Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Only time will tell if the Blue Jays are the best team in baseball this year, but they certainly made an early claim for "awesomest" on their opening night by having Rush lead singer Geddy Lee throw out the season's ceremonial first pitch.
I mean, think about it -- first pitches ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox are in the process of finding a replacement for the recently-fired Bobby Valentine, but the organization is taking its time to make sure it gets the right guy. On Monday, the Red Sox went to a surprising source to interview their latest candidate.
New York Yankees bench ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Just six weeks ago, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista was in the middle of another fantastic season, and was sure to contend for the American League MVP Award. Now, after playing just two games since July 16, Bautista's 2012 season is over.
Before Toronto's Tuesday night game against the New ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
Jamie Moyer's career has hit another speed bump. The 49-year-old starting pitcher has been cut by the Toronto Blue Jays after making two starts for the team's Triple-A club.
When Moyer signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays last month, the team said the ageless left-hander would make two ...
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Without question, the most underplayed story from this week in sports is the one where Roy Halladay rescues a guy in the Amazon who had just been attacked by an anaconda. No, seriously.
Halladay was on a fishing expedition with former teammates Chris Carpenter and B.J. Ryan and pro angler Skeet Reese (do ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
One of the key baseball free agents this winter is Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish. The 25-year-old right-hander has spent the last few seasons pitching for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and is supposed to be posted for bidding at some point this offseason. When he is, a bunch of ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Meet Jake Eliopoulous. And pay close attention, because you'll probably never see him again.
A year ago, young Jake was picked by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the MLB Draft with the 68th overall pick. It was a feel-good story. Born in Ukraine, Jake was adopted by ...
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