favorite in the American League.
R.A. Dickey joined ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
In true Marlins fashion, the time came when the organization decided it was time to dismantle their roster and get rid of some of the biggest contracts. Just one season after moving into a new stadium and loading up the roster with some big-time free agents, all of that excitement ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
It's been a wild few days in the world of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays traded for pretty much every good player on the Miami Marlins' roster only days before shocking fans again by bringing former manager John Gibbons back to run the suddenly very-talented team. The expectation level ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2012
The Toronto Blue Jays are turning the baseball world upside down with their recent activity on the hot stove this winter. After losing manager John Farrell to the Boston Red Sox, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos was taking a ton of heat north of the border for not putting up ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
One of the worst kept secrets in all of baseball was the Boston Red Sox desire to have John Farrell become manager of the team after the club wasn't doing too well with Bobby Valentine by the time the MLB All-Star break hit. Farrell, a former pitching coach with Boston ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
A vast number of baseball fans are outraged that Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended only three games for writing an anti-gay slur under his eyes during a game. Escobar will be back by the end of the week, even though a lot of people in Toronto would ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Jose Bautista had his coming out party in 2010, smashing 54 home runs and driving in 124 runs. Last season many baseball officials were wondering if Bautista could duplicate his 2010 success and not just be a one-year wonder. The Blue Jays right fielder sure put all the doubters to ...
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
It's one thing for a guy to try to steal signals at home from second base, but having a fan relay the information on from the stands? Wow. You'd think Major League Baseball would be all over that kind of allegation. Joe Torre, Major League Baseball’s Executive ...
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The fairy tale season continues for Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista. The Toronto slugger set a record with 7.45 million votes to lead the 2011 Major League All-Star ballot that was announced on Sunday. Bautista was a reserve in last year's Mid Summer Classic and is one of seven ...
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