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Give the Blue Jays Off-Season Some Time

It’s Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins’ second winter at the helm of the this club, and they are tasked with the daunting assignment of trying to appease a fanbase that is thirsty for a winner after back-to-back ALCS appearances and exits. Getting the team back to the post-season will be harder in 2017 than it […]

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Recap: Blue Jays 10, Rangers 1; Estrada Shines While Texas Falters

As soon as Edwin Encarnacion launched his walk-off home run on Tuesday night, talk in the baseball world shifted to how the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays would react as they revisited their year-old rivalry for at least another three games, possibly for four or five. If their were any concerns that either team  would revert to child […]

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Ryan Lavarnway Exchanged his Fisher Cats Jersey for an Israeli One

Not too long ago, Ryan Lavarnway was one of the better young players in professional baseball. Going into 2012, Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstien ranked him as the 98th best prospect in professional baseball, and the fourth best in the Red Sox system. But that was one injury and five years ago, and as the old saying goes, […]