Joey Votto not the only great Canadian baseball player
Fergie Jenkins is easily the best Canuck player in history. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As the best current Canadian baseball player sets to sign a massive deal with the Cincinnati Reds, let take a look...
View ArticleWhere do the Toronto Blue Jays look for pitching help?
THE INJURIES First it was no. 2 starting pitcher Brandon Morrow, suffering from a left oblique strain, who was put on the disabled list on June 13th. Next up was Kyle Drabek (the no. 4 starter), who we...
View ArticleBlue Jays: trade deadline buyers or sellers?
The MLB non-waiver deadline is on July 31, and every team in the league is looking at what moves (if any) they’ll make. For many teams this question can actually be distilled down to something more...
View ArticleWorld Baseball Classic Pool D
Three of the teams that will do battle in Pool D of the 2013 WBC were competitors in Pool C during the 2009 tournament. Canada, Italy, and the USA know each other very well by now, and will be joined...
View ArticleJays can’t shake losing ways
TORONTO — On Wednesday, John Gibbons extolled the virtues of Colby Rasmus as the new No. 2 hitter in his lineup. He made it sound like Rasmus would be there for a while. On Thursday, Adam Lind was in...
View ArticleJays blow chance to gain ground on Red Sox
A day after they played one of their best games of the year, the Toronto Blue Jays played one of their worst. It was not the score — they lost 5-4 — but the way the Jays flushed away opportunities to...
View ArticleVotto leads the way in Canadian content
The all-star game has come and gone for Major League Baseball players and it’s time for the boys of summer to return to work. Among Canadians, former National League MVP Joey Votto — the Cincinnati...
View ArticleShane Victorino’s two-run single lifts Boston Red Sox over Toronto Blue Jays...
TORONTO — Shane Victorino hit a two-run single to put Boston ahead in the 11th inning Tuesday as the Red Sox went on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2. Victorino’s two-out single off Blue Jays reliever...
View ArticleRodriguez hit by pitch against Red Sox, Girardi ejected
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez got hit by a fastball from Boston starter Ryan Dempster in the second inning Sunday night, setting off an angry scene at Fenway Park and leading to the ejection of New York...
View ArticleCano hits 200th homer as Yankees top Blue Jays 8-4
NEW YORK — Robinson Cano hit his 200th homer among four hits and drove in four runs, Chris Stewart hit a go-ahead three-run drive, and the Yankees rallied to hand the Toronto Blue Jays their record...
View ArticleDempster suspended 5 games for hitting Rodriguez with pitch
NEW YORK — Canadian pitcher Ryan Dempster of the Boston Red Sox was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball for intentionally hitting Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with a pitch last...
View ArticleJoe Carter rejects Dempster’s claim he wasn’t trying to hit A-Rod on purpose
VANCOUVER — Former Toronto Blue Jays great Joe Carter rejects Ryan Dempster’s claim that he didn’t intentionally hit troubled Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez with a pitch last weekend, saying the Red...
View ArticleRays mistakes open door for big Red Sox innings and Boston wins to take lead...
BOSTON — One ball fell between two outfielders. Another took a bad hop off the Green Monster standings. One batter reached safely on a dropped third strike and another when the pitcher was slow to...
View ArticleCanadian pitcher Ryan Dempster retires with Cubs, joins front office
CHICAGO — Former pitcher Ryan Dempster of Gibsons, B.C., is retiring with the Chicago Cubs and joining their front office. The Cubs announced the move on Friday. Dempster, who played 16 years in the...
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